Vector Control / Integrated Pest Management

Establishing a Vector Control Program In Polk County Wisconsin [DOC - 384 KB] – provides insight into potential successes and obstacles encountered in developing an initial vector control program. This is one in a series of reports prepared by a graduate of CDC’s Environmental Public Health Leadership Institute.

Healthy Housing Reference Manual – revision provides information on the impact of housing on health and safety and includes a chapter on disease vectors and pests

Implementation of a Countywide Vector Control Program in Shelby County, Tennessee [DOC - 404 KB] – implementing and coordinating vector control services, Memphis and Shelby County Health Department. This is one in a series of reports prepared by a graduate of CDC’s Environmental Public Health Leadership Institute.

Improving Mosquito Control Through Partnership Agreements to Create a More Effective Integrated Pest Management System [DOC - 466 KB] – improving the Mosquito Control Partnership Agreement in Louisville to improve communications and create a more effective IPM system. This is one in a series of reports prepared by a graduate of CDC’s Environmental Public Health Leadership Institute.

Integrated Pest Management: Conducting Urban Rodent Survey [PDF - 627 KB] – update of the 1974 CDC Urban Rat Surveys manual includes information about integrated pest management (IPM)

Managing Rodents and Mosquitoes Through Integrated Pest Management: Webcast (originally aired September 18, 2003, 1:00-2:30 p.m.) – Online Webcast provides information for local health authorities to implement integrated pest management

Mosquitoes and You: West Nile Virus Training for Elementary School Students (Volusia County Health Department, Florida) – multimedia training program with age-appropriate games, videos, and workbooks [ K-2 [PDF - 1265 KB]]; [ 3-5 [PDF - 1706 KB]] and includes a teacher's manual [PDF - 907 KB]. This program was developed in collaboration with the Volusia County [Florida] Health Department. ( http://www.volusiahealth.com/eh/training.html#westnile).

Pictorial Keys to Arthropods, Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals of Public Health Significance – pictorial keys used to teach animal identification to personnel (sanitarians, engineers, physicians, veterinarians, etc.) without special training in taxonomy

Rabies Investigations: Are We Chasing Our Tail? [DOC - 375 KB] – developing a policy to assure all investigations follow a standardized procedure. This is one in a series of reports prepared by a graduate of CDC’s Environmental Public Health Leadership Institute.

Rodent Control After a Disaster [PDF - 110 KB] – fact sheet containing recommendations to reduce the risk for disease or personal injury associated with rodents after a disaster

Rodent Control: Seal Up! Trap Up! Clean Up! – links to information about rodents

Stormwater Management and Vector Breeding Habits [PDF - 68 KB] – information about stormwater-runoff management

Vector Control – This section from Emergency and Terrorism Preparedness for Environmental Health Practitioners provides information and technical assistance on vector control for preventing disease and protecting public health.

West Nile Virus – links to information about West Nile virus

What Is Integrated Pest Management? [PDF - 97 KB] – defines the four components of integrated pest management (IPM): inspection, monitoring, treatment, and evaluation

Links to Information from outside CDC

Before the Swarm: Guidelines for the Emergency Management of Mosquito-Borne Disease Outbreaks [PDF - 3.2 MB] (Association of State and Territorial Health Officials) – analysis and recommendations for countering the threat of mosquito-borne disease outbreaks: plan ahead, involve others, use the best science and data, inform the public, and responding to a mosquito-borne epidemic emergency

Free Online Continuing Education Courses (NEHA-CERT) – free online CDC environmental health training courses available through the National Environmental Health Association for continuing education credit for environmental health practitioners and students; includes course on biology and control of insects and rodents

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in Schools (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) – information about using integrated pest management in a school community

Integrated Pest Management Manual (National Park Service) – updated manual provides descriptions of the biology and management of 21 species or categories of pests

Mosquito Control (Association of State and Territorial Health Officials) – report containing recommendations to create sustainable mosquito-control programs

Public Health Significance of Urban Pests (World Health Organization) – a new analysis of the direct and indirect impacts of present-day urban pests on health

Vector Control Strategies for Local Boards of Health (National Association of Local Boards of Health) – includes topics such as the importance of effective policies and procedures, partnerships with other organizations, and regular evaluation of an agency’s vector programs and services

Zoonotic Disease: Bioterrorism & Beyond (Michigan Center for Public Health Preparedness) – three-hour online self-training course that introduces zoonotic disease basics to non-veterinarians and explores zoonotic diseases as potential bioterrorism agents

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