The goal of the Basic Environmental Health Program (BEHP) is to equip entry level environmental health personnel with the basic knowledge, skills and abilities needed to develop competency in their initial and future duties. The BEHP is a made up of online courses, live training courses, webinars and field exercises conducted with a qualified mentor at the student's home office.
Students expecting to receive a certificate of completion must:
1) attend all live training courses and webinars and pass each exam with a score of 70% or higher.
2) complete the following on-line courses and field exercises (links to these courses are provided on the registration web site http://www.albany.edu/sph/coned/behp.htm or via the link under section detail of your course listings in your "My Courses" tab).
- NYNJ-201: Orientation to Public Health (prerequisite to the classroom session of UASPH-PH 101, Introduction to Public Health in NYS)
- UACPHP-206: Field Epidemiology (please note that this online course should be completed prior to attending the classroom session of UASPH-PH 103B, Communicable Disease Control)
- NYNJ-042: Exploring Cross-Cultural Communication
- NYNJ-068: Practicing Cross-Cultural Communication (please note participants only need to complete one of the three scenarios)
- UACPHP-200: Microbiology: An Introduction (prerequisite to the classroom session of UASPH-PH 103A, Public Health Microbiology)
- FEMA IS-100.A: Introduction to the Incident Command System
- FEMA IS-200.A: Incident Command Systems for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents
- FEMA IS-700.A: National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction
- UASPH-EH 107-FE1: Bureau of Community Environmental Health & Food Protection (High-risk FSE Inspection)
- UASPH-EH 107-FE2 : Bureau of Community Environmental Health & Food Protection (Swimming Pool Inspection)
- UASPH-EH 109-FE: Non-Community Water Supply Inspection
Although all staff are encouraged to register for and attend as many of the courses as they like, staff employed in public health sanitarian and technician titles who are now mandated by Part 11 of the State Sanitary Code to complete the program and who have not previously completed the BEHP, will receive priority. Students should complete their registration at least 10 days prior to the first class date to ensure adequate time for confirmation and to receive direction on completing the field exercises.
Questions regarding registration and logistics for the course should be directed to the Continuing Education Unit at UAlbany School of Public Health at (518) 402-0330. Other questions can be directed to Dennis Croswell of the Center for Environmental Health at (518) 402-7731.