EPHT Articles and Posters
Articles Published in Peer-Reviewed Journals
- Development of a Web-based Integrated Birth Defects Surveillance System in New York State. Wang Y, Tao Z, Cross PK, Le LH, Steen PK, Babcock GD, Druschel CM, Hwang SA. Journal of Public Health Management & Practice, 14(6):E1-E10, November/December 2008.
- Implementing a Web-Based Case Reporting and Communication System Among Hospitals Reporting to the Birth Defects Registry in New York State. Steen PM, Wang Y, Zhen T, Cross PK, Druschel CM. Journal of Public Health Management & Practice, 14(6):E11-E16, November/December 2008.
- Developing Integrated Multistate Environmental Public Health Tracking Surveillance. D Wartenberg, WD Thompson, EF Fitzgerald, HJ Gross, SK Condon, N Kim, BD Goun, RE Opiekun and The UMDNJ Collaborative Project Working Group on Northeast US Ambient Air Quality and Adverse Birth Outcomes Surveillance. Journal of Public Health Management Practice, 14(6):552-561, November/December 2008.
- Development of an Interactive Environmental Public Health Tracking System for Data Analysis, Visualization, and Reporting. TO Talbot, S Kumar, GD Babcock, VB Haley, SP Forand, SA Hwang. Journal of Public Health Management Practice, 14(6):552-561, November/December 2008.
- Chronic Exposure to Ambient Ozone and Asthma Hospital Admissions among Children , Lin S, Liu X, Le LH, and Hwang SA. Environmental Health Perspectives (in press) advance online publication, 10 September 2008 (DOI 10.1289/ehp.11184 available at http://dx.doi.org/ )
- Evaluation of Two Methods of Interpolating Quarterly Trihalomethane Levels between Sampling Dates , Richter, W., T. F. Hart, Jr, T. Luben, S. Freud, and J. R. Nuckols. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology (in press) advance online publication, 28 May 2008 (DOI 10.1038/sj.jes.2008.30 available at http://dx.doi.org/ )
- Ambient ozone concentration and hospital admissions due to childhood respiratory diseases in New York State, 1991-2001 , Shao Lin, Wei Liu, Erin M. Bell, Randi J. Walker, Nancy K. Kim, and Syni-An Hwang. Journal of Environmental Research, 108: 42-47, 2008.
- Asthma Prevalence, Management, and Education in New York State Elementary Schools: A Survey of School Nurses . C Kielb, S Lin, SA Hwang. Journal of School Nursing, 23(5): 267-275, Oct 2007.
- Development of a Web-based Reporting, Management, and Communication System for the Statewide Birth Defects Registry in New York. Y Wang, PK Cross, PM Steen, Z Tao, CM Druschel, JL Cukrovany, DR Marion. Journal of Registry Management, 34(2): 45-52, 2007.
- Evaluating the Timeliness and Completeness of a Web-based Reporting and Communication System of the New York State Congenital Malformations Registry. Y Wang, Z Tao, PK Cross, SA Hwang. Journal of Registry Management, 34(3): 93-98, 2007.
- Asthma hospitalization rates among children and school building conditions by New York State school districts . E Belanger, C Kielb, S Lin. Journal of School Health, 76(8): 408-413, Oct 2006.
- Problems in using birth certificate files in the capture-recapture model to estimate the completeness of case ascertainment in a population-based birth defects registry in New York State . Y Wang, CM Druschel, PK Cross, SA Hwang, LJ Gensburg. Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology, 76(11): 772-777, 2006.
- Relating air quality to environmental public health tracking data . V Boothe, WF Dimmick, TO Talbot. Ecology and the Environment 85:43-52, 2005.
- Improving case ascertainment of a population-based birth defects registry in New York State using hospital discharge data . Y. Wang, M. Sharpe-Stimac, PK Cross, CM Druschel, SA Hwang. Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology, 73(10):663-668, 2005.
- Use of CUSUM and Shewhart charts to monitor regional trends of birth defect reports in New York State . Babcock GD, Talbot TO, Rogerson PA, and Forand SP. Birth Defects Research A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology, 73(10): 669-678, 2005.
- Positional error in automated geocoding of residential addresses. MR Cayo, TO Talbot. International Journal of Health Geographics. 2:10, 2003 (19 December 2003).
Reports
- Asthma and the School Environment in New York State: Findings and recommendations from the NSYDOH environmentally-based school asthma initiative , March 2008. New York State Department of Health, Center for Environmental Health, Troy, NY.
