What to know
The Tracking Program collects, integrates, analyzes, and disseminates non-infectious disease, environmental, and sociodemographic data from a collective of partners at the national, state, and local levels. We do this with the purpose of providing timely, local, accessible information that drives actions to improve community health. Our scientific publications empower environmental and public health practitioners, healthcare providers, community members, policy makers, and others to make information-driven decisions that affect their health.
2019
- Anderson J, Friedman K, Reilly A, Bakshi A. Heat-Stress illness and Mortality in Lousiana. Retrieved from Lousiana Morbidity Report. 2019.
- Bakshi A, Reilly A, Friedman K. Sub-County Analysis of Pediatric Asthma Identifies Areas that may Benefit from Comprehensive Interventions: East Baton Rouge Parish. Retrieved from Lousiana Morbidity Report. 2019.
- Ban J, Du Z, Wang Q, Ma R, Zhou Y, Li T. Environmental Health Indicators for China: Data Resources for Chinese Environmental Public Health Tracking. Environ Health Perspect. 2019. 127(4):44501.
- Boulet SL, Zhou Y, Shriber J, Kissin DM, Strosnider H, Shin M. Ambient air pollution and in vitro fertilization treatment outcomes. Human Reproduction. 2019. 34(10):2036-2043.
- Broekemeier M. Reproductive Health Outcomes Environmental Health in Utah. 2019.
- Byrne MK, Wigington PS, Losch JA, Pollard K, Riera SK, Vazquez GM, . . . Preacely ND. Tips and Tools to Get Your Environmental Health Message Across. Journal of Environmental Health. 2019. 82(40):40-42.
- Carvlin GN, Lugo H, Olmedo L, Bejarano E, Wilkie A, Meltzer D, . . . Seto E. Use of Citizen Science-Derived Data for Spatial and Temporal Modeling of Particulate Matter near the US/Mexico Border. 2019. 10(9):495.
- Eliezer H, Johnson S, Crosson W, Al-Hamdan M, Insaf T. Ground-truth of a 1-km downscaled NLDAS air temperature product using the New York City Community Air Survey. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing. 2019. 13(2):024516.
- English P, Balmes J. Associations between Ozone and Fine Particulate Matter and Respiratory Illness Found to Vary between Children and Adults. Implications forUS. Air Quality Policy. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019. 199(7):817-819.
- Environmental Epidemiology Program. Investigation of Elevated Childhood Blood Lead Levels for Spatiotemporal Clustering Patterns in Salt Lake County, Utah, 2008-2017. Retrieved from Salt Lake City, UT: Utah Department of Health. 2019.
- Galbraith R, Sharp N, Sandoval D. Collaborative Response to Natural Disaster Events Threatening Private Well Water Quality in a New Mexico Community. Journal of Environmental Health. 2019. 81(10):36-38.
- Min E, Gruen D, Banerjee D, Echeverria T, Freelander L, Schmeltz M, . . . Seto EYW. The Washington State Environmental Health Disparities Map: Development of a Community-Responsive Cumulative Impacts Assessment Tool. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019. 16(22).
- Monti MM, David F, Shin M, Vaidyanathan A. Community drinking water data on the National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network: a surveillance summary of data from 2000 to 2010. Environ Monit Assess. 2019. 191(9):557.
- Ramson M, Bakshi A, Stewart-Briley C, Friedman K. SEET's Indoor Environmental Quality Education Service (IEQES) Promotes Healthy Indoor Environments for Asthma Management. Retrieved from Louisiana Morbidity Report. 2019.
- Reilly A, Anderson J, Keim B, Thompson D. Distribution of Extreme Heat Days Across Louisiana. Retrieved from Louisiana Morbidity Report. 2019.
- Services, M.D.o.H.a.S. Economic Burden of the Environment: Asthma and Lead-Poisoning in Missouri Children. Retrieved from Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Environmental Public Health Tracking. 2019.
- Seto E, Carvlin G, Austin E, Shirai J, Bejarano E, Lugo H, . . . English P. Next-Generation Community Air Quality Sensors for Identifying Air Pollution Episodes. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019. 16(18).
