Envirnomental Health Specialist Network

描述（由申请人提供）：田纳西州卫生部与纳什维尔/戴维森县大都会卫生部和田纳西州环境与保护部合作，致力于与环境卫生专家网络（EHS-Net）合作伙伴密切合作，以实现改善我们社区食品和水安全的共同目标。 田纳西州的流行病学，食品安全和水安全计划致力于更好地了解食源性和水传播疾病的前因，餐馆和机构相关爆发的促成因素，与风险增加或疾病预防相关的食品处理和水系统相关做法，并制定有效和实用的预防干预措施。 这些都是创建EHS网络要解决的基本问题。 我们的参与机构的使命密切反映了疾病预防控制中心和其他环境健康安全网合作伙伴的使命，核心是共同致力于利用所有可用的资源来改善我们所服务的公众的健康。 正如我们参与EHS-Net、新发感染项目和其他多地点联盟的记录所表明的那样，我们决心成为EHS-Net和所有相关研究的积极领导者。 我们致力于利用国家，地方和其他外部资源来利用EHS网络的资源，并确保通过该合作计划进行的研究取得成功，不仅对田纳西州人有益，而且还产生了对全国有用的结果。 在这方面，我们将继续支持EHS-Net政策，以确保该计划内所有项目的科学严谨性，及时性，普遍性和直接公共卫生适用性。 美国餐饮业的巨大增长，食品和供水系统的复杂性，以及最近对潜在的与食品和水有关的恐怖主义风险的重新认识，都突出表明，提高公共卫生机构的能力，以严格和迅速地应对食源性和水媒疾病问题至关重要。EHS-Net计划是多个机构共同努力协调应对这一公共卫生需求的重要示范，我们期待着为此做出贡献。

Description (provided by Applicant): The Tennessee Department of Health, in cooperation with the Nashville/Davidson County Metropolitan Health Department and the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, is committed to working closely with Environmental Health Specialist Network (EHS-Net) partners to address the shared goals of improved food and water safety in our communities. The epidemiology, food safety and water safety programs in Tennessee are committed to better understanding antecedents of foodborne and waterborne diseases, contributing factors in restaurant- and institution-associated outbreaks, foodhandling and water-system related practices which are associated with increased risk or disease prevention, and developing effective and practical preventive interventions. These are the fundamental issues which EHS-Net was created to address. The missions of our participating agencies closely mirror those of CDC and other EHS- Net partners, and at the core, are mutually dedicated to using all available resources to improve the health of the public we serve. As our record of participation in EHS-Net, the Emerging Infections Program and other multi-site consortia demonstrates, we are determined to be an active leader in EHS-Net and all associated studies. We are committed to using state, local and other outside resources to leverage those of EHS-Net and ensure that the studies performed through this cooperative program are successful, and are of maximal benefit not only to Tennesseans but also lead to results which are useful nationally. In this respect, we will continue to support EHS-Net policies to ensure scientific rigor, timeliness, generalizability, and direct public health applicability of all projects within the program. The tremendous growth of the restaurant industry, the complexity of the food- and water-supply systems in the U.S., and a recently renewed appreciation of potential food- and water-associated terrorism risks all highlight the critical importance of improving the capacity of public health agencies to respond to foodborne and waterborne disease issues rigorously and quickly. The EHS-Net program is a critical demonstration of multiple agencies working together on a coordinated response to this public health need, and we look forward to contributing to it.