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1 EPA/CDC/ATSDR Community Collaboration
Rob Blake, Chief Environmental Health Services Branch National Center for Environmental Health Centers for Disease Control and Prevention American Public Health Association Washington, DC, November 5, 2007

2 EPA/CDC/ATSDR Community Collaboration
DeKalb County, GA Large urban county in metro Atlanta EH: traditional inspectional programs Increasing community requests on environmental issues Dr. Wiesner led combined community health assessment (MAPP/PACE EH)

3 EPA/CDC/ATSDR Community Collaboration
Couple of years later Successful application for EPA CARE grants Decided to do more intensive PACE EH process in two communities Clarkston (large refugee population) South DeKalb (predominantly African American community)

4 Clarkston: Focus Groups and Town Hall Meeting
Rental housing issues Sediment filling lake Litter Lack of sidewalks

5 South DeKalb Several large active landfills with claimed health effects (respiratory, cancer) Contamination sites Large sewage spills Environmental justice

6 EPA/CDC/ATSDR Community Collaboration: Common Goals and Values
Coordination between EP and EH within local public health programs Responding to needs in community-driven process EH professional expands beyond just inspections (Essential Service beyond just #6) Addressing multiple public and ecologic health aspects of built and natural environments Reducing health disparities Improving environmental health literacy Promoting environmental justice

7 EPA/CDC/ATSDR Community Collaboration
NCEH contributions (in conjunction with EPA) disseminating lessons-learned about community-based environmental health assessments providing the evidence base for methodologies that promote community engagement participating in work groups that define and organize the collaboration’s activities offering technical assistance in communities where both EPA and NCEH/ATSDR have relationships with local partners awarding capacity-building grants working with pilot projects (Boston, Cherokee Nation, Savannah, Grand Rapids)

8 For More Information Rob Blake, Branch Chief
CDC/NCEH/Environmental Health Services 4770 Buford Highway NE, Mailstop F28 Atlanta, GA

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