SPECIAL PROJECTS
CDC’s Environmental Public Health Tracking program is
involved in or associated with several other tracking related projects and
programs.
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Environmental Public Health Indicators Project
Environmental public health indicators (EPHIs) can be used to assess
human health status or risk as it relates to the environment. They may
be used to assess baseline status and trends, track program goals and
objectives, and build core surveillance capacity in state and local
agencies ...more
- HELIX-Atlanta
HELIX (Health and Environment Linked for Information Exchange) is an
effort being lead by CDC to demonstrate the process for developing a
local environmental public health tracking surveillance network that
integrates information systems related to non-infectious health effects
and environmental data ...more
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National Biomonitoring Program
The Environmental Health Laboratory of the National Center for
Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
conducts CDC's Biomonitoring Program. Biomonitoring is the measurement
of environmental chemicals in the human body, specifically in blood,
urine, serum, saliva, or tissues. The results of biomonitoring are used
to help make decisions for protecting people from illness, birth
defects, disabilities, cancer, or death due to environmental chemicals
...more
- New York State Data
Exchange Pilot Project
As part of the CDC EPHT Program, the New York State Department of Health
(NYSDOH) was funded to work with the New York State Department of
Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) to develop and carry out a plan to
design, develop, test, and implement a Data Exchange System based on the
CDC Public Health Information Network Messaging System (PHINMS) and the
USEPA National Environmental Information Exchange Network (NEIEN) ...more
- PHASE
PHASE (Public Health Air Surveillance Evaluation) is a collaboration
among EPA, CDC and state partners to link air quality data to health
data and environmental data ...more
Other Environmental Hazards & Health Effects Topics
- Air Pollution
& Respiratory Health
Asthma, carbon monoxide, mold ...more
- Environmental
Public Health Indicators Project
List of core indicators, links to individual indicators, data sources ...more
- Health Studies
Cancer clusters, CAFOs, harmful algal blooms, water, pesticides, chemicals,
disaster epi ...more
- Radiation
Studies
General radiation facts, public health research, radon research ...more
