Re: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MDHHS releases latest data outlining blood lead levels
- From
- Eden Wells
- To
- Andy Leavitt , Base Camp Email , Lawrence Reynolds , Linda Dykema
in Flint; Follow-up care, case management resources continue for families
Good afternoon, Andy ,
This is a public health surveillance report to show the tracking of blood lead testing in Flint. This reflects increased
screening and testing that is occurring in the face of increased public health and healthcare provider and researcher
responses, including Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, Dr Edwards, Reynolds, etc.
As in many public health surveillance systems, surveillance reports may serve different functions. This one is to simply
track the progress of testing and proportions of EBLs over the coming year (as you know, with seasonality, | am quite
interested in Q3's each year to assess impact of lead programs, and will not be falsely reassured by Q4 and Q1 data
points).
| would hope that you realize that surveillance reports, as this one will be, are regularly developed and this will be
updated on a weekly to bi-weekly basis through the coming months (years?). T
The issues of spatial clustering and associations with lead lines, etc have already begun to be ascertained by our
colleagues at Hurely and WSU, and | hope that those can continue.