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Module 1: Introduction to THEP and the Guide
This module provides a brief overview of THEP, and provides a full list of the abbreviations and acronyms mentioned throughout the training sections.
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About THEP
Abbreviations & Acronyms
Module 2: Key THEP / THEC points in brief.
The sections below provide high-level information on THEP, the partners, and ways of working. The aim is to provide some context before you dive into the detail of each set of resources.
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About
Our Ways of Working
Key Actions
Who Is This Guide For?
How To Use This Guide
Module 2 Learnings
Module 3: THEP’s purpose, values, key resources, and an overview of partner organizations
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THEP’s Purpose & Values
Key Resources & Links
Module 3 Learnings
Module 4: THEP’s origin
This module provides information on THEP’s origin, as well as key details on study findings from 1990-2000 and how this influences current ways of working.
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How THEP Began
Module 4 Learnings
Module 5: Applying our values & ways of working
This module includes further information on THEP’s ways of working and also provides examples of how THEP applies our values.
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The Secret Sauce In Trail
What’s Next?
Module 5 Learnings
Module 6: Details on THEP’s work, including topic briefs
This module includes detail on THEP’s work. Topic briefs have been created to provide clear examples of how THEP works.
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What Does THEP Deliver and Who Does What?
Change Over Time
Introduction to Topic Briefs
Air Quality
Health
Soil Management
Community Connectedness & Leadership
Integration, Understanding, and Creating Value
Module 6 Learnings
Module 7: Internal communications (for local THEP team)
This module includes details on communications and reporting.
Trail Area Health & Environment Program (THEP) Onboarding Guide 101

Health

The brief below provides further information on the Health Program’s ways of working.

Supporting family health through blood lead testing

The Trail Area Health & Environment Program’s Health Program helps protect children in Trail by offering free, voluntary blood lead level testing for families with young children. Held twice a year, these clinics provide families with clear, confidential results and help Interior Health’s Public Health Nurses and THEP’s Healthy Homes teams identify where support may be needed. When a child’s blood lead level is elevated, families are offered personalized home visits, exposure reduction plans, and practical services such as cleaning support, paint or soil testing, and nutritional guidance, all at no cost.

Blood lead testing plays a critical role in understanding and reducing exposure in Trail. The combined results help THEP track trends across the community and guide decisions about air quality improvements, soil management priorities, and public education. Families are central to this work: their participation and day-to-day healthy habits help protect their children and support community-wide progress. Thanks to this collaboration between families, Interior Health, THEP, and Teck Trail Operations, children’s average blood lead levels have declined dramatically, making Trail a leading example of community-driven environmental health.

To view the full brief and read about this work in more detail, click here.

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