The Collaborative on Health and the Environment – Washington

1. Please provide the name of your business, organization or agency (optional):

2. Please classify your organization (select all that apply):
educational/academic
government agency
nongovernmental organization
for-profit business
health-care facility
other: describe

3. What is the primary scope of your organization's work? (select one)
national or international
state/regional
local
first nation/tribe or tribal affiliate

4. Briefly describe your organization's connection to environmental health:

Part 2: Training Needs

5. Are you aware of unmet needs for training in environmental health in your organization?
yes
no (skip to question 7)

6. In what areas or topics in environmental health might training be needed in your organization? Please provide your topics here and/or select all that apply from the lists below.

Skills training
information gathering: identifying and compiling relevant information
data analysis and interpretation
problem solving, including incorporating economic and political issues
project implementation and management
communicating the connections between environmental and human health
effectively using technology and media
evaluating effectiveness of procedures, interventions and programs
using risk assessment tools
translating science for use by policymakers and/or consumers
understanding government and/or corporate cultures
building and enhancing collaborations across organizations and/or sectors
utilizing conflict resolution tools both internally and externally
negotiating to achieve goals
understanding and implementing ethics issues in public health, including human rights and social factors affecting health

Content domains
broad links between environment and human health
low-dose exposures and disease/disabilities
basic principles of toxicology – chemicals and health
how multiple chemicals interact in the body
vulnerability of children to chemicals
cancer and the environment
neurodevelopment and environment
asthma/respiratory development and environment
reproductive health and the environment
immune system and the environment
endocrine system and the environment
interplay of chemicals with other environmental and genetic factors that influence health, such as nutrition, poverty, stress, infectious disease, etc.
public health policies related to environmental health

7. How do you currently find out about lectures, workshops and other trainings and events in environmental health, both within and outside your organization? Please select all that apply.
receiving notification from a listserv (Please specify, such as CHE-WA or WA-Assess )
receiving an email from a colleague
routinely checking particular websites (Please specify which websites: )
reading about a training in a newsletter (Please specify which newsletters: )
organization / agency / institution requires the training
word of mouth / announcement at meetings
other:

8. What is your preferred way to learn about upcoming events? Please mark all that apply.
through a website
through an email message posted to a listserv
other:

9. Would an online searchable calendar of events related to environmental health topics or skills in Washington State be useful to your organization?
yes
no
comments:

Part 3: Feedback on a Searchable Calendar

CHE-WA has recently launched a searchable calendar of events in environmental health that may be of interest to residents of Washington. Please go to http://www.chenw.org/cgi-bin/searchevents.cgi [this should open in a new window], then return to this page to answer the following questions about using this calendar.

10. Have you ever used this calendar before now?
yes (about how many times? )
no

11. Please use the search fields in the calendar window to search for the upcoming teleconferences in July. After completing that, return to this page and rate how easy or difficult is it to do this through the searchable calendar.
very easy
somewhat easy
somewhat difficult
very difficult
comments:

12. Go again to the calendar search results and look at the information displayed. How easy or difficult is it for you to interpret the information displayed, including the date, location, price, website and contact person?
very easy
somewhat easy
somewhat difficult
very difficult
comments:

13. What other information should be included?

14. Are there other fields besides scope, month and category that you would want to be able to search by?
yes (specify: )
no

15. How likely would you or others in your organization be to use this online calendar to find out about environmental health trainings and other events?
very likely
somewhat likely
somewhat unlikely
very unlikely
not applicable (reason: )

16. Would you or others in your organization like to publicize your own events through this calendar?
yes, please contact this person for details:
yes, we'll contact the calendar administrator
no
not applicable

17. Other feedback, questions or comments about this searchable calendar:

Part 4: Current Training Capabilities

CHE-WA is building a clearinghouse of stored materials within our member organizations. This searchable clearinghouse could be used to provide information for trainings, letters and briefings for policymakers, presentations, grant applications and other uses.

18. Would a clearinghouse of available trainings, expertise and/or materials in Washington State be of interest to your organization?
yes
no
comments:

19. Does your organization have any materials for trainings (lectures, workshops, symposia, classes and other trainings) that you would be willing to share with the public or other CHE-Washington members?
yes
no (skip to question 22)

20. What environmental health topics does your organization already have materials or curricula for? Please list topics here or provide a website if available.

21. Does your organization publish a resource catalog or other compilation of environmental health materials for the public?
yes (please describe how can we access this: )
no

22. Other comments about making information about environmental health trainings and resources available on the CHE-WA website: