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The Alameda County Pilot Project
The primary purpose of the Alameda County Pilot
Project was to pilot test a Tracking System in a small scale. Aspects of
Tracking that we tested included integrating multiple existing data sets, using
smoothed mapping techniques, and examining the best ways to disseminate
information from a Tracking System.
These demonstration web pages are one method we are exploring to disseminate Tracking
information in a manner that is useful and responsive to the Pilot Project Advisory Group's
recommendations. Lessons learned from this pilot project will be used to inform the
implementation of a future Tracking System, including lessons on how to best disseminate information
generated by the system.
This website is currently in demonstration format. Web content and text
associated with the figures and/or downloadable materials may change in the
upcoming weeks. CEHTP welcomes all questions and comments about how to make this information more
understandable and useful.
Summary of Findings
The project examined birth outcomes, a range of asthma indicators, and traffic pollution
for Alameda County using data for 2001. These categories were selected
based on the a number of factors, including availability of data, ability to
demonstrate Tracking principles, relevance to the community, and relevance to
environmental health.
Overall, the pilot project demonstrated the ability of a Tracking System
to identify elevated rates of health outcomes at the community-level. We were also able to identify disparities in
rates by race/ethnicity, median income, and geography, as well as to demonstrate an association between
asthma-related emergency room visits and a traffic pollutant. Click below for details about the results from
each of our project components.
Birth Outcomes Findings
Asthma Findings
Traffic Findings
Associations Findings
Click below for detailed descriptions of how we completed this work, for definitions of scientific and statistical
terms, and for more resources.
Overview of Data and Methods
Glossary of Scientific and Statistical Terms
Links to Resources
InfoAlamedaCounty
Our Advisory Group also emphasized the importance of examining environmental health information in a
socioeconomic context. Our partnership with Urban Strategies Council to incorporate some of the pilot project findings into
their interactive web GIS/data warehouse demonstrates how data intermediaries can play an important role in disseminating
information from a Tracking System in a locally-relevant manner.
Click here to explore www.InfoAlamedaCounty.org
Michelle Wong, MPH
mwong@dhs.ca.gov
Pilot Project
Findings | Overview of Pilot Project Data and Methods |
Glossary of Scientific and Statistical Terms |
Additional Resources
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