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Holly R. Wilson, MHSE, CHESHealth Communications Specialist
Environmental Health Tracking Branch
CDC’s Environmental Public Health Tracking Program
National Center for Environmental Health
Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects
“What we are limited in knowing is if there is a link between pollution and the increases we are seeing in chronic diseases because we aren’t tracking environmental health factors.
Pew Commission Report, 2000
We need to gather the facts now. American’s have a right, and the need to know.”
Lowell Weicker, Jr.Chairman, Pew Environmental Health Commission
Tracking Partners• State and local health departments
• National public health and environmental health professional organizations
• Universities
• Advocacy and community groups
• Other CDC Programs
• Other Federal Agencies
Building the Network
• Gathering requirements
• Setting standards
• Testing designs
• Engaging partners
• Flexibility to evolve
The Tracking NetworkThe Tracking Network is a system of integrated
health,exposure, and hazard information and data from avariety of national, state, and city sources.
The Tracking Network• Access to health and environmental
information
• Allows user to query data
• Provides contextual information and preventionmessages
www.cdc.gov/ephtracking
Tracking Network Demo
Health Effects• Asthma
• Birth Defects
• Cancer
• CO Poisoning
• Childhood Lead Poisoning
• Developmental Disabilities
• Heart Attacks
• Reproductive & Birth Outcomes
Environments
• Climate Change
• Community Design
• Homes
• Outdoor Air – Health Impacts of Fine
Particles in Air
• Water
Population Data• Population
Characteristics– Demographics– Socioeconomics
• Biomonitoring: Population Exposures– National estimate only– 11 environmental
chemicals
Coming in 2012Expanded and Updated Data & Resources
• Children’s Environmental Health
• BRFSS: Smoking data
• Additional states reporting birth defects data
• Updates to current data sets
• New communication tools
Enhanced Functionality• Enhanced mapping capabilities• Improved options for charts• Second view feature• Advanced view stratification
Coming in 2012
Secure Portal• National data repository
• Role based access
• Drag and drop report building
• Tracking toolkit
• Tracking metadata creation tool
Coming in 2012
For more information please contact Centers for Disease Control and Prevention1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30333Telephone, 1-800-CDC-INFO (232-4636)/TTY: 1-888-232-6348E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.cdc.gov
The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Questions?
National Center for Environmental Health
Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects
“CDC’s Tracking Network is the most important accomplishment of the past decade.”
Thomas Burke, Ph.D.Associate Dean of Public Health Practice and Training and Professor in Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health.