3118.0: Monday, November 17, 2003: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM | |||
Oral | |||
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| This session provides an overview of the CDC sponsored initiative to develop a National Environmental Health Tracking Network. After a description of the goals of the program, participants will be presented with examples of the types of academic and government partnerships that have been developed in order to create the Environmental health Tracking program. A description of the indicators of health outcome and environmental exposure to be included the program, as well as the process for selecting and defining these measures will be described. A description of the processes developed and challenges met and overcome in this collaborative project will provide an understanding of the overall program and its implementation nationwide. | |||
| Learning Objectives: After attending this session participant will be able to: 1) Identify key challenges and processes for establishing an integrated national environmental public health tracking network in this country. 2) Understand the roles and contributions of some of the partners involved in developing the network and improving environmental public health capacity. 3) Describe how academic institutions and state and local partners can collaborate to define relevant EPHT indicators and inventory health outcome and environmental data tracking systems. 4) Understand how research by Centers of Excellence can inform planning decisions in states that are in the process of building statewide environmental public health tracking networks. | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Susan West Marmagas, MPH | |||
| Rebecca A Head, PhD, DABT | |||
| Building the national environmental public health tracking network through effective partnerships Michael McGeehin, PhD, MSPH | |||
| Environmental public health tracking: A collaborative approach between Wisconsin and Tulane University Lynda Knobeloch, PhD, Luann E. White, PhD, DABT | |||
| Linkage of ambient air quality and asthma outcome data for environmental public health tracking Ying-Ying Meng, DrPH, Jennifer Mann, PhD, Michael A. Heumann, MPH, MA, John Balmes, MD | |||
| Shaping the future on environmental public health: The ciritical role of environmental public health tracking Thomas A. Burke, PhD, MPH, Jessica Leighton, PhD, Jim Cone, MD, MPH, Caroline Bragdon, MPH | |||
| Organized by: | Environment | ||
| Endorsed by: | Medical Care | ||
| CE Credits: | CME, Environmental Health, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy | ||