From curtis.g.cude at state.or.us Tue Mar 2 14:05:48 2010 From: curtis.g.cude at state.or.us (Curtis G CUDE) Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:05:48 -0800 Subject: [Oregon_EPHT_News] Fwd: Oregon Environmental Public Health Tracking News and Updates Message-ID: <4B8D1B3B.CF01.009E.0@DHS.STATE.OR.US> The Oregon Environmental Public Health Tracking Program welcomes Tara Chetock as Outreach and Education Coordinator! Tara comes to us most recently from the Oregon Department of Human Services Teen Parent Self-Sufficiency Program providing outreach and client services. Prior to that, Tara provided outreach and support for Matrix Public Health Solutions, Inc., and interned with both Susan G. Komen for the Cure and Corvallis Family Medicine. Tara received her Masters in Health Administration at Portland State University and her BS in Health Promotion and Education from Oregon State University (where she also served as a peer health advocate!). We'll all look forward to working with Tara on Tracking. Please extend your warmest welcome! And now, for National EPHT News: The Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (Tracking Network) now includes data on reproductive and birth outcomes, as well as modeled air data. Each year in the United States, more than a half million babies-1 of 8-are born prematurely. Among newborns premature birth is the leading cause of death. Research on reproductive and birth outcomes has considerably improved our understanding of how environmental risks might affect these conditions. State Vital Records Departments, through the National Center for Health Statistics, provide reproductive and birth outcomes data for the Tracking Network. The data include ? Prematurity among singleton births, ? Growth retardation among singleton births, and ? Sex ratio. For more information about the reproductive and birth outcomes data available on the TrackingNetwork, visit the Reproductive and Birth Outcomes page athttp://ephtracking.cdc.gov/showRbMain.action. Modeled air data have also been added to the Tracking Network. Previously, the Network only included monitored air data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Air Quality System, but these data are limited. Monitoring stations are not in all areas of the country and there are time gaps when the monitors are not recording data. With modeled air data, the Tracking Network can now provide more accurate and complete air quality information for the entire country. For more information about the modeled air data available on the Tracking Network and how to use the data, visit theMonitored + Modeled Air Data page athttp://ephtracking.cdc.gov/showAirMonModData.action. Best regards, Curtis Cude, Program Manager Environmental Public Health Tracking Hazardous Incident Tracking Office of Environmental Public Health: Research & Education Services Oregon Public Health Division phone: 971-673-0975 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Contracts that are awarded based on responses to this BAA are as a result of full and open competition and therefore in full compliance with the provisions of PL98-369, "The Competition in Contracting Act of 1984". The following is a link to "FedBizOpps.gov" where the BAA for the EPHT Program is posted. Enter the Solicitation number:2010-N-11993 in the Key Word/Solicitation # box and click on the "Search" button. It will bring up the announcement. https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=list&tab=list If you have any questions, or difficulty accessing the document, please contactsrezai at cdc.gov.. This BAA is open and in effect for 21 days from the date of release (March 29, 2010 through April 19, 2010). THIS IS AN IMMEDIATE CALL FOR WHITE PAPERS for the Environmental Public Health Tracking Program. Prior to submission of a white paper, offerors are strongly encouraged to contact the CDC BAA Technical Coordinator, Ms. Susan Rezai, at 770-488-1473. White papers must be received by April 19, 2010 in order to be considered for further evaluation. White papers should be submitted electronically to the CDC BAA Technical Coordinator, Susan Rezai atsrezai at cdc.gov Tara Chetock, Health Educator Environmental Public Health Tracking Office of Environmental Public Health Department of Human Services 800 NE Oregon Street, Ste. 640 Portland, OR 97232-2162 Phone: 971-673-1496 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: