Rebuilding Caribbean Environmental Health Post-Crisis Programs: A Preliminary Study for Virtual Mentorship

After the hurricanes in 2017 in the U.S. Caribbean, it was essential to rebuild, strengthen, and sustain essential environmental health (EH) services and systems. The National Environmental Health Association, in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, developed an online me...

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Published in:	Journal of environmental health Vol. 86; no. 6; pp. 8 - 13
Main Authors:	DeVito, Roseann, Landeen, Elizabeth, Dyjack, David, Labbo, Rebecca, Gill, Gagandeep, Gerding, Justin, Kalis, Martin A, Daly, Scott, Lopez, Raymond, Somaiya, Chintan, Chera, Sukhdeep, Vanover, Christine, Fahnestock, Lindsay, Randhawa, Manjit
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States National Environmental Health Association 01-01-2024
Subjects:	Company business management Curricula Design Didacticism Disease control Emergency preparedness Environmental health Health aspects Hurricanes Inspections Islands Knowledge Knowledge acquisition Leadership Learning management systems Management Mentors Outdoor air quality Post-disaster reconstruction Quality improvement Sanitarians Skilled workers Training Virtual classrooms Workforce United States Puerto Rico United States > US mentorship program emergency preparedness Caribbean environmental health emergency response and recovery
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Summary:	After the hurricanes in 2017 in the U.S. Caribbean, it was essential to rebuild, strengthen, and sustain essential environmental health (EH) services and systems. The National Environmental Health Association, in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, developed an online mentorship program for newly hired and existing EH staff and health department leadership in Caribbean health departments. Participants were provided with both practical and didactic learning and were allowed to evaluate the program. Both mentors and mentees were highly satisfied with the knowledge and skills acquired, and mentees expressed it was relevant to their daily work. Based on the findings, we recommend both an online and a hybrid mentorship program for leadership- and inspector-level workforces in EH and potentially in other fields.
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ISSN:	0022-0892