MWPHAC - Projects

METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON
PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT CENTER

REGIONAL HEALTH INDICATORS REPORT

In 1995, the Metropolitan Washington Public Health Association published Advancing Prevention for Better Health in the Washington Metropolitan Area:Fixing a Baseline, a report that presented data on 46 health promotion and disease prevention indicators drawn from Healthy People 2000 for six Washington area jurisdictions and the nation.

In June 2001 MWPHAC completed and published the report: Community Health Indicators for the Washington Metropolitan Region. This report presents data on the status of prevention for 28 indicators for each of the nine jurisdictions in the region. A technical advisory committee of representatives from area jurisdictions guided the project.

Project Objectives
The objectives of this project are:

To identify the strengths and weaknesses in health promotion and disease prevention in the region
To provide data to inform officials and the public in the Washington metropolitan area about prevention needs and opportunities
To provide a database for planning and carrying out joint and common efforts to improve health promotion and disease prevention in the region
To improve data collection standards and methods and data exchange among Washington-area jurisdictions

For more information, please contact
Sam Seeman
Senior Advisor
301-681-5017

Technical Advisory Committee
Susan Allan, MD, JD, MPH, Chair
Arlington County (VA) Health Department

Area Health Department Representatives

Gloria Collins, RN, Loudoun County, Virginia

Evy Duff, Fairfax County, Virginia

John J. Park, Ph.D., Montgomery County, Maryland

David M. Portesi, MPH, Prince George's County Health Department

Fran Preneta, Prince George's County, Maryland

Margo Smith, Frederick County, Maryland

Judith H. Southard, City of Alexandria, Virginia

Jan Tenerowicz, Arlington County, Virginia

Patricia Theiss, MS, D.C. Department of Health

Patricia C.Trahan, RN, BSN, MSA, Fairfax County Health Department

State Health Department Representatives

Jeanette Jenkins, MHS, Maryland

Denise C. Sockwell, MSPH, Virginia

GWU Student Participants

Aimee Ferraro

Jennifer Ross

Liaisons

Alexandra Gabriel, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments

Sean Cleary, PhD, GWU School of Public Health and Health Services

Ilana Molkner, MPH, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments

Sam Seeman, MWPHAC Policy and Management Committee

Michael Stoto, Ph.D., The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services