CSTE Climate, Health, & Equity Subcommittee

Background: CSTE brought together a group of epidemiologists to establish the State Environmental Health Indicators Collaborative (SEHIC) in 2004 with the purpose of creating environmental public health indicators for surveillance. Statement of Purpose: Building the climate, health and equity skills and network for members and partners involved in state and local climate and health work while providing a way for climate epidemiologists to collectively raise new issues of importance in the field of public health. Vision : An engaged community for epidemiologists to voice concerns, and to share resources, skills, lessons learned and best practices in the field of climate, health and equity. Mission: To develop, support and build climate, health and equity practices at the state and local level.

Action Items/Resources Mentioned - September 26, 2018

Action Items – September 26, 2018 Call
  • Looking for a CSTE member (STLT-based epidemiologist) to help lead the Aeroallergen subgroup 
    • If interested, or know of someone, please email Hayleigh, Arie, Jason, and/or Claudia 
  • Continue to foster collaboration 
    • Share documents, publications, and findings in our Basecamp folder (click link to join) 
      • Find this subgroup’s folder by following “Docs & Files” > “Subgroups” > “Aeroallergens” 
    • Invite others to join in our conversations 
      • Email Hayleigh to have them added to the listserv 
  • Arie will talk with EPHT and Asthma to see how our efforts and theirs can best work together
 
Resources Mentioned – September 26, 2018 Call