The Journal of Environmental Health

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The Journal of Environmental Health

• published by National Environmental Health
  Association

Arlene AndersonLIBR 155Fall 2005
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History

• The Journal of Environmental Health is the
  official publication of the National
  Environmental Health Association (NEHA). NEHA
  originated in the state of California where it
  was incorporated in 1937 a national corporate,
  non-profit, professional association. The
  professional society was created for
  environmental health practitioners in order to
  establish a standard of excellence for the
  developing profession. This standard is known as
  the Registered Environmental Health Specialist or
  Registered Sanitarian credential.

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History

• The standard signifies that an environmental
  health professional has mastered a body of
  knowledge, demonstrated through passing an
  examination, and has acquired sufficient
  experience to perform work responsibilities in
  the environmental health field. NEHA a non-profit
  organization is dedicated to the advancement of
  environmental health professionals.

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History

• Since 1977, NEHA has offered its members the
  opportunity to develop a national network of
  professional contacts, and to participate
  actively in efforts to promote a cleaner more
  healthful environment.

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Mission

• The association today stands as a strong
  professional society with over 4,500 members
  across the nation. NEHAs mission is to advance
  the environmental health and protection
  professional for the purpose of providing a
  healthful environment for all, which is as true
  today as it was when the organization was founded.

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Mission

• The basis for the associations activities is the
  belief that the professional who is educated and
  motivated is the professional who will make the
  greatest contribution to the healthful
  environmental goals which are sought. Great
  emphasis is placed on providing, through each of
  NEHAs programs, an educational as well as
  motivational opportunity.

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The Journal reaches more than 20,000
professionals working to solve problems in areas
such as

• - air quality terrorism and all-hazards
• preparedness
• - drinking water
• - food safety and protection
• - hazardous materials/toxic substances
  management
• - institutional environmental health
• - occupational safety and health
• - wastewater management
• - vector control
• - water pollution control/water quality

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Staff

• NEHA employs 26 paid professionals, 21 full-time
  and 5 part-time or contract staff, dedicated to
  providing quality programs to the NEHA membership.

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Board of Directors

• The association is governed by a fifteen-member
  board of directors that is chaired by the
  associations president. NEHA has five national
  officers (second vice president, first vice
  president, president-elect, president and
  immediate past president) who serve on the
  associations executive committee.

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Board of Directors

• Nine Regional Vice Presidents each represent one
  region of the nation. A tenth Regional Vice
  President represents NEHAs national affiliates
• Industry Affiliate
• Uniformed Services
• National Association of Noise Control
• Officials, and
• National Conference of Local
• Environmental Health Administrators.

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NEHA Board of Directors

• Front row (left to right) Immediate Past
  President James Balsamo, Jr., MS, MPH, MHA, RS
  President Ron Grimes, RS, MPH, DAAS. President
  Elect CAPT Richard F. Collins, RS, MSEH., DAAS.
  First Vice President Rob Blake, REHS, MPH
  2003-2004 President Doug Ebelherr, REHS
  Executive Director Nelson Fabian, MS
• Back row (left to right) Former Region 1Vice
  President Richard Gabriel, Sr., EHS Second Vice
  President Richard A. Pantages, REHS Region 3
  Vice President Thomas R. Gonzales, REHS Region 4
  Vice President Bette J. Packer, REHS Region 5
  Vice President Brian Collins Region 6 Vice
  President James D. Dingman, MS, REHS., DAAS.
  Region 7 Vice President Thomas R. Ward, RS
  Region 8 Vice President Bob Custard Region 9
  Vice President Patrick J. Maloney, RS, MPAH
  Former Region 10 Vice President Bruce
  Chelikowsky, RS

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Committees Technical Sections

• Serving under the associations board of
  directors is an array of administrative and
  functional committees. Members may participate in
  the association through other committees that are
  organized within 13 distinct technical sections,
  which for NEHAs purposes, essentially divide the
  environmental field.

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Committees Technical Sections

• The 13 sections are
• Air/Land
• Environmental Health
• Drinking Water Quality/Water Pollution
• Emerging Pathogens/Vector control and Zoonotic
• diseases
• Environmental Health Leadership Development
  Environmental Health Research
• Food Safety and Protection
• General Environmental Health
• Hazardous Materials and Toxic Substances
• Injury Prevention/Occupational Health Materials
  and Toxic
• Substances
• Injury Prevention/Occupational Health
• Institutions and Schools Environmental
  Health
• Onsite Wastewater Systems, and
• Terrorism and All-Hazards Preparedness.

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Memberships

• Some 4,500 NEHA members practice their profession
  in the public and private sectors, as well as,
  academia and the uniformed services with a
  majority being employed by state and local county
  health departments. In addition, NEHAs Journal
  of Environmental Health has subscribers in over
  40 countries around the world.

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Memberships

• Because it encompasses the entire environmental
  health profession this single
• organization serves as the forum
• for discussion and can address the broad
  spectrum of environmental health issues. NEHA
  works to advance the Environmental Health
  professional and by doing so also improves the
  environment in cities, towns, and rural areas
  throughout the world to create a more healthful
  environment and quality of life for all.

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Finance

• The only mention of finances that I found are the
  Articles of Incorporation, which means this is a
  private enterprise and they do not have to
  disclose any financial reports to the public.
• Articles of Incorporation Bylaws
• Article V
• Finances
• Section 1. The operating expenses of the
  Association shall be met from membership dues and
  from any other source approved by the Board.
  Financial grants for specific purposes may be
  accepted by the Board.

