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Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: Partnering to Assess Environmental Health and Plan for the Future Megan Snow Environment al Epidemiology CEHA S eptember 19, 2019 Background In 2018, Chaffee Count y passed a local ordinance t o

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“Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: Partnering to Assess Environmental Health and Plan for the Future”

Megan Snow

Environment al Epidemiology

CEHA S eptember 19, 2019

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“ Teamwork Makes t he Dream Work: Part nering t o Assess Environment al Healt h and Plan for t he Fut ure”

Background

  • In 2018, Chaffee Count y

passed a local ordinance t o increase sales t ax by 0.25 percent , which is est imat ed t o generat e $1.16M per year.

  • The Count y Commissioners

are planning t o disseminat e a request for applicat ions (RF A) t o det ermine how t hey will spend t he generat ed revenue, reinvest ing it in communit y proj ect s and local agencies.

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“ Teamwork Makes t he Dream Work: Part nering t o Assess Environment al Healt h and Plan for t he Fut ure”

Background

  • Chaffee Count y Public

Healt h Depart ment (CCPHD) request ed t echnical assist ance from t he Colorado Depart ment

  • f Public Healt h and

Environment (CDPHE).

  • CO Tracking program was

asked t o help in t he environment al healt h assessment process.

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“ Teamwork Makes t he Dream Work: Part nering t o Assess Environment al Healt h and Plan for t he Fut ure”

Methods

  • Guided by t he Prot ocol for Assessing
  • Communit y Excellence in Environment al

Healt h (P ACE EH) process, we developed a condensed process t o fulfill local needs.

  • The P

ACE EH process is designed t o be it erat ive, revisit ing st eps as needed t hrough t he process.

  • CDPHE EPHT t eam members facilit at ed t he

four meet ings, which enabled CCPHD personnel t o part icipat e in t he sessions as communit y st akeholders and part ners.

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“ Teamwork Makes t he Dream Work: Part nering t o Assess Environment al Healt h and Plan for t he Fut ure”

Methods

  • The P

ACE EH met hodology ent ails 13 st eps t o answer t he necessary quest ions in det ermining communit y priorit ies for act ion:

1. Determine community capacity to undertake the assessment 2. Define and characterize the community 3. Assemble community environmental health assessment team 4. Define the goals of the assessment 5. Generate the environmental health issue list 6. Analyze issues with a systems framework 7. Develop appropriate community environmental health indicators 8. Select standards 9. Create environmental health issue profiles

  • 10. Rank the environmental health issues
  • 11. Set priorities for action
  • 12. Develop an action plan
  • 13. Evaluate progress and plan for the future
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“ Teamwork Makes t he Dream Work: Part nering t o Assess Environment al Healt h and Plan for t he Fut ure”

S ession 1

  • Introductions
  • Guidelines
  • Discussion questions

aligned with defining the goals, objectives, and scope of the assessment (step 4)

  • What does environment al

healt h mean t o us?

  • What are some

environmental healt h issues in Chaffee Count y?

  • What do we need t o

address t hese issues? (dat a, part ners, resources, et c.)

  • CDPHE summarized meeting

notes

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“ Teamwork Makes t he Dream Work: Part nering t o Assess Environment al Healt h and Plan for t he Fut ure”

S ession 2

  • Introductions
  • S

ession 1 review

  • Generated

environmental health issue list (step5)

  • Analyze issues with a

systems framework (step 6)

  • Divided int o small group

t o complet e syst ems framework

  • CDPHE summarized

meeting notes

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“ Teamwork Makes t he Dream Work: Part nering t o Assess Environment al Healt h and Plan for t he Fut ure”

S ession 3

  • Introductions
  • Locally appropriate

indicators (step 7)

  • Designat ed t op 3

indicat ors per issue

  • S

elect standards (step 8)

  • Create environmental

health issue profiles (step 9)

  • Air qualit y
  • S

urface wat er

  • Wast e management
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“ Teamwork Makes t he Dream Work: Part nering t o Assess Environment al Healt h and Plan for t he Fut ure”

S ession 4

  • Introductions
  • Developed scoring sheet

to rank issues (step 10)

  • Completed priority

setting ( step 11)

  • CDPHE wrapped up P

ACE EH process

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“ Teamwork Makes t he Dream Work: Part nering t o Assess Environment al Healt h and Plan for t he Fut ure”

Preliminary R esults

  • After 4 meetings, the group settled on a set of three priorities:
  • Air qualit y
  • S

urface wat er qualit y

  • Wast e management
  • S

urface wat er qualit y and wast e management were ranked slight ly higher t han air qualit y by group members.

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  • The team planned to

host two community meetings

  • Engage in dialog

with community members

Next S teps

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“ Teamwork Makes t he Dream Work: Part nering t o Assess Environment al Healt h and Plan for t he Fut ure”

  • P

ACE EH guidebook: https:/ / www.cdc.gov/ nceh/ ehs/ docs/ pace- eh-guidebook.pdf

  • P

ACE EH Community Tool Box: https:/ / ctb.ku.edu/ en/ table-of- contents/ overview/ models-for-community-health-and- development/ P ACE-EH/ tools

Contact Info:

Megan.S now@ state.co.us

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