Envirnomental Health Specialist Network

康涅狄格州公共卫生部(DPH)的长期目标是参与 以数据为基础的公共卫生实践的前沿。本申请的目标是继续参与 国家环境卫生专家网络(EHS-Net)作为一个以州为基础的EHS-Net网站。这个 康涅狄格州(CT)EHS-Net计划正在申请保持与DPH流行病学的合作努力 和新感染计划、DPH食品保护计划、DPH国家实验室和FoodNet 位于耶鲁大学医学院流行病学和公共卫生系。DPH将会 继续担任本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因素；2)将调查结果转化为 使用基于系统的方法改进预防工作；3)为当前和 未来的环境卫生专家；以及4)加强流行病学、实验室和 食品保护计划。CT EHS-Net正在申请继续参与所有功能EHS-Net 活动领域包括：a)暴发和非暴发评价，b)分母项目，c)改进 关于促成因素的报告，d)绞碎牛肉研究，e)手卫生研究，f)EHS--关于 食品网人口调查，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)疫情和非疫情评估 日托中心和疗养院等机构，b)评估持证食品经理 要求，c)促进患病食品工人的风险，和d)番茄研究。CT EHS-Net将继续 与当地卫生部门合作，提高食源性疾病环境调查的质量 并为学生提供环境卫生培训机会，以改善公众健康 劳动力。CT EHS-Net将继续配备现有工作人员，其中包括PI和高级流行病学家 在DPH流行病学和新发感染计划；食品保护计划协调员和 EHS-Net环境健康专家；DPH国家实验室的工作人员；以及FoodNet主任 耶鲁大学。

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 certifiedfood 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 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 Laboratory; and the FoodNet Director at Yale University.