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DIRECT FROM ATSDR: APPLETREE: Building local capacity to respond to environmental exposures
Henry A , Cowins J . J Environ Health 2023 85 (10) 26-27 |
APPLETREE: Building local capacity to respond to environmental exposures
Henry A , Cowins J . J Environ Health 2023 85 (10) 26-27 In 1987, the Agency for Toxic Substances | and Disease Registry (ATSDR) developed a | nonresearch cooperative agreement program | to help accomplish its public health mission. | That program is known as the Partnership | to Promote Local Eorts to Reduce Environmental Exposure (APPLETREE). APPLETREE funds 30 state health departments that | work closely with communities; local, state, | and federal agencies and organizations; tribal | governments; and other entities to address | site-specific issues and recommend actions to | protect public health. It is the largest cooperative agreement program within ATSDR and | builds state capacity to: | • respond to threats from human exposure to | hazardous substances in the environment, | • engage communities with site contamination and potential health eects, and | • implement activities to address local environmental health issues of concern. | APPLETREE activities are primarily focused | on protecting public health through site health | assessments, community engagement, and | capacity building and prevention activities | such as Choose Safe Places for Early Care and | Education (CSPECE; Grants.gov, 2022). |
Multidisciplinary Community-Based Investigation of a COVID-19 Outbreak Among Marshallese and Hispanic/Latino Communities - Benton and Washington Counties, Arkansas, March-June 2020.
Center KE , Da Silva J , Hernandez AL , Vang K , Martin DW , Mazurek J , Lilo EA , Zimmerman NK , Krow-Lucal E , Campbell EM , Cowins JV , Walker C , Dominguez KL , Gallo B , Gunn JKL , McCormick D , Cochran C , Smith MR , Dillaha JA , James AE . MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2020 69 (48) 1807-1811 By June 2020, Marshallese and Hispanic or Latino (Hispanic) persons in Benton and Washington counties of Arkansas had received a disproportionately high number of diagnoses of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Despite representing approximately 19% of these counties' populations (1), Marshallese and Hispanic persons accounted for 64% of COVID-19 cases and 57% of COVID-19-associated deaths. Analyses of surveillance data, focus group discussions, and key-informant interviews were conducted to identify challenges and propose strategies for interrupting transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Challenges included limited native-language health messaging, high household occupancy, high employment rate in the poultry processing industry, mistrust of the medical system, and changing COVID-19 guidance. Reducing the COVID-19 incidence among communities that suffer disproportionately from COVID-19 requires strengthening the coordination of public health, health care, and community stakeholders to provide culturally and linguistically tailored public health education, community-based prevention activities, case management, care navigation, and service linkage. |
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