ArticleJournal of public health management and practice : JPHMP
Data to action: using environmental public health tracking to inform decision making.
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- Common and Unique Barriers to the Exchange of Administrative Healthcare Data in Environmental Public Health Tracking Program.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Availability, access, analysis and dissemination of small-area data.International journal of epidemiology · 2020Article
- Electronic health record case studies to advance environmental public health tracking.Journal of biomedical informatics · 2018Article
- Successful Public Health Information System Database Integration Projects: A Qualitative Study.Online journal of public health informatics · 2018Review
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Abstract
contextPublic health surveillance includes dissemination of data and information to those who need it to take action to prevent or control disease. The concept of data to action is explicit in the mission of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) National Environmental Public Health Tracking Program (Tracking Program). The CDC has built a National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (Tracking Network) to integrate health and environmental data to drive public health action (PHA) to improve communities' health.
objectiveTo assess the utility of the Tracking Program and Tracking Network in environmental public health practice and policy making.
designWe analyzed information on how Tracking (all program components hereafter referred to generally as "Tracking") has been used to drive PHAs within funded states and cities (grantees). Two case studies are presented to highlight Tracking's utility.
settingAnalyses included all grantees funded between 2005 and 2013.
participantsTwenty-seven states, 3 cities, and the District of Columbia ever received funding.
main outcome measuresWe categorized each PHA reported to determine how grantees became involved, their role, the problems addressed, and the overall action.
resultsTracking grantees reported 178 PHAs from 2006 to 2013. The most common overall action was "provided information in response to concern" (n = 42), followed by "improved a public health program, intervention, or response plan" (n = 35). Tracking's role was most often either to enhance surveillance (24%) or to analyze data (23%). In 47% of PHAs, the underlying problem was a concern about possible elevated rates of a health outcome, a potential exposure, or a potential association between a hazard and a health outcome. PHAs were started by a request for assistance (48%), in response to an emergency (8%), and though routine work by Tracking programs (43%).
conclusionOur review shows that the data, expertise, technical infrastructure, and other resources of the Tracking Program and Tracking Network are driving state and local PHAs.
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