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Jim Vannoy
Program Manager
Environmental Health Program
Idaho Division of Public Health
Established in 2009, ASTHO’s Tracking Fellowship Program has served as a stepping stone to non-funded sites to further their efforts in becoming better prepared to join the Network.
Opportunities: ◦ Peer-to-Peer examination of
established programs
Conduct site visits at an assigned CDC mentoring site
Receive guidance on developing a project that would advance tracking in their state or city
◦ Attend a National Tracking Workshop
◦ Build peer networks and collaborations
CDC EPHT State Grantees
ASTHO Tracking Fellows
D.C.
New York City
Cincinnati
ASTHO Tracking Fellows:
◦ 2009: *LA, MI, DC
◦ 2010: NC, GA, KY, DE, WV
◦ 2011: AZ, IN, OH, VA, and Cincinnati
◦ 2012: AL, Fairfax County, ID, NE, OK
Idaho lacks an EPHT Program
Access to limited health data
Availability of environmental data ◦ Air quality data
◦ Water quality data
Site visit
National EPHT workshop Conduct a pilot project
Awareness
Final Report
Next Steps
Washington State, Olympia–April 2012 ◦ Visit Washington Department of Heath
Washington’s EPHT staff provided various presentations that included: ◦ EPHT Information Technology ◦ Communications Development and
Implementation ◦ Web Portal Demonstration ◦ Indicator Development and Data
Manipulation and Analysis ◦ Lead Program Overview
Denver–May 2012
Activities included plenary sessions, topic discussions, ASTHO fellowship recipients meeting, workgroup meetings and state success story projects.
Workgroups: content, program management & outreach, standards & network development and geospatial.
Content workgroup topics: hospitalization, biomonitoring, water, climate change, pesticides, and vital statistics.
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention in Ada County, ID: April-May 2012:
Use US Census Bureau, Ada County Tax Assessor data and GIS technology to create a lead risk map.
Share this information with Medicaid and Health Districts so they can implement more targeted lead poisoning prevention and education programs.
Characteristics of Ada County Housing Stock
The Result
Presentation at the 2012 Spring Division of Public Health’s Epidemiology Conference, Boise, Idaho
Poster presentation at Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists Conference in Omaha, Nebraska.
Submitted to ASTHO in May 2012
Replicate the pilot project in other populous counties in Idaho.
Assess the feasibility of EPHT in Idaho.
Robert Graff Norka Paden Joe Pollard
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