- Respiratory Hospitalizations in areas Surrounding the AES Greenidge Power Plant, Town of Torrey, Yates County, New York , August 15, 2008. New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY.
- Metadata Content Guidance Document, version 1.0 (draft). Garland R, Kennedy K, Kumar S, LeBlanc R, LaFevre S, Parker L, Shorter C, Zborowski J (Metadata Subteam). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA; 2007
- Chapter 12: Asthma and the Environment. In New York State Asthma Surveillance Summary Report, October 2007. New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY.
- Carbon Monoxide Poisonings Following the October 2006 Snow Storm. A four-page booklet mailed to people who participated in the phone interview to gather information about carbon monoxide poisonings following a snowstorm in October 2006. The booklet provides background on the storm, results of the phone interviews, as well as recommendations and next steps. New York State Department of Health, Center for Environmental Health, Troy NY; October 2007
- Technical Background Report: Case-crossover analysis of acute health effects and ambient air quality for environmental public health tracking. Haley VB, Bateson TF, boothe VE, Talbot TO, Dimmick WF, Paulu C, Werner M (Environmental Public Health Tracking Public Health Air Surveillance Evaluation Team). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Atlanta, GA: 2007
- User Manual for the Case-Crossover Analysis Tool. Abraham JH, Bateson TF, Haley VB; Health Research Inc., Rensselaer, NY; 2006
- Environmental Public Health Tracking Surveillance System Outreach Results of Focus Groups. New York State Department of Health, Center for Environmental Health, New York State Environmental Public Health Tracking Program, Troy, NY; April 2006
- Regional Data exchange System for Data Exchange between New York State Department of Health and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. New York State Department of Health, Center for Environmental Health, New York State Environmental Public Health Tracking Program, Troy, NY; September 2005
- Hazard and Exposure Datasets: Inventory, Priorities and Recommendations (Draft Report). New York State Department of Health, Center for Environmental Health, New York State Environmental Public Health Tracking Program, Troy, NY; November 2005
- Comparison of Ambient Air Pollution Data Sources. New York State Department of Health, Center for Environmental Health, New York State Environmental Public Health Tracking Program, Troy, NY; October 2005
- Health Outcome Databases: Review, Inventory, Recommendations: Final Report. New York State Department of Health, Center for Environmental Health, New York State Environmental Public Health Tracking Program, Troy NY; December 2004
Presentations and Poster Sessions
2008
Presentations
Poster Sessions
- Development of a multi tiered surveillance environmental health surveillance system . Steve Forand, Thomas Talbot, Sanjaya Kumar, Gwen Babcock, Patricia Bessler, Valerie Haley. Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) Annual Conference, June 2008; Denver CO.
- Development of Web-based Geocoding Applications for the Birth Defects Surveillance System in NYS . Ying Wang, Linh Le, Xiaohang Wang, Anna Veksler, Zhen Tao, Philip Cross. National Birth Defects Prevention Network 11th Annual Meeting, February 2008; Washington DC.
- Air Pollutants and Birth Defects in New York State . Erin Bell, Lei Chen, Alissa Caton, Charlotte Druschel, Shao Lin. National Birth Defects Prevention Network 11th Annual Meeting, February 2008; Washington DC.
- Evaluating the Timeliness and Completeness of a Web-based Reporting and Communication System of the New York State Congenital Malformations Registry. Ying Wang, Zhen Tao, Philip K. Cross. New York State Department of Health Poster Day, February 13, 2008; Albany, NY.
- An interactive surveillance system for linking, analyses, and visualization of health and environmental data. Thomas Talbot, Steve Forand, Sanjaya Kumar, Gwen Babcock, Patricia Bessler, Valerie Haley. New York State Department of Health Poster Day, February 13, 2008; Albany, NY.
- Seasonal variation in New York State Trihalomethanes. Yulia Yakimova, Wayne Richter, Thomas Hart. New York State Department of Health Poster Day, February 13, 2008; Albany, NY.
2007 Presentations and Poster Sessions
- The New York State Environmental Public Health Tracking Network. Nancy Kim, Syni-An Hwang. New York State Association of County Health Officials, General Membership Meeting, December 2007; Albany NY.
- The New York State Environmental Public Health Tracking Network: A Three Tier Approach. Syni-An Hwang. Environmental Public Health Tracking Workshop, November 2007; Albuquerque NM.
