NALBOH Environmental Health Primer

The National Association of Local Boards of Health (NALBOH)
and the National Environmental Health Science and Protection Accreditation Council (EHAC) are pleased to provide the Local Board of Health Environmental Health Primer. NALBOH and EHAC identified faculty of environmental health programs to develop the Primer that NALBOH is providing to local board of health members. The Environmental Health Services Branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) encouraged the project and provided technical oversight and support.

Local boards of health are responsible for assuring the provision of adequate public health services in their communities, including protecting a community from environmental health risks. A board of health’s role is to:

Assess a community’s environmental health needs
Develop or recommend policies and programs to meet a community’s environmental health needs
Assure that the personnel, training, and resources are available to support necessary environmental health programs.

This responsibility is a dynamic one. Needs change, the scientific knowledge base grows, and regulatory requirements are modified. Periodic evaluation and implementation of responsive program modifications are vital to ensure that community environmental health needs are met.

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