1. Holly R. Wilson, MHSE, CHES Health Communications Specialist Environmental Health Tracking Branch CDC’s Environmental Public Health Tracking Program National Center for Environmental Health Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects

2. “What we are limited in knowing is if there is a link between pollution and the increases we are seeing in chronic diseases because we aren’t tracking environmental health factors. Pew Commission Report, 2000 We need to gather the facts now. American’s have a right, and the need to know.” Lowell Weicker, Jr. Chairman, Pew Environmental Health Commission

4. Laying the Foundation

5. Tracking Partners State and local health departments National public health and environmental health professional organizations Universities Advocacy and community groups Other CDC Programs Other Federal Agencies

6. Implementation: 2006-2009

7. Building the Network Gathering requirements Setting standards Testing designs Engaging partners Flexibility to evolve

8. Expansion: 2009-present

9. Current Tracking Grantees

10. The Tracking Network The Tracking Network is a system of integrated health, exposure, and hazard information and data from a variety of national, state, and city sources.

11. The Tracking Network Access to health and environmental information Allows user to query data Provides contextual information and prevention messages

12. www.cdc.gov/ephtracking Tracking Network Demo

13. NETWORK CONTENT

14. Layers of Information

15. www.cdc.gov/ephtracking

16. Health Effects Asthma Birth Defects Cancer CO Poisoning Childhood Lead Poisoning Developmental Disabilities Heart Attacks Reproductive & Birth Outcomes

17. Environments Climate Change Community Design Homes Outdoor Air –Health Impacts of Fine Particles in Air Water

18. Population Data Population Characteristics –Demographics –Socioeconomics Biomonitoring: Population Exposures –National estimate only –11 environmental chemicals

20. Data Query

22. COMING SOON!

23. Coming in 2012 Expanded and Updated Data & Resources Children’s Environmental Health BRFSS: Smoking data Additional states reporting birth defects data Updates to current data sets New communication tools

24. Enhanced Functionality Enhanced mapping capabilities Improved options for charts Second view feature Advanced view stratification Coming in 2012

25. Secure Portal National data repository Role based access Drag and drop report building Tracking toolkit Tracking metadata creation tool Coming in 2012

26. For more information please contact Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30333 Telephone, 1-800-CDC-INFO (232-4636)/TTY: 1-888-232-6348 E-mail: cdcinfo@cdc.gov Web: www.cdc.gov The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Questions? National Center for Environmental Health Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects “CDC’s Tracking Network is the most important accomplishment of the past decade.” Thomas Burke, Ph.D. Associate Dean of Public Health Practice and Training and Professor in Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health.