TY - JOUR
T1 - Building the future of environmental public health tracking
T2 - Proceedings and recommendations of an expert panel workshop
AU - Fox, Mary A.
AU - Baksh, Sheriza
AU - Lam, Juleen
AU - Resnick, Beth
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements: We thank the partici pants for offering their time and advice at the expert panel workshop. Dr. Thomas A. Burke participated in the early planning phase of this project. This work was funded under a contract (200-2014-M-61008) from CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health.
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Copyright:
Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2017/6
Y1 - 2017/6
N2 - Since 2002, the national Environmental Health Tracking Program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has provided vital support to state environmental public health efforts while simultaneously building a nationwide network of state, local, and academic partners to improve our nation’s capacity to understand and respond to environmental threats to public health. As part of program review and strategic planning, national thought leaders in environmental public health were convened to assess progress, identify gaps and challenges, and provide recommendations for enhancing the utility and impact of the Tracking Program. Several opportunities were identified. Chief among these was the need for continued and expanded CDC leadership to develop a coordinated Tracking Program agenda identifying specific scientific goals, data needs, and initiatives. Recommendations for future growth included expanded data availability and program coverage: i.e., making data available at the community scale and establishing tracking programs in all 50 states. Finally, a set of recommendations emphasizing communication to decision makers and the public was made that will be integral to the future utility and success of the Tracking Program.
AB - Since 2002, the national Environmental Health Tracking Program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has provided vital support to state environmental public health efforts while simultaneously building a nationwide network of state, local, and academic partners to improve our nation’s capacity to understand and respond to environmental threats to public health. As part of program review and strategic planning, national thought leaders in environmental public health were convened to assess progress, identify gaps and challenges, and provide recommendations for enhancing the utility and impact of the Tracking Program. Several opportunities were identified. Chief among these was the need for continued and expanded CDC leadership to develop a coordinated Tracking Program agenda identifying specific scientific goals, data needs, and initiatives. Recommendations for future growth included expanded data availability and program coverage: i.e., making data available at the community scale and establishing tracking programs in all 50 states. Finally, a set of recommendations emphasizing communication to decision makers and the public was made that will be integral to the future utility and success of the Tracking Program.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 29154528
AN - SCOPUS:85038218573
SN - 0022-0892
VL - 79
SP - 14
EP - 19
JO - Journal of environmental health
JF - Journal of environmental health
IS - 10
ER -