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Overview
A key component of CEHTP is implementing a pilot project in
Alameda County. This pilot project will serve as a
"road test" of the environmental health tracking system,
focusing on a small number of diseases and environmental
hazards in Alameda County. Information will be
centralized, processed, and provided for use by public
health officials and interested community groups.
Scientists with the California Department of Health Services
and the California Environmental Protection Agency will be
able to examine the data for "hot spots" of disease and
relationships with environmental hazards, and to test
hypotheses about these diseases.
Stakeholder
participation process
CEHTP is holding a series of
stakeholder input meetings through April 2005. At these
meetings, methods and results of the pilot project are
presented, and participants provide input regarding utility
of the results and the best ways present and disseminate
them.
Purpose of
the stakeholder participation process
The participation process
will help CEHTP to determine if Tracking can be useful to
communities and for promoting public interests. We will use
input to create and disseminate pilot project materials in
ways that are most accessible and useful to stakeholders.
Lessons learned from this process will also inform the
planning of statewide and national tracking networks.
Without this participation, it will be difficult to create
a tracking network that fulfills its potential as a resource
for all organizations, particularly those that directly
serve the community.
Composition
of the stakeholder group
This group consists of
representatives from CBOs, NGOs, and local governmental
agencies from Alameda County, as well as representatives
from statewide organizations who are familiar with and
interested in county-specific environmental health issues.
These representatives are interested in maternal and child
health, asthma, air pollution, and/or environmental justice
in Alameda County.
Roles and
responsibilities of the participating stakeholders
Participants attend meetings
once every four months until April 2005, in which they
review and discuss results and advise on the creation and
dissemination of materials. Additionally, participants may
be asked to provide feedback on draft materials and project
activities in between meetings.
Contact Information
For questions
regarding the stakeholder process, please contact:
Michelle Wong, MPH
CEHTP Pilot
Project Health Educator
510-620-3661
California Environmental Health
Tracking Program
Environmental Health Investigations Branch
California Department of Public Health
850 Marina Bay Parkway, Building P, 3rd Floor
Richmond, CA 94804
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