title: Using environmental public health tracking to identify community targets for public health actions in childhood lead poisoning in Wisconsin.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  In an effort to improve the ability of local public health departments to target resources to the highest need regions, the Wisconsin Environmental Public Health Tracking (WI EPHT) Program worked to enhance its public portal to benefit the Wisconsin Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (WCLPPP) and other programs. The WI EPHT Program conducted this enhancement in collaboration with WCLPPP.
  
  
  METHODS
  The WI EPHT enhanced public portal is the next phase of Wisconsin's ongoing efforts in environmental public health tracking. As part of this process, this new mapping application includes mapping capacity that provides information on childhood lead testing and results at county and census tract levels in Wisconsin.
  
  
  METHODS
  The WI EPHT Program will update its public portal to have the capability to map data at a subcounty level (ie, census tract or zip code) for some data topics when such data are available.
  
  
  RESULTS
  This tool is available to local public health departments and other public health organizations throughout Wisconsin as a resource to identify communities most affected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's new guidelines with regard to childhood lead poisoning.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The collaboration between WI EPHT and WCLPPP on updating and enhancing the portal exemplifies the power of environmental health data to inform a more accurate understanding of public health problems.
authors.affiliation: Environmental Public Health Tracking Program (Mss Berney and Camponeschi and Dr Creswell) and Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (Mss Coons and Walsh and Mr Schirmer), Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Division of Public Health, Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Health in Madison.
authors.forename: Dawn
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Berney
authors.forename: Jenny
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Camponeschi
authors.forename: Marjorie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Coons
authors.forename: Paul D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Creswell
authors.forename: Joe
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schirmer
authors.forename: Reghan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Walsh
mesh_terms: D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. / Q000458:organization & administration; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004782:Environmental Health / Q000379:methods*; D062305:Geographic Mapping; D006801:Humans; D007855:Lead Poisoning / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D011634:Public Health / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States; D014922:Wisconsin / Q000453:epidemiology