- Shin M, Werner AK, Strosnider H, Hines LB, Balluz L, Yip FY. Public Perceptions of Environmental Public Health Risks in the United States. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019. 16(6).
- Strosnider HM, Chang HH, Darrow LA, Liu Y, Vaidyanathan A, Strickland MJ. Age-Specific Associations of Ozone and Fine Particulate Matter with Respiratory Emergency Department Visits in the United States. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019. 199(7):882-890.
- Williams E. Teaming Up with Local and State Agencies to Protect Louisiana's Residents and Visitors from Extreme Heat. Retrieved from Louisiana Morbidity Report. 2019.
- Woods B, Kelley G, Fristachi T. Heat Related Illness in New Mexico, 2013-2017. Retrieved from New Mexico Epidemiology. 2019.
- Yaffee AQ, Scott B, Kaelin C, Cambron J, Sanderson W, Christian WJ, . . . Chamness J. Collaborative response to arsenic-contaminated soil in an Appalachian Kentucky neighborhood. J Toxicol Environ HealthA 2019. 82(12):697-701.
- Zhou Y, Meng X, Belle JH, Zhang H, Kennedy C, Al-Hamdan MZ, . . . Liu Y. Compilation and spatio-temporal analysis of publicly available total solar and UV irradiance data in the contiguous United States. Environmental Pollution. 2019. 253:130-140.
2018
- Dabass A, Talbott EO, Rager JR, Marsh GM, Venkat A, Holguin F, Sharma RK. Systemic inflammatory markers associated with cardiovascular disease and acute and chronic exposure to fine particulate matter air pollution (PM2.5) among US NHANES adults with metabolic syndrome. Environ Res. 2018. 161:485-491.
- English PB, Richardson MJ, Garzón-Galvis C. From Crowdsourcing to Extreme Citizen Science: Participatory Research for Environmental Health. 2018. 39(1):335-350.
- Environmental Epidemiology Program. Cancer Incidence Statistical Review – Five Year Update for Moab, Grand County, Utah Covering the Period from 1980 to 2014. Retrieved from Salt Lake City, UT: Utah Department of Health. 2018.
- Feinberg A, McKelvey W, Hore P, Kanchi R, Parsons PJ, Palmer CD, Thorpe LE. Declines in adult blood lead levels in New York City compared with the United States, 2004-2014. Environ Res. 2018. 163:194-200.
- Hernandez AM, Gimeno Ruiz de Porras D, Marko D, Whitworth KW. The Association Between PM2.5 and Ozone and the Prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus in the United States, 2002 to 2008. 2018. 60(7):594-602.
- Jackson DA, Burr GA. Evaluation of Lead Exposures at a Bullet Manufacturer (2017-0146-3310). Retrieved from Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Health Hazard Evaluation. 2018.
- Lane K, Ito K, Johnson S, Gibson EA, Tang A, Matte T. Burden and Risk Factors for Cold-Related Illness and Death in New York City. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018. 15(4).
- Lyon-Colbert A, Su S, Cude C. A Systematic Literature Review for Evidence of Aphanizomenon flos-aquae Toxigenicity in Recreational Waters and Toxicity of Dietary Supplements: 2000(-)2017. Toxins (Basel). 2018. 10(7).
- Madrigano J, Lane K, Petrovic N, Ahmed M, Blum M, Matte T. Awareness, Risk Perception, and Protective Behaviors for Extreme Heat and Climate Change in New York City. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018. 15(7).
- Malczewska-Toth B, Stargel A, Krapfl H. Biomonitoring Studies of Exposure to Selected Metals in New Mexico, 2014-2017. Retrieved from New Mexico Epidemiology Report. 2018.
- McKelvey W, Alex B, Chernov C, Hore P, Palmer CD, Steuerwald AJ, . . . Perlman SE. Tracking Declines in Mercury Exposure in the New York City Adult Population, 2004-2014. J Urban Health. 2018. 95(6).
- Program C.E.H.T. The Cost of Premature Birth from Preventable Air Pollution in California. Retrieved from Public Health Institute. 2018.
- Shaw GM, Yang W, Roberts EM, Aghaeepour N, Mayo JA, Weber KA, . . . English PB. Residential agricultural pesticide exposures and risks of preeclampsia. Environ Res. 2018. 164:546-555.
