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Eden V. Wells, MD, MPH, FACPM
Clinical Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Director, Preventive Medicine Residency
University of Michigan School of Public Health
1415 Washington Heights,
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Tel: 734-647-5306
Fax: 734-936-2084
ewells@umich edu
Date: Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 4:30 PM
Good morning,
Please see the attached message that has been cleared for dissemination to Flint providers.
Genesee County will blast fax and use their professional networks (GCMS, etc.) to disseminate to all providers.
| have CC'd Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha and Dr. Reynolds here, and they can distribute through their networks as well.
Our Medicaid program will be working with the local health plans about lead screening recommendations based upon
this message.
This will also go out as a low-alert from our Health Alert Netowrk to appropriate Flint sites/providers, so | have CC'd Craig
Henry.
If there are any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Warm Regards,
Eden
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Eden V. Wells, MD, MPH, FACPM
Chief Medical Executive
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
201 Townsend Street, 5th Floor CVB
Lansing, MI 48913
Phone: 517-335-8011
wellse3@michigan.gov
case management resources continue for families
I think it’s a great idea. I would like to do a joint announcement once we have an agreement with the
significant parties involved. I think this is the type of collaborative effort that can really make a difference for
the children in Flint going forward, especially on the preventive side.
All-
A reporter with Bridge Magazine is requesting the statewide 2014 (and if possible, 2015} CLPPP data. Bob sent me the
attached county-level info for 2014 which | have net shared yet, as it’s not the final report.
We would like to touch base to make sure the data has been finalized and reviewed by epi before it's posted online.
Eden ~ we'll reach out to you in the morning to discuss the media request. Beyond the data, the reporter is also
interested in discussing home lead investigations.
Jennifer Eisner
Public information Officer
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
Office: 517-241-2112 or EisnerJ@michigan.gov
:
Cell
Attached you will find the items | mentioned this morning that were forwarded to the Task Force yesterday.
--A detailed MDHHS Action Plan on Flint Water Public Health
--An overview provided by our Bureau of EMS, Trauma and Preparedness giving further detail on considerations for use
of the Incident Command System or Community Health Emergency Coordination Center (CHECC)
--Answers to the lead abatement questions posed to the department from the Task Force.
Thanks--g
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Geralyn--sorry, yesterday | was caught without my file--a slight correction (hope it is not too
late) actual talking point from the first press conference about our data---note that below were doing a
model:
"Blood lead level rates among children under six years of age in the high risk Zip cades (48503, 48504} were 2.7 times
higher than the rest of Genesee County before the awitch to Flint iver Water (p<0.0001) After the switch to Flint River
Water, rates in the high risk Zip codes were 3.2 times that of the rest of Genesee County (p<0.0004},
Thus, compared to rates during 2019-2013, the rates after the switch to Flint River water in the high risk Zip codes
increased 18 percent, although this difference did not reach statistical significance.
Other Zip codes in Flint
Rates of elevated blood lsad levels among children under six years of age in other parts of the city of Flint were 2 times
that of the rest of Genesee County before the switch to Flint River Water (p<O.0001}, The magnitude of the elevated
rate rernained roughly the sare during the neriod after the water source switch.“
However, when we look at percentages bu ip and by quarter, note that there are ways you can see doubling in
certain zips, but there is a seasonal quality to the data so we have never said "rates doubled" in a certain area---but
the Hurley folks have been.
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1. EBLinvestigations: the investigation report, including the water information, should be provided to the MDHHS
Healthy Homes Section within two weeks on average after the investigation is completed. This includes time for
receipt of specimen test results (water, dust wipes, soil).
2. Elevated EBLs: there were 18 children with elevated EBLs shown in the summary report as of October 30,
2015. | have the more detailed age breakdown for the updated report which would show data from 10/1/2015
to 11/13/2015. There are 22 children with elevated EBLs. Of children < 6, 14 have levels 5 — 14, 2 have levels 15
—44. Among children 6 to 17 years, 5 have levels 5— 14 and 1 has a level 15-44. In summary, 19 children fall
into the 5 — 14 category and 3 in the 15 -44 category. So most kids are in the 5 — 14 mcg/dL category if they
have elevated EBLs. The table is attached. Epidemiology is not planning on sending these more detailed tables
up to you routinely, but this table gives you a feel for the testing by age group and whether or not the test, if
known, is venous or capillary.
Corinne
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Importance: High
Good morning,
Attached is an updated report that includes the MDHHS logo. Because that’s been added in, | had to shift the format a
bit so when updating this report going forward, please use this version.
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Additionally, I've attached updated talking points for Flint which include points regarding this report on the first page.
Please review these and let me know if there are any concerns.
Thank you,
Angela
We can do---I talked with Angela.
Angela- This one pager is unable to portray seasonality, but the talking points can---such as:
"it is important to note that lead exposure can vary by season regardless of where it is located in the environment. For
instance, the third quarters (July-September) have the highest EBL proportions for 2014 and 2015 compared to other
seasons of the year."
Showing the chart can help too. Feel free to contact me---| know this is a difficult one for risk communication and
readability for the general population!
Eden
Great, Jennifer and Angela, please work with Eden and Linda to finalize some talking points associated with this so we
can determine when we can move forward on releasing.
Importance: High
Attached is the bicod lead testing report with the eclits Eden and | discussed in pdf and InDesign formats.
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Please keep in mine that the purpose of the report is to inform residents and other interested parties about blood
testing efforts in Flint. It is not intended to be a technical report. Recent discussions with GCHD suggest that seme of the
materials currently posted at are written at a level that is not accessible by city of Flint
residents and I’m concerned that this report has already become far too busy for many people to take in the
information.
Atechnica! description of the background and data analysis methods is on the to-do list, but will require additional time
to complete. | expect it will include a detailed description of the analysis comparing ELL before and after the switch, as
well as the results of our current efforts and all the methods used.
Linda
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Attached is updated Flint Action plan for week ending 11-13-15.
Highlights this week:
e GCHD completed nurse case management training
e Community awareness event held at Brownell School
e Congressional Call re: Ready to Feed Formula
e = Call with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
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The attached is hopefully the final draft of the bload testing report for the 10/4 to 10/30/15 time frame. Let
Michelle Bruneau know # you'd Uke loga(s} added or if you want the infiesign file.
Linda
We cannot wait that long to get a message out- we can definitely provide some descriptive epi ---the data
does not need a full in depth analysis to present useful information.