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Communicating Results of Drinking Water Tests From Private Wells: Designing Report-Back Materials to Facilitate Understanding.................................................... 8 Decreased Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity Levels in Children With Asthma Are Associated With Increased Trac-Related Air Pollutants................................................... 16
More than 42.5 million people in the U.S. rely on private wells for household water use. This month’s cover article, “Communicating Results of Drinking Water Tests From
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Guest Commentary: Bacterial Contamination in Long Island Sound: Using Preemptive Beach Closure to Protect Public Health ........................................................................................ 26 Programs Accredited by the National Environmental Health Science and Protection Accreditation Council....................................................................................... 29
Private Wells: Designing Report-Back Materials to Facilitate Understanding,” assessed the eec- tiveness of graphic-based (i.e., pictorial) report- back materials in communicating the presence of toxic metals in private well water and soil samples. It also explored associations between recommendations in the report-back materials and appropriate actions to protect health taken by a subset of participants in an environmental monitoring pilot study. The results suggest that a simple pictorial format, in combination with more detailed supporting text, can be useful in highlighting results that require action. See page 8. Cover image © iStockphoto: eggeeggjiew
Building Capacity: Trusting Email to Build Capacity .................................................................. 30
Direct From ATSDR: Exposure Investigations Conducted by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry ........................................................................................ 32 Direct From CDC/Environmental Health Services: Connecting Environmental Public Health With the Revised 10 Essential Public Health Services ............................................. 36
The Practitioner’s Tool Kit: Practical Field Sampling Strategies ................................................. 40
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Environmental Health Calendar ...............................................................................................42
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Accela ................................................................... 51 Awards and Scholarships............................ 5, 15, 25 Environmental Health and Land Reuse Certificate Program ..............................................35 HS GovTech.......................................................... 52 Inspect2GO Environmental Health Software......... 2 JEH Advertising ....................................................14 NEHA Credentials.............................. 24, 31, 35, 39 NEHA Endowment and Scholarship Funds..... 7, 38 NEHA Membership .......................................... 4, 49
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President’s Message: An Opportunity to Educate the Public, Policy Makers, and Other Professionals ............................................................................................................................ 6
In Memoriam............................................................................................................................. 39
Special Listing ........................................................................................................................... 44
NEHA 2023 AEC....................................................................................................................... 46
NEHA News .............................................................................................................................. 48
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