Table 2 Essential public health operations and environmental public health operations in the Netherlands

1

Surveillance of population health and wellbeing

1

Surveillance, evaluation, and analysis of (the determinants of) environmental health and wellbeing

Monitor and register notifications and questions of citizens

Add questions regarding environmental health to the national health monitor

2

Monitoring and response to health hazards and emergencies

2

Monitoring and response to environmental health hazards and emergencies

Communication of health risks after small incidents

Follow-up and monitoring of health complaints after a fire containing asbestos

3

Health protection including environmental occupational, food safety and others

3

Health protection, enforce laws and regulations that protect environmental health and ensure safety

Including health in the revised law on intensive farming

4

Health Promotion including action to address social determinants and health inequity

4

Health promotion, including action to address social determinants, health inequity and health literacy

Organise information sessions about health effects of atmospheric pollution

Campaigning for healthy climates inside buildings and houses

9

Advocacy communication and social mobilisation for health

4

Health promotion, including action to address social determinants of environmental public health, health ine + D20quity and health literacy

5

Disease prevention, including early detection of illness

5

Disease prevention, diagnosis and investigation of environmental health problems and health hazards

Analyse and follow-up of notifications from citizens

Active research on healthy enviroments within schools and learning outcomes

6

Assuring governance for health and wellbeing

6

Assuring governance for health, support environmental health public policy

Advise local governments on new housing next to power pylons

Advise local governments on how to handle asbestos in primary schools

7

Assuring a sufficient and competent public health workforce

7

Assuring a sufficient and competent environmental public health workforce

Supervision of trainees

Development of a curriculum on environmental public health

8

Assuring sustainable organisational structures and financing

8

Assuring sustainable organisational structures, enforcement of the quality of health services

Participation in quality policy like the Harmonisation Quality Evaluation in the social service sector (HKZ)

Enforcing quality + E29 of health care (organisation and quality of environmental public health services)

10

Advancing public health research to inform policy and practice

9

Advancing research and development on environmental public health

Conducting scientific research on environmental public health

Development of new health promotion materials to promote environmental public health

10

Regional consultation and support

Advising neighbouring environmental public health services