NACCHO’s Role Environmental Public Health Tracking
MN EPHT Facilitated DiscussionMay 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
State Tracking Program
LHDS
LHDs
LHDs
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
EPHT
NACCHO Workgroup Recommendations
• Link tracking resources to county health rankings
• Provide more localized data
• Link data to voting precincts
• Directly connect with community nurses,
environmental health specialists, etc.
• Tie into community assessment processes
(e.g. PACE-EH, MAPP)
• Seek to expand range of data in portal that reflects the
scope of work of LHDs
• Provide for educating local policy makers
• Develop culture that expects coordination/cooperation
between state and local health departments
Webinars
Environmental Public Health Tracking and Health Impact Assessments
• April 12, 2012 (Archived)
• Overview of HIA
• Online Tool for Tracking Health Impacts of Ambient Air Pollutants – CDC
• Estimating Morbidity and Mortality Attributable to Air Pollution – NYC
• HIA of a Proposed Cap-and-Trade Framework – California
Environmental Public Health Tracking and Children’s Health
• June 1, 2012, 1:30-3:00 PM ET
• Overview of Children’s Health Module – CDC
• Asthma and Outdoor Quality – Florida
• 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
• Provide specific programmatic examples
• Connect with community health assessments
and health impact assessments
• 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 communicationsState
Tracking Program
LHDS
LHDs
LHDs
Questions?
For more information about NACCHO’s Tracking Project, go to:
• Becky Johnson ([email protected]; 202-507-4284)
• Amy Chang ([email protected]; 202-507-4221)
• Jennifer Li ([email protected]; 202-507-4242)
• http://www.naccho.org/org/topics/environmental/EPHT/index.cfm
