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Vector Control for Environmental Health Professionals (VCEHP)
Welcome to VCEHP, the Vector Control for Environmental Health Professionals learning series from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and partners. To get started, create a new account by clicking the corresponding link on the right side of this webpage. Complete all required fields on the registration form and submit it for approval.
With VCEHP, CDCʹs popular in-person vector control training is now updated and made available online. VCEHP contains 11 online courses and emphasizes the use of integrated pest management (IPM) to address public health pests and vectors that spread diseases, including Zika virus and others.
What Are the Benefits?
You can take the courses you want, when you want after taking the first three required courses.
What Are the Courses?
VCEHP includes the following courses:
Course Title | What You Will Learn About | Author(s) | Contact Hours |
VCEHP 101: Vector-Borne Diseases of Public Health Importance | Vectors, the diseases they transmit, and their distribution | CAPT Michael E. Herring, REHS, MPH | 1 |
VCEHP 102: IPM Basics for Environmental Health Professionals | IPM, an effective and environmentally sensitive approach to pest management | Marc. L. Lame, PhD | 1 |
VCEHP 103: Performance Assessment and Improvement of Vector Control Services | Performance assessment and improvement standards as applied to vector control and pest management | CDR Justin Gerding, MPH, REHS, CPH, DAAS | 1 |
Biology and disease associations of ticks and fundamentals of tick control | William L. Nicholson, MS, PhD | 1 | |
Biology and disease associations of mosquitoes and fundamentals of mosquito control | Claudia Riegel, MS, PhD | 1 | |
VCEHP 106: Toxicology of Pesticides for Environmental Health Professionals | Health and environmental concerns, and proper use of pesticides | Marc L. Lame, PhD LuAnn E. White, PhD, DABT Dawn H. Gouge, PhD | 1 |
Biology and disease associations of rodents and fundamentals of rodent control | Bobby Corrigan, PhD | 1 | |
VCEHP 108: Public Health Insect Pests in Food and Housing Environments | Identification and control of common kitchen and household insect pests | Dini M. Miller, PhD | 1 |
Common pests encountered in schools and their associated health and safety risks | Dawn H. Gouge, PhD | 1 | |
VCEHP 110: Risk Communication Basics for Environmental Health Professionals | Process of communicating and interacting with communities to identify solutions to vector and pest concerns | John Godec, CPF, MCP3 | 1 |
Bed bug biology, health concerns, and fundamentals of bed bug control | Dini M. Miller, PhD | 1 |
Looking for Zika Training?
VCEHP includes several courses particularly helpful for understanding and addressing Zika virus and other mosquito-borne diseases. Recommended courses include 101, 102, 103, 105, 106, and 110.
Who Created VCEHP?
Several groups and individuals worked together to create this learning series. CDCʹs National Center for Environmental Health collaborated with the National Network of Public Health Institutes, Texas Health Institute, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, National Environmental Health Association, and additional subject-matter experts in vector control and pest management.
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