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After the TVA Kingston Coal Ash Release, the Tennessee Department of Health worked with local, state, and federal emergency response agencies to make sure people were safe. Additionally, the Tennessee Poison Center screened patients for evidence of exposure to coal ash through a health study. A panel of Tennessee public health officials will share their experiences and lessons learned from this industrial emergency.
A discussion on small area estimation technique and Sub-county level data availability, use, display, and challenges will begin the afternoon of the Sunday pre-conference Workshop. Several Environmental Public Health Tracking states are currently using different data measures to show census track and/or neighborhood level data for cancer and other health outcomes. Representatives from Maine, Vermont, and California will present their work.
To overcome limitations of confidentiality and fluctuation in disease rates in health outcome maps with fine geographic resolution, the New York State Department of Health, Environmental Health Surveillance Section developed the Geographic Aggregation Tool (GAT) which joins neighboring geographic areas until a defined population, and/or number of cases is reached. A live demonstration of the GAT using simulated birth outcome data at the ZIP code level will be performed. The GAT, sample data sets along with R will be provided to workshop participants.
- Maine’s Experience with Presenting Town-level Data on Private Well Water Results in a Web-based Data Portal
- Display of Sub-county Environmental Health Data in California
- Small State, High Resolution: Sub-county Level Tracking of Cancer, Water Quality, Ticks, and Radon in Vermont