Burke T A, Shalauta N M, Tran N L, Stern B S
Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, USA.
J Public Health Manag Pract. 1997 Mar;3(2):1-12. doi: 10.1097/00124784-199703000-00004.
The success of our national environmental policies depends upon the capacity of states to implement them. This article presents the findings of an examination of the state level organization of environmental health and protection services. The goals of the project were to conduct a descriptive analysis of the structure, functions, and funding of state environmental health and protection services, and to examine the impact of the major federal environmental statutes on the organization of the state infrastructure. Future environmental progress will depend upon an improved understanding of the relationship between human health and the environment. This will require a commitment to improving the public health training of environmental professionals, and improved cooperation between health and environmental agencies to assure that they do not lose sight of their fundamental mission--the protection of public health.
我们国家环境政策的成功取决于各州实施这些政策的能力。本文介绍了对州一级环境卫生与保护服务机构进行调查的结果。该项目的目标是对州环境卫生与保护服务的结构、职能和资金进行描述性分析，并研究主要联邦环境法规对州基础设施组织的影响。未来的环境进展将取决于对人类健康与环境之间关系的更好理解。这将需要致力于改善环境专业人员的公共卫生培训，并加强卫生机构与环境机构之间的合作，以确保它们不会忽视其基本使命——保护公众健康。