- Shaw GM, Yang W, Roberts EM, Kegley SE, Stevenson DK, Carmichael SL, English PB. Residential Agricultural Pesticide Exposures and Risks of Spontaneous Preterm Birth. Epidemiology. 2018. 29(1):8-21.
- Wong M, Bejarano E, Carvlin G, Fellows K, King G, Lugo H, . . . English P. Combining Community Engagement and Scientific Approaches in Next-Generation Monitor Siting: The Case of the Imperial County Community Air Network. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018. 15(3).
- Namulanda G, Qualters J, Vaidyanathan A, Roberts E, Richardson M, Fraser A, McVeigh KH, Patterson S. Electronic health records case studies to advance environmental public health tracking. J Biomed Inform. 2018. 79:98-104
- Vaidyanathan A, Yip F, Garbe P. Developing an online tool for identifying at-risk populations to wildfire smoke hazards. Science of The Total Environment. 2018. 619-620; 367-383
2017
- Camponeschi J, Vogt CM, Creswell PD, Mueller M, Christenson M, Werner MA. Taking Action With Data: Improving Environmental Public Health at the Community Level. J Public Health Manag Pract, 23 Suppl 5 Supplement, Environmental Public Health Tracking. 2017. S72-s78.
- Carvlin GN, Lugo H, Olmedo L, Bejarano E, Wilkie A, Meltzer D, . . . Seto E. Development and field validation of a community-engaged particulate matter air quality monitoring network in Imperial, California, USA. Journal of the Air Waste Management Association. 2017. 67(12):1342-1352.
- Gallegos A. Testing for Lead Among Children in New Mexico. Retrieved from New Mexico Epidemiology Report. 2017.
- Lucas-Pipkorn S, Tuomi A. Addressing Data Inequities in American Indian Communities Through an Environmental Public Health Tracking Pilot Project. 2017. 23:S28-S31.
- Mathes RW, Ito K, Lane K, Matte TD. Real-time surveillance of heat-related morbidity: Relation to excess mortality associated with extreme heat. PLOS ONE. 2017. 12(9):e0184364.
- Matis B, McKelvey W, Stavinsky F, Wong MR. Using the National Environment Assessment Reporting System (NEARS) to Enhance Foodborne Illness Outbreak Investigations in New York City Restaurants. Journal of Environmental Health. 2017. 79(8).
- McKelvey W, Blank J, Kheirbek I, Torin B. Using Tracking Data to Promote Environmental Public Health Through Regulatory and Legislative Processes in New York City. 2017. 23:S32-S38.
- Nelson L, Valle J, King G, Mills PK, Richardson MJ, Roberts EM, . . . English P. Estimating the Proportion of Childhood Cancer Cases and Costs Attributable to the Environment in California. Am J Public Health. 2017. 107(5):756-762.
- Richardson MJ, Madrigal DS, Wilkie A, Wong M, Roberts E. Environmental Health Tracking Improves Pesticide Use Data to Enable Research and Inform Public Health Actions in California. J Public Health Manag Pract, 23 Suppl 5 Supplement, Environmental Public Health Tracking. 2017. S97-s104.
- Richardson MJ, Van Den Eeden SK, Roberts E, Ferrara A, Paulukonis S, English P. Evaluating the Use of Electronic Health Records for Type 2 Diabetes Surveillance in 2 California Counties, 2010-2014. Public Health Rep. 2017. 132(4):463-470.
- Roberts EM, Madrigal D, Valle J, King G, Kite L. Assessing Child Lead Poisoning Case Ascertainment in the US, 1999-2010. Pediatrics. 2017. 139(5):e20164266.
- White JR, Berisha V, Lane K, Menager H, Gettel A, Braun CR. Evaluation of a Novel Syndromic Surveillance Query for Heat-Related Illness Using Hospital Data From Maricopa County, Arizona, 2015. Public Health Rep. 2017. 132(1_suppl):31s-39s.
- Zhou Y, Nurmagambetov T, McCord M, Hsu WH. Economic Valuation of Selected Illnesses in Environmental Public Health Tracking. J Public Health Manag Pract, 23 Suppl 5 Supplement, Environmental Public Health Tracking. 2017. S18-s27.
