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- Behavioral Health
- 4.00 Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:Infectious diseases have regained public health significance with the emergence of new infections in humans. Infections such as tuberculosis and malaria, once close to elimination, have reemerged and pose major public health challenges. Prevention and control of emerging and reemerging infections is essential to reduce morbidity and mortality worldwide. This course has been designed to introduce the fundamentals of infectious disease prevention and control to public health professionals.
- Environmental Public Health Online Courses (EPHOC)
- 3.00 Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:This introduction course will cover the definition, mission, principals, the core functions, and essential services of Environmental Public Health. It will include the role of environmental public health in society.
- Environmental Public Health Online Courses (EPHOC)
- 3.00 Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:This course contains five modules which analyze current federal and state laws and their applications in environmental public health. Major federal laws and environmental regulatory agencies are covered. For state law, Alabama's code will be examined. Students for this class who are not practicing environmental health in Alabama should identify a person (or persons) in their own practice locations who can provide information on their state and local environmental laws.
- Environmental Public Health Online Courses (EPHOC)
- 4.00 Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:This course contains six modules discussing the fundamental principles of food protection, the application of rules and regulations, food safety management systems, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP), plan review, integrated pest management and employee training.
- Environmental Public Health Online Courses (EPHOC)
- 6.00 Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:The Drinking Water Modules are intended to provide a broad introductory background on drinking water quality and regulatory issues to give a public health officer a good basic understanding of drinking water production, contaminant monitoring and distribution. The modules cover regulatory requirements, treatment technologies, source protection and health issues associated with microbial and chemical contaminants that are regulated and which must be addressed by water suppliers.
- Environmental Public Health Online Courses (EPHOC)
- 4.00 Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:This course provides an introduction to wastewater treatment and disposal. Relationships between public health concerns, water resources, and wastewater management are discussed.
- Environmental Public Health Online Courses (EPHOC)
- 3.00 Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:This course contains five modules which address history of solid waste management, terminology, and current trends in waste generation; waste management hierarchy, waste reduction/reuse/recycling; composting, waste to energy, and landfills; landfill regulations; and solid waste collection.
- Environmental Public Health Online Courses (EPHOC)
- 2.00 Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:This two module course discusses the history of hazardous waste and management; federal hazardous materials laws; characteristics of hazardous materials; the Hazardous Manifest System; transporting hazardous materials; and the hazardous waste management hierarchy.
- Environmental Public Health Online Courses (EPHOC)
- 4.00 Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:As human populations increase, two things are occurring. Urban centers attain greater population density and suburban areas expand into the rural countryside. Both high density human populations and greater proximity to wild and domestic animals and plants increases the potential that the health of the people in the area will be impacted by zoonotic disease, vector disease or noxious plants. This training goes over some of the most common definitions associated with zoonotic and vector borne disease.
- Environmental Public Health Online Courses (EPHOC)
- 2.00 Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:This course will explain what radiation is, the various types of ionizing radiation including alpha, beta, gamma and neutron radiation. The concept of physical half-life of a radioisotope will be explained and various sources of radiation including background radiation will be discussed. An overview of radiation exposure and contamination of radiation externally and internally will be defined. Radiation safety tenets of time, distance and appropriate or effective shielding will be explained.