Environmental Public Health Tracking (EPHT) collects, analyzes, and shares environmental health data and information to help understand how health and the environment are connected, improve and protect health, and create safe, healthy communities.
The environment plays an important role in health and development. Spending time in nature is important for our overall health. But being exposed to environmental hazards can sometimes cause health problems or make them worse. For example, being exposed to lead as a child can slow growth and cause behavior and learning issues. Some possible connections between health and the environment need more data and research to prove.
Environmental health data and information are used to:
* Learn about environmental hazards and how they affect health
* Identify patterns or trends over time
* Find areas and groups of people that may be at higher risk
* Take steps to protect and improve health
Environmental Public Health Tracking References
- Data & Statistical Guide
- EPHT Success Stories
- Glossary
- Metadata
- Missouri Environmental Public Health Series Videos
The National Environmental Public Health Tracking Program
Missouri Environmental Public Health Tracking (EPHT) is a program within the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services and funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. EPHT is part of a network of people and information systems which delivers a core set of health, exposure, and hazards data, information summaries and tools to enable analysis, visualization and reporting of insights drawn from data.
Those insights are intended to help data drive actions and improve community health.