Envirnomental Health Specialist Network

描述（由申请人提供）：康涅狄格州公共卫生部（DPH）的长期目标是参与基于数据的公共卫生实践的前沿。本申请的目的是继续参与国家环境卫生专家网络（EHS-Net），作为一个以州为基础的EHS-Net站点。康涅狄格（CT） EHS-Net项目正在申请继续合作，包括DPH流行病学和新发感染项目、DPH食品保护项目、DPH州立实验室和位于耶鲁大学医学院流行病学和公共卫生系的食品网。DPH仍将是这一合作协议申请的牵头机构。EHS-Net的目标是：1)确定食源性疾病和疾病暴发的环境前因；2)利用基于系统的方法将发现转化为改进的预防工作；3)为当前和未来的环境卫生专家提供培训机会；4)加强流行病学、实验室和食品保护项目之间的关系。CT EHS-Net正在申请继续参与EHS-Net所有功能性活动领域，包括：a)疫情和非疫情评估，b)分母项目，c)改进影响因素报告，d)碎牛肉研究，e)手卫生研究，f) EHS-Net关于食品网人口调查的问题，g)食源性警报投诉系统，h)杂货店调查。CT EHS-Net正在提议开展几个新项目，包括：a)在日托中心和养老院等机构进行爆发和非爆发评估，b)评估认证食品管理人员的要求，c)提高食品工人患病风险，d)番茄研究。CT EHS-Net将继续与地方卫生部门合作，提高食源性疾病暴发的环境调查质量，并为学生提供环境卫生方面的培训机会，以提高食源性疾病暴发的环境调查质量，并为学生提供环境卫生方面的培训机会，以改善公共卫生工作人员。CT EHS-Net将继续使用现有的工作人员，其中包括DPH流行病学和新发感染项目的PI和高级流行病学家；食品保护计划协调员和EHS-Net环境卫生专家；DPH州立实验室的工作人员和耶鲁大学食品网主任。

Description (provided by Applicant): The Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) has the long-term objective of participating in the forefront of data-based public health practice. The objective of this application is continued participation in the national Environmental Health Specialist Network (EHS-Net) as a state-based EHS-Net site. The Connecticut (CT) EHS-Net Program is applying to remain a collaborative effort involving DPH Epidemiology and Emerging Infections Program, DPH Food Protection Program, DPH State Laboratory, and FoodNet located at the Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health. DPH will remain the lead agency for this cooperative agreement application. The objectives of EHS-Net are to: 1) identify environmental antecedents to foodborne illness and disease outbreaks; 2) translate findings into improved prevention efforts using a system-based approach; 3) offer training opportunities to current and future environmental health specialists; and 4) strengthen the relations among epidemiology, laboratory, and food protection programs. The CT EHS-Net is applying to continue participating in all functional EHS-Net activity areas including: a) outbreak and non-outbreak evaluations, b) denominator project, c) improved reporting of contributing factors, d) ground beef study, e) hand hygiene study, f) EHS-Net questions on the FoodNet Population Survey, g) foodborne alert complaint system, and h) grocery store survey. CT EHS-Net is proposing to conduct several new projects including: a) outbreak and non-outbreak evaluations at institutions such as daycare centers and nursing homes, b) evaluating the certified food manager requirement, c) promotion of risk of ill food workers, and d) a tomato study. CT EHS-Net will continue to work with local health departments to improve the quality of environmental investigations of foodborne illness outbreaks and to offer training opportunities in environmental health to students to improve the quality of environmental investigations of foodborne illness outbreaks and to offer training opportunities in environmental health to students to improve the public health workforce. CT EHS-Net will continue with the current staff which includes the PI and Senior Epidemiologist at the DPH Epidemiology and Emerging Infections Program; the Food Protection Program Coordinator and EHS-Net Environmental Health Specialist; staff at the DPH State Laboratoryl and the FoodNet Director at Yale University.