- Development of an environmental public health tracking system for linking, analyses, visualization and reporting of health outcomes and environmental data. Tom Talbot. Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) GIS in Public Health Conference, May 2007; New Orleans LA.
- The New York State Environmental Public Health Tracking Network. Nancy Kim. New York State Association of County Health Officials, Statewide Membership Meeting, May 2007; Lake George, NY.
- The New York State Environmental Public Health Tracking Network. Nancy Kim. New York State Chemical Alliance Public Policy Conference, March 2007; Albany NY.
- The New York State Environmental Public Health Tracking Network. Nancy Kim. New York State Lead Poisoning Prevention Advisory Council, March 2007; Albany NY.
- Public water supply, disinfection byproducts and environmental public health tracking. Wayne Richter. SPEED Rounds Seminar, New York State Department of Health, December 2007; Albany, NY.
2006 Presentations and Poster Sessions
- A review of Public Health Air Surveillance Project . Boothe V, Dimmick F, Haley V, Paulu C, Bekkedal M, Holland D, Talbot T, et al. ISEE/ISEA 2006 Conference Abstracts Supplement: Symposium Abstracts. Epidemiology 2006, 17(6) Supp: S450-S451.
- Fine particle air pollution and myocardial infarctions in New York State: sensitivity of association to air characterization method. Valerie Haley, Thomas Talbot, Thomas Bateson, Vickie Boothe, Fred Dimmick. Environmental Public Health Tracking Workshop, April 2006; Tampa FL.
- Ozone Exposure and Childhood Respiratory Hospitalization in New York State, 1991-2001 (Two-stage Hierarchical Time-series Analysis). Shao Lin, Wei Liu, Erin Bell, Randi Walker, Nancy Kim, Syni-An Hwang; Environmental Public Health Tracking Workshop, April 2006; Tampa FL.
- Trihalomethanes in New York State Public Water: Distribution and Exposure. W. Richter and T. Hart. Environmental Public Health Tracking Workshop, April 2006; Tampa FL.
- Chronic Exposure to Ambient Ozone and Asthma Hospital Admission Among Children . S. Lin and X. Liu. National Environmental Public Health Tracking Conference, August 9-11, 2006; Atlanta, GA.
- Drawing Board to Real World Using ODS Graphical and Tabular Outputs on One Page . Sanjaya Kumar. North East SAS user Group Conference, September 17-20, 2006; Philadelphia, PA.
- Temporal and Spatial Visualization of Epidemiological Data . Sanjaya Kumar, North East SAS user Group Conference, September 17-20, 2006; Philadelphia, PA.
- Using Annotate Datasets to Enhance Charts of Data With Confidence Intervals: Data-Driven Graphical Presentation . Gwen Babcock, North East SAS user Group Conference, September 17-20, 2006; Philadelphia, PA.
2005 Presentations and Poster Sessions
- Development of Exposure Characterization Regions for Ambient Air Pollutants. Randi Walker, Robert Chinery. International Society for Exposure Analysis, 2005; Tuscon, AZ.
- EPHT Environmental Health Awareness Survey. Faith Schottenfeld. Second Annual National Environmental Public Health Tracking Conference, April 20-22, 2005; Atlanta, GA.
- Fine particle air pollution and myocardial infarctions in New York State: sensitivity of association to air characterization method. Valerie Haley, Thomas Talbot, Thomas Bateson, Vickie Boothe, Fred Dimmick. PHASE Training Session, Environmental Public Health Tracking Workshop, October 2005; Tampa FL.
- Ozone Exposure and Childhood Respiratory Hospitalization in New York State, 1991-2001 (Two-stage Hierarchical Time-series Analysis). Shao Lin, Wei Liu, Erin Bell, Randi Walker, Nancy Kim, Syni-An Hwang. PHASE Training Session, Environmental Public Health Tracking Workshop, October 2005; Tampa FL
- New York State Environmental Public Health Tracking System: Features and Functions. Thomas Talbot. Second Annual National Environmental Public Health Tracking Conference, April 20-22, 2005; Atlanta, GA.
- New York State Department of Health/ New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Pilot Data Exchange Implementation. John Reinhold, Thomas Talbot, Linh Le. Second Annual National Environmental Public Health Tracking Conference, April 20-22, 2005; Atlanta, GA.
- Ambient Air Pollutants (Ozone PM10) and Childhood Respiratory Hospitalizations: Childhood Respiratory Hospitalizations: Preliminary Results. Shao Lin, Wei Liu. Second Annual National Environmental Public Health Tracking Conference, April 20-22, 2005; Atlanta, GA.