- Zhou Y, Gilboa SM, Herdt ML, et al. Maternal exposure to ozone and PM2.5 and the prevalence of orofacial clefts in four U.S. states. Environmental Research. 2017; 153:35-40
- Weiss D, Yendell SJ, Baertlein LA, Christensen KY, Tomasallo CD, Creswell PD, Camponeschi JL, Meiman JG, Anderson HA. Notes from the field: Occupational Lead Exposures at a Shipyard — Douglas County, Wisconsin, 2016. MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 2017; 66(1):34
- Zipper SC, Schatz J, Kucharik CJ, Loheide SP II. Urban heat island impacts on growing season evapotranspirative demand (2017). Geophysical Research Letters. 2017; 44(2):873-881
- Fisher JA, Jiang C, Soneja SI, Mitchell C, Puett RC, Sapkota A. Summertime extreme heat events and increased risk of acute myocardial infarction hospitalizations. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. 2017. No Page Number
- Liu A, Soneja SI, Jiang C, Huang C, Kerns T, Beck K, Mitchell C, Sapkota A. Frequency of extreme weather events and increased risk of motor vehicle collision in Maryland. Science of the Total Environment. 2017; 580:550-555
- Houghton A, Austin J, Beerman A, Horton C. An Approach to Developing Local Climate Change Environmental Public Health Indicators in a Rural District. Journal of Environmental and Public Health. 2017; 2017 No Page Number
- Namulanda G, Taylor E, Maisonet M, Barr DB, Flanders WD, Olson D, Qualters JR, Vena J, Northstone K and Naeher L (2017). In utero exposure to atrazine analytes and early menarche in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. Environ Res 156: 420-425.
- Werner AK, Strosnider H, Kassinger C, Shin M, RNSub-County Data Project Workgroup (2017). Lessons Learned From the Environmental Public Health Tracking Sub-County Data Pilot Project. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 2017 — Volume Publish Ahead of Print — Issue — p doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000686
- Wilson H, Charleston A. Environmental Public Health Tracking Program Advances and Successes: Highlights From the First 15 Years. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 2017; 23:S4-S8
- Yip FY. Environmental Public Health Tracking: From Data to Action. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 2017; 23:S1-S3
- Eatman S, Strosnider HM. CDC's National Environmental Public Health Tracking Program in Action: Case Studies From State and Local Health Departments. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 2017; 23:S9-S17
- Strosnider H, Kennedy C, Monti M, Yip FY. Rural and Urban Differences in Air Quality, 2008—2012, and Community Drinking Water Quality, 2010—2015 — United States. MMWR Surveillance Summaries. 2017; 66(13):1-10
Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
- Choudhary E and Vaidyanathan A. Heat Stress Illness Hospitalizations — Environmental Public Health Tracking Program, 20 States, 2001–2010.MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2014;63(SS13);1—10.
- Namulanda G, Monti MM, Mulay P, et al. Acute Nonoccupational Pesticide-Related Illness and Injury — United States, 2007–2011. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2016;63:5–10.
Peer-reviewed Articles
- Environmental Research
- Journal of Environmental Health
- Journal of Public Health Management and Practice
Technical Documents
- Guidance, Examples & Tools For Probability Sampling When Designing A Population-Based Biomonitoring Study: This document provides guidance, tools and examples to help select an appropriate probability sampling design for a population-based biomonitoring study or survey within a state.
- Environmental Public Health Tracking GitHub Repository: The documents, code, and resources found in this repository are all a part of the Tracking Program's method. It includes a variety of methods and tools for dataset creation, validation, and standardization for environmental health surveillance.
White Papers & Reports
- Environmental Public Health Tracking of Air Pollution Effects (2008): A report to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from the HEI/CDC/EPA Workshop on Methodologies for Environmental Public Health Tracking of Air Pollution Effects.
- Summary of Selected U.S. Geological Survey Data on Domestic Well Water Quality (2007): Summary of Selected U.S. Geological Survey Data on Domestic Well Water Quality for the Centers for Disease Control's National Environmental Public Health Tracking Program.
Content Source:
National Center for Environmental Health