CSTE Climate & Respiratory Health Workgroup

Alesha Thompson, Program Analyst I at CSTE Announcement: CSTE Climate, Health, and Equity Subcommittee Calls and Activities — Hello, We are excited to announce new changes to the CSTE Climate community that will start in January 2020. In order to provide an engaged community for epidemiologists to voice concerns and share resources, skills, lessons learned and best practices in the field of climate, health, and equity, ...
Rachel Curtis, Epidemiologist Designing a survey to assess potential for public behavior change during a wildfire smoke event — Hi, We are interested in conducting a survey of the general public in our county to better understand what actions people take (or don't take!) to protect their health during a smoke event caused by wildfire.  I'm new to this topic and just starting to get into the literature; I am hoping folks ...
Hayleigh McCall, Program Analyst III, Syndromic Surveillance at CSTE Call for Wildfire Indicators: Request from the CSTE Wildfire Subgroup — Hi all,   Happy Friday!   The CSTE Wildfire Subgroup is calling for indicators related to wildfires (e.g., syndromic surveillance queries, state or locally built indicators, guidance for utilizing hospitalization data, etc.).  If you are willing and able, please submit any related wildfire and re...
Hayleigh McCall, Program Analyst III, Syndromic Surveillance at CSTE Soliciting Volunteers: CDC Wildfire Evaluation — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is completing an evaluation of the resource Wildfire Smoke: A Guide for Public Health Officials. They are looking for people to interview who work in state, local and tribal government that have some responsibility related to wildfires. To be i...
Hayleigh McCall, Program Analyst III, Syndromic Surveillance at CSTE Example CSTE products — Hi everyone, Please note that examples CSTE products (e.g., guidances, position statements, briefs) can be found by following:  Docs & Files > Example CSTE Products Thanks! Hayleigh
Chris DuClos Florida Wildfire Infographic — English version - https://www.floridatracking.com/healthtracking/learning/pdf/wildfires_ENG.pdf Spanish version - https://www.floridatracking.com/healthtracking/learning/pdf/wildfires_SP.pdf 2
Jason Vargo CSTE extreme heat product — This is the product which was produced by an earlier CSTE workgroup effort, could be the template for a wildfire Sydrome definition for broader use. It has come up several times and may be on here somewhere already, please excuse reposting.  https://public.3.basecamp.com/p/SYzireVfLygXR1ULhik4rzh...
Claudia Brown Summit Report Done! — We have finalized the summit report from the CSTE Climate and Respiratory Health Meeting that occurred last March in Atlanta. The report can be found in the documents section of the basecamp. In the report you will find links to the presentations and strategic planning information for the subgroups.