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Modernizing Environmental Public Health Tracking to Advance Environmental Health Surveillance (CDC-RFA-EH22-2202)
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Project Description
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Primary Strategy

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Surveillance
Information Technology
Partnerships
Communication/Outreach
Program Capacity
Evaluation

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Logic Model Activity
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S: Surveillance
IT: Information Technology
P: Partnerships
C: Communication and Outreach
PC: Program Capacity
E: Evaluation

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S: Establish processes and ensure data quality for
CDC data submission
S: Integrate data into recipient's Tracking Network
S: Maintain existing and newly adopted Nationally
Consistent Data and Measures (NCDM) requirements
S: Disseminate additional indicators and measures,
as needed
S: Address gaps or limitations in available data
S: Conduct routine descriptive analysis of
Tracking data
S: Use Tracking data to identify and prioritize
Tracking program activities
S: Apply and interpret Tracking data to inform the
development of public health actions
S: Develop and maintain at least 1 sub-county
and/or real-time/near real-time data feed
S: Develop and implement plans for surveillance
data collection, quality checks, and dissemination
with a focus on data interoperability
S: Use Tracking data to identify at least one
disproportionately affected population and address
the concern
S: Identify and develop advanced analytic data
science methods to further the use of data sources
IT: Modernize existing data, data pipelines or
systems
IT: Increase data management efficiency
IT: Implement additional innovative enhancements
that improve analysis, enable collaboration, or
increase the sustainability or efficiency of
systems
IT: Evaluate informatics needs and conduct a gap
analysis
IT: Support the development and sustainability of
a technical portal
IT: Enhance existing information systems by adding
or improving functionality to integrate, analyze,
and visualize data.
IT: Establish repeatable, reliable, and readily
accessible electronic access to data sources,
including tools and processes to increase the
availability and accessibility of timely and
locally relevant data (e.g., sub-county and real
time data) and any needs discovered as the result
of the gap analysis.
IT: Maintain the technology infrastructure and
resources to submit Tracking NCDMs to CDC during
scheduled data calls.
IT: Make data sharing easier through common
policies, practices, and standards.
P: Lead, maintain, and grow existing partnerships
with diverse public and private organizations to
inform decisions about Tracking Program data, data
analysis, communication messages and products.
P: Collaborate with CDC, data stewards, data
users, and other Tracking recipients to improve
existing NCDMs and adopt new and optional NCDMs as
developed by the Content Workgroup.
P: Develop a partnership with the IT department
and establish a scope of work to coordinate IT
investments, decisions, and policies across the
health department or jurisdiction; ensure program
informatics/IT activities align with
organizational strategies and objectives; and
leverage IT resources.
C: Create and disseminate communication messages
and products (e.g., data stories, community health
reports, social media posts) to key audiences.
Ensure messaging
aligns with CDC's health equity
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guiding principles for inclusive communication.
C: Present and/or exhibit at meetings and
conferences.
C: Conduct needs assessment with priority
audiences to inform communication message and
product development and dissemination methods
selection.
C: Participate in one coordinated, program-wide
communication activity (e.g., Tracking Awareness
Week) each year.
PC: Develop a formal mentoring relationship with
one surrounding unfunded jurisdiction and provide
support, facilitate data and knowledge sharing,
build capacity, and increase Tracking program
reach.
PC: Develop and maintain an Environmental Public
Health Tracking Program within state and/or local
jurisdiction. Provide technical assistance on EPHT
best practices; integrate Tracking priorities
throughout the jurisdiction; improve workforce and
skills in key programmatic areas including data
science, epidemiology, bioinformatics, and
computer scientist.
PC: Support and facilitate the development of
state and local public health workforce to train
staff and partners on understanding the Tracking
Program principles.
PC: Plan for/address surge capacity needs for
responding to known, reemerging, new environmental
health concerns, and outbreaks (e.g., establishing
teams/workforce, cross training staff, building
resilience).
E: Monitor program implementation and progress
through performance measurement.
Project Activity Description
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Logic Model Output

Standardized and accessible national environmental
and health surveillance data
Expanded evidence base for the practice of
environmental health
Comprehensive surveillance system with tools,
guides, and best practices to assess health
effects related to environmental exposures
Targeted communications products and messages
Increased awareness of the Tracking Network
Informed and engaged partners and users
Improved workforce and Tracking Network capacity

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Short-Term Outcome
Please select the associated Short-Term Outcome.
S: Surveillance
IT: Information Technology
P: Partnerships
C: Communication and Outreach
PC: Program Capacity
E: Evaluation

Timeline for Completion

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S: Increased data monitoring of environmental
health topics
S: Improved completeness, timeliness, and quality
of environmental public health surveillance data
S: Increased surveillance of environmental health
disparities *
P: Increased stakeholder inclusion in data
sharing, communication, and response
P: Increased collaboration with stakeholders to
reduce health disparities *
C: Improved communication of environmental health
topics to appropriate audiences
C: Improved messaging that promotes inclusive
communication *
PC: Increased knowledge and ability among EPHT
workforce
PC: Increased recipient capacity to provide
technical assistance to advance environmental
public health interventions
E: Improved completeness, timeliness, and quality
of evaluation data
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Q2
Q3
Q4

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EH Topic
Please select all that apply

Acute Toxic Air quality
Asthma
Biomonitoring
Birth defects
Cancer
Carbon monoxide poisoning
Childhood cancers
Children's environmental health
COPD
Climate change
Community characteristics
Community design
COVID-19
Developmental disabilities
Drinking water
Drought
Drug/illegal drug
Emergency response/preparedness
Environmental justice
Food safety
Harmful algal blooms
Hazardous waste site
Heart disease and stroke
Heat and heat-related illness
Hormone disorders
Hydraulic fracturing ('fracking')
Infectious disease
Lead poisoning
Lifestyle risk factors
Pesticide exposures
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
Pollen
Populations and vulnerabilities
Precipitation and flooding
Private well water
Radon
Reproductive and birth outcomes
Severe weather
Sunlight and UV
Toxic substance releases
Vector-borne disease
Wastewater
Wildfire
Other

Please describe what other EH Topic(s) is addressed.
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Disproportionately Affected Populations (DAP)
Please select all that apply.

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Racial and ethnic minority populations
People living in rural or frontier areas
People experiencing homelessness
Essential and frontline workers
People with disabilities
People with substance use disorders
People who are justice-involved or incarcerated
Non-US-born people
Tribal populations

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Status

Planned
In Progress
On Hold
Completed

Successes
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Challenges
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Assistance needed from CDC
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