Chronic Disease Prevention and Environmental Health : Building Connections Through Environmental Public Health Tracking

The National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD) has partnered with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to highlight the work of the National Environmental Public Health Tracking Program (Tracking Program).The Tracking Program with the National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (Tracking Network) as its cornerstone, has made great strides in closing the gap between environmental hazards, disease, exposure, health and data. The Tracking Network has been able to successfully integrate collected data in a way that facilitates seamless access, interpretation and dissemination. The Tracking Program has provided a national network that gathers critical information, facts and data from a wide variety of sources. The Program has also led the way in building a foundation for health departments to collect and disseminate environmental and health information in a systematic and standardized way, making broad integration of data possible across local, state and national databases.This publication was supported by the Grant or Cooperative Agreement Number 5U38OT000225-03, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Publication date from document properties.tracking_in_action_booklet_-.pdfCooperative Agreement Number 5U38OT000225-