Development of a Public Health Surveillance Plan to Evaluate CDC Activities inthe Atlanta Empowerment Zone

摘要

In 1994, Altanta was one of six U.S. cities awarded funding under theAdministration's Empowerment Zone initiatives to revitalize inner-city and rural communities. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) began work with partner agencies in the Atlanta area in support of public health initiatives in the Atlanta Empowerment Zone (AEZ). CDC's Epidemiology Program Office (EPO) contracted with Research Triangle Institute to provide support services for the development of evaluations for CDC efforts in the AEZ. The report focuses on two CDC initiatives in the AEZ: (1) the development of the data aggregation system for decision support; and (2) the development of a partnership to start a community-based initiative to prevent and manage childhood asthma. Under contract with CDC's Public Health Practice Program Office (PHPPO), the contractor developed a prototype computer-based system that aggregates, analyzes, and displays data at the level of the AEZ, neighborhood, or other small geographic units.