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Finance

• Section 2. All funds received, handled, and
  expended shall be accounted for as specified by
  the Board. The financial records of all funds
  received, handled, and expended shall be audited
  annually by Certified Public Accountants approved
  by the Board.

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Finance

• Section 3. the Executive Director, Treasurer, and
  other such persons as may be designated by the
  Board shall be given compensation for the
  faithful performance of their duties in such form
  and amount as the Board shall, from time to time,
  determine.

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Finance

• Section 4. Annual dues or special assessments for
  the various classes of membership shall be
  established by a two-thirds (2/3) majority of the
  Council and shall be recorded in the Policy and
  Procedure Manual. All such amounts shall stand
  until a change is voted and recorded. The
  establishment of Association dues or
  contributions shall in no way be associated with
  Affiliate dues.

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Finance

• Readership x Subscriptions Revenue
• 2005-2006 Subscription Rates
• (U.S. currency)
• United States 1 year 135 2 years 250.
• International 1 year 160 2 years 300.
• Readership.pdf

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Programs and Services

• In order to carry out its mission NEHA offers a
  variety of programs. The association has seven
  national credential programs. NEHA also produces
  the annual Education Conference (AEC) and
  Exhibition and a number of technical workshops
  each year. NEHA offers an online bookstore, posts
  job openings on its online Job Center, provides
  networking and committee participation
  opportunities, develops positions on timely and
  serious environmental health concerns, and
  provides several other services, serving as a
  constant resource for the environmental health
  professional.

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Education

• NEHA/AAS Scholarship Awards
• http//www.neha.org/scholarship/scholarship.html
• Students Section
• http//www.neha.org/students/index.html
• Credentialing
• http//www.neha.org/credential/index.shtml
• Continuing Education Information
• http//www.neha.org/CEweb/CE.html
• Web-based Courses
• http//www.neha.org/firstnetlearn.html

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Research Development

• The Research and Development Department of the
  National Environmental Association is responsible
  for obtaining and administering grants and
  sources to generate programs and resources.
  Currently, the RD Department is managing six
  major grant-funded programs, all in cooperation
  with federal agencies.
• These programs include
• http//www.neha.org/research/

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NEHA Awards

• The National Environmental Health Associations
  highest honor is the Walter S. Mangold Award it
  consists of a cash honorarium and a crystal
  mounted on a marble designed base, it is named
  for a man of action who became an inspiration to
  thousands of environmental health professionals
  who followed him into the field.
• The late Walter S. Mangold was a sanitarian in
  California at a time when environmental health
  was just developing into a profession, with its
  own educational requirements and performance
  standards. Mangold also was instrumental in the
  founding of NEHAs predecessor, the National
  Association of Sanitarians, in California.
• Mangold later became Professor of Public Health
  at the University of California School of Public
  Health.

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Recent EH Journals

• March 2005
• Table of Contents (PDF)

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Recent EH Journals

• April 2005
• Table of Contents (PDF)

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Recent EH Journals

• May 2005
• Table of Contents (PDF)

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Terrorism and All-Hazards Preparedness Program

• http//www.neha.org/research/terrorism/index.html

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Journal Reviews

• Association of College Research Libraries
  (ACRL)
• NEHA was created in 1937 and has a membership of
  more than 5,000,who serve in the public and
  private sector, in academia, and in the uniformed
  services. The association's mission is to
  advance the environmental health and protection
  professional for the purpose of providing a
  healthful environment for all. The major
  journal for the association is the Journal of
  Environmental Health. Other publications include
  books on food protection, hazardous waste and
  materials, and management and general
  environmental health resources.

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Journal Reviews

• Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied
  Nutrition Food Safety Risk Analysis
  Clearinghouse
• National Environmental Health Association
• Source National Environmental Health
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• Summary Professional organization for
  environmental health practitioners. The website
  includes events, news, and access to the Journal
  of Environmental Health.
• Librarians Picks
• National Environmental Health Association Access
  to articles in the Journal of Environmental
  Health and electronic links to information on the
  environment.

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Citations

• About the national Environmental Health
  Association
• http//www.neha.org/about/neha.html
• ACRL Association of College Research Libraries
• http///www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/crlnews/back
  issues2002/
• may/environmental.htm
• Articles of Incorporation Bylaws
• http//www.neha.org/about/Articles_of_Incorporatio
  n_and_Bylaws.html
• Continuing Education Information
• http//www.neha.org/CEweb/CE.html
• Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied
  Nutrition
• Food Safety Risk Analysis Clearinghouse
• http//www.foodrisk.org/about_us.htm
• Librarian Picks
• http//www.uwec.edu/Library/coremore/Librarianchoi
  ces.htm
• NEHA Awards
• http//www.neha.org/about/awardinfo.html

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Citations

• NEHA Staff Directory
• Http//www.neha.org/about/staff.html
• Officers
• http//www.neha.org/about/neha_officers.html
• Readership
• http//www.neha.org/JEH/
• Research and Development Department
• http//www.neha.org/research/index.html
• Students Section
• http//www.neha.org/students/index.html
• Subscription Rates
• http//www.neha.org/JEH/
• Technical Section Chairs
• http//www.neha.org/about/technical_sec_chairs.htm
  l
• Terrorism and All-Hazards Preparedness Program
• http//www.neha.org/research/terrorism/index/html
• Web-based Courses
• http//www.neha.org/firstnetlearn.html

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