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Washington Tracking NetworkWashington Tracking NetworkOctober 13, 2011October 13, 2011

Identification of Need Bridging the Gap• Pew Environmental Health Commission, 2000

• CDC Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals, 2001

• Congressional appropriations, 2002

• CDC/DOH Cooperative Agreement, 2002.

Tracking = Surveillance + Action

Environmental public health tracking (surveillance) is the ongoing, systematic collection, integration, analysis, and interpretation of data about the following• Environmental hazards;• Human exposure to environmental hazards; and• Health effects potentially related to such exposures.

National Partners

Tracking Goals

1Build a Sustainable National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network

2Enhance Environmental Public Health Tracking Workforce and Infrastructure

3

Disseminate Information to Guide Policy, Practice, and Other Actions to Improve the Nation’s Health

4Advance Environmental Public Health Science and Research

5Foster Collaboration Among Health and Environmental Programs

WTN Content• Air Quality• Asthma • Birth Defects• Birth Outcomes• Cancer• Carbon Monoxide• Drinking Water• Heart Attack• Lead Risk and Exposure• Population Characteristics

Tracking into the Future

• New content area• Portal redesign• Tracking with social media

Annie Merritt, MSOD

Annie.merritt@doh.wa.gov

360 236-3179

www.wtn.doh.wa.gov