Objectives & Outcomes. Each tribal community will be provided a Community Environmental Health Assessment report that summarizes the data collection process and findings, as well as a Community Environmental Health Improvement Plan that identifies and prioritizes long-term goals and action items to elevate the status of and better serve the public health of their community members. The CEHA and CEHIP will be compiled into a final report: The Community Environmental Health Profile (CEHP). The CEHP, or sub-parts, may be used for getting funding, developing other projects, implementing policies, or requesting assistance or action from other federal, state, or local agencies. Anticipated long-term outcomes and benefits include the following: • Improved community environmental health (EH) status results in improved population health. • Improved organizational and community coordination and collaboration • Enhanced credibility with stakeholders, improved customer accessibility to health services and information, and a better educated and aware customer base. • Improved government public health infrastructure to deliver essential environmental public health services through an increased number of public health policies, codes, and programs at the tribal level • Increased knowledge about public health and the interconnectedness of activities • Strengthened partnerships within the federal, tribal, state, and local public health systems • Identified strengths and weaknesses to address in quality improvement efforts • Baselines on performance to use in preparing for accreditation • Benchmarks for public health practice improvements Under the terms of this MOU, the TRIBE will: Assist and guide NPAIHB in completing the CEHA and CEHIP Project. TRIBE will be involved with all stages of the project; Pre-Planning, Planning, and Implementation Phases I-IV that are laid out in the CEHP Proposal_V1.1.
