NACCHO’s Role
Environmental Public Health Tracking
MN EPHT Facilitated Discussion
May 15, 2012
Overview
• NACCHO activities
• Key informant interview summary report
• Key recommendations for bridging the gap between state and local
health departments
• NACCHO workgroup recommendations
• Leveraging efforts
LHDs
LHDs
LHDS
State
Tracking
Program
NACCHO Activities
• Conducting key informant interviews
• Hosting webinars
• Providing feedback on new tracking resources
and features
• Convening NACCHO’s Environmental Public
Health Tracking Workgroup
• Promoting Tracking resources
• Hosting facilitated discussions
NACCHO Workgroup Recommendations
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Link tracking resources to county health rankings
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Provide more localized data
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Link data to voting precincts
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Directly connect with community nurses,
environmental health specialists, etc.
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Tie into community assessment processes
(e.g. PACE-EH, MAPP)
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Seek to expand range of data in portal that reflects the
scope of work of LHDs
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Provide for educating local policy makers
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Develop culture that expects coordination/cooperation
between state and local health departments
Webinars
Environmental Public Health Tracking and Health Impact Assessments
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April 12, 2012 (Archived)
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Overview of HIA
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Online Tool for Tracking Health Impacts of Ambient Air Pollutants – CDC
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Estimating Morbidity and Mortality Attributable to Air Pollution – NYC
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HIA of a Proposed Cap-and-Trade Framework – California
Environmental Public Health Tracking and Children’s Health
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June 1, 2012, 1:30-3:00 PM ET
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Overview of Children’s Health Module – CDC
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Asthma and Outdoor Quality – Florida
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Childhood Lead Poisoning – Maine
Leveraging Efforts
• Mobilizing for Action through
Planning and Partnerships (MAPP)
Process
• Protocol for Assessing Community
Excellence in Environmental Health
(PACE-EH)
• Health Impact Assessment (HIA)
• Accreditation
Key Informant Interviews: Barriers
• Lack of localized data
• Linkages among hazards, exposure,
and health outcomes not clear enough
• Insufficient time and staff capacity
• Uncertainty about the application of
tracking data and resources
Key Informant Interviews: Recommendations
• Develop and enhance localized data
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Provide specific programmatic examples
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Connect with community health assessments
and health impact assessments
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Market to specific capacity and size of LHD
workforces
• Provide plain language communication
materials
• Support LHDs building local portals
Bridging Gap Between State/Local Health Departments
• Workgroups
• Facilitated discussions
• In-person meetings
• State-wide meetings
• Direct and in-person trainings
• Mini grants
• Mechanism for LHDs to collect tracking data
• Site visits
• Direct communications
LHDs
LHDs
LHDS
State
Tracking
Program
Questions?
For more information about NACCHO’s Tracking Project, go to:
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Becky Johnson (rjohnson@naccho.org; 202-507-4284)
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Amy Chang (achang@naccho.org; 202-507-4221)
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Jennifer Li (jli@naccho.org; 202-507-4242)
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http://www.naccho.org/org/topics/environmental/EPHT/index.cfm