- New York State Environmental Public Health Tracking. Syni-An Hwang. Business Council of New York State, Inc., 2005 Annual Industry-Environment Conference, October 14, 2005; Saratoga Springs, NY.
- Approaches for Producing Smoothed Health Outcome Rate Maps. Thomas Talbot. Environmental Public Health Tracking GIS and Public Health Workshop, August 2005; Oakland CA.
- Geographic Information Systems in Environmental Health Surveillance. Thomas Talbot. Environmental Public Health Tracking GIS and Public Health Workshop, August 2005; Oakland CA.
- Geocoding EPHT Data. Thomas Talbot. Environmental Public Health Tracking GIS and Public Health Workshop, August 2005; Oakland CA.
- Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Trihalomethane Distribution in New York State. Wayne Richter and Thomas F. Hart. Association of State Drinking Water Administrators, October 2005; Albany NY
- Environmental Public Health Tracking (EPHT) in New York State. Edward Fitzgerald. Environmental Monitoring, Evaluation and Protection: Linking Science and Policy Conference; New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, October 2005; Albany NY.
- Ambient Air Pollutants (O3, PM10) and Childhood Respiratory Hospitalizations: Preliminary Results. Lin S., Liu W., Walker R., Bell E., Chinery R., Kim N., Hwang SA. Second Annual National Environmental Public Health Tracking Conference, April 20-22, 2005; Atlanta, GA.
2004 Presentations and Poster Sessions
- Air Pollution in New York State: An Environmental Hazard. S. Grady, S. Kumar, R. Chinery, P. Somervell, S.A. Hwang, E. Fitzgerald. First Environmental Public Health Tracking Conference, March 24-26, 2004; Philadelphia, PA.
- Assigning Geographical Coordinates to Unmatched Address Records . Boscoe FP, Forand SP, Talbot TO, Hwang SA, Fitzgerald EF. First Environmental Public Health Tracking Conference, March 24-26, 2004; Philadelphia, PA.
- Automated Data Exchange System for Environmental Public Health Tracking Network in New York State: Functions, Specifications and Applications (poster #38). L. Le, L. Brennan, I. Gotham, P. Somervell, D. Sottolano. First Environmental Public Health Tracking Conference, March 24-26, 2004; Philadelphia, PA.
- Improving spatial resolution of criteria air pollutant monitoring data: Exploring the Use of Co-kriging and Buffer Models (poster #4). R. Walker, S. Grady, R. Chinery, S. Shost; First Environmental Public Health Tracking Conference, March 24-26, 2004; Philadelphia, PA.
- Association Between Ozone Exposure and Childhood Asthma Hospital Admission in New York City Metropolitan Area, 1991-2001. Wei Liu, Shao Lin, Syni-An Hwang. Environmental Public Health Tracking Workshop, October 13-15, 2004; San Francisco, CA.
- Environmental Health Tracking (EPHT) Network Architecture and Principles: A Work in Progress. Linh H. Le. Environmental Public Health Tracking Workshop, October 13-15, 2004; San Francisco, CA.
- Exposure Misclassification Due to Assignment of Unmatched Address Records in New York State [PDF, 19 Kb]. S. Forand, S. Kumar, F. Boscoe, T. Talbot, S.A. Hwang. Environmental Public Health Tracking Workshop, October 13-15, 2004; San Francisco, CA.
- Use of Linked Data for Environmental Public Health Surveillance. S. Kumar, F. Boscoe, S. Forand, T. Talbot, S.A. Hwang. Environmental Public Health Tracking Workshop, October 13-15, 2004; San Francisco, CA.
- ODS: A Unique Method to Present Data . Kumar, Sanjaya. North East SAS User Group Conference, November 2004; Baltimore MD
- Use of CUSUM to Monitor Regional Trends of Birth Defects in New York State. Gwen Babcock, Thomas Talbot, Syni-An Hwang, Charlotte Druschel, Steve Forand. Environmental Public Health Tracking Workshop, October 13-15, 2004; San Francisco, CA.
- Birth Defects Surveillance and Environmental Public Health Tracking in New York State. Edward F. Fitzgerald. Environmental Public Health Tracking Conference, March 24-26, 2004; Philadelphia, PA.
- An Environmental Public Health Tracking Program for Air Pollution and Childhood Asthma. Edward Fitzgerald. Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) Annual Conference, June 07, 2004; Idaho