An organization that looks at the health and well-being of children and their access to care and need
UNICEF
This type of community comprises an area that includes one or more counties with a city of 50,000 or more residents
Urban
This organization ensures the safe and healthful working conditions for workers by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
When substances accumulate over time in the body, especially older adults
Bioaccumulation
The purpose is to save lives, address health threats, and maintain basic human needs such as food, shelter, and water
Response
School nurses serve a vital role in facilitating student enrollment in this health insurance program
Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
This helps community groups to identify common problems or goals, mobilize resources, and develop and implement strategies for reaching the goals they set together.
Community Organizing
This organization is responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illness.
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Computed by the EPA based on measures of the five criteria for air pollutants with results in values on a scale of 0 to 500. A value of 100 or less, corresponding to the levels of “good” and “moderate” (green and yellow), is the level set by the EPA to protect public health
Air Quality Index (AQI)
This occurs before impact and is a proactive process for putting in place the structure needed for disaster response. It begins with a risk assessment
Preparedness
A student-focused clinic: located at or near a school or schools
School-based Health Center (SBHC)
A non-profit or public entity that receives a direct grant from the federal government to provide primary care services regardless of your ability to pay.
Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC)
A partnership program developed by NIOSH to provide a framework for research collaborations among universities, businesses, professional societies, government agencies, and other organizations
National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA)
A substance's ability to cause harm to humans
Toxicity
This primarily occurs during the preimpact phase of a disaster as a means to limit adverse effects of the disaster and covers a wide spectrum of issues, including health, infrastructure, and the impact on the economy
Mitigation
CDC's framework for addressing health in schools
Whole School Whole Community Whole Child (WSCC)
An equitable approach to research in which researchers, organizations, and community members collaborate on all aspects of a research project
Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR)
A detailed informational document prepared by the manufacturer or importer of a hazardous chemical
Safety Data Sheet (SDS)
A primary prevention intervention in the workplace. examples include use of less hazardous chemicals, or personal protective equipment (PPE), or hearing protection, or tethering a roofing worker to prevent a fall.
Engineering controls
This is designed to collect population data during the impact, mitigation, and recovery phases
Emergency information systems (EISs)
An approach to delivering high-quality, cost-effective primary care.
Patient Centered Medical Home
A partnership with a corporate, business, provider, or citizen organization to develop methodologies to improve the health and well–being of the community
Community Partnerships
A health promotion programs that allows employees to discuss work, financial, or social issues in a confidential setting
Employee assistance program (EAP)
The time interval between when an individual or host is infected by a pathogen and when that individual becomes infectious. Example: Cancer developing many years after exposure occurs.
Latency
This is an electronic reporting database that facilitates the electronical transfer of public health surveillance data from the health-care system to public health departments
National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS)