Chapter 2: Public Health Assessment Overview
Chapter 3: Obtaining Site Information
Chapter 4: Involving and Communicating With the Community
Chapter 5: Exposure Evaluation: Evaluating Environmental Contamination
Chapter 6: Exposure Evaluation: Evaluating Exposure Pathways
Chapter 7: Health Effects Evaluation: Screening Analysis
Chapter 8: Health Effects Evaluation: In-depth Analysis
Chapter 9: Determining Conclusions and Recommendations
Appendix A: Tribal-specific Resources and Considerations
Appendix B: ATSDR Glossary of Terms
Appendix C: Community Check List
Appendix D: Guidelines for Effective Communication
Appendix E: Chemical- and Site-Specific Factors That May Affect Contaminant Transport
Appendix F: Derivation of Comparison Values
Appendix G: Calculating Exposure Doses
Appendix H: Public Health Conclusion Categories
Table 3-1. Contamination Information Needed by Environmental Medium
Table 3-2. Site-Specific Information That May Be Needed To Evaluate Contaminant Fate and Transport
Table 3-3. Information Available Through Government Agencies
Table 3-4. Useful Government Sources of Information
Table 3-5. Sample Site Summary Table
Table 4-1. ATSDR Program Areas with Responsibilities for Working with Communities
Table 4-2. Issues to be Considered When Developing Community Involvement Strategies
Table 6-1. Documenting Exposure Pathways
Table 7-1. Additional Sources of Environmental Guidelines
Table 9-1. Summary of Conclusion Categories
Table 9-2. Summary of Conclusion Categories With Recommended Public Health Actions
Table 9-3. Factors to Consider When Selecting Health Activities
Table 9-5. Example Conclusions, Recommendations, and Public Health Actions
Figure 1-1. Basic Components of the Public Health Assessment Process
Figure 2-2. Overview of the Public Health Assessment Process
Figure 2-3. Information Needed To Evaluate Exposures and Health Effects
Figure 3-1. The Basic Iterative Information-Gathering Process for a Public Health Assessment
Figure 3-2. Basic Data Needs for Conducting a Public Health Assessment
Figure 4-1. Components of Effective Community Involvement
Figure 5-1. Examples of Maps Used to Display Environmental Data
Figure 6-1. Evaluating Exposure Pathways
Figure 6-2. Site Conceptual Model—Exposure Pathway Schematic
Figure 6-3. Site Conceptual Model—Exposure Pathway Evaluation
Figure 7-1. Screening Analysis Overview
Figure 7-2. Environmental Guideline Hierarchy
Figure 8-1. Overview of In-depth Analysis
Figure 8-2. Schematic of Various Low-dose Extrapolation Methods
Figure 8-3. Factors Affecting Whether Environmental Contamination May Result in Harmful Effects
Figure 8-4. Health Outcome Data Evaluation Decision Tree (for evaluating site-related exposures)
Figure 9-1. Overview of Conclusion and Recommendation Process