California Children’s Environmental Health
Download California’s Children’s Environmental Health fact sheet.
Children’s Environmental Health Indicators Criteria.
California References (listed in the order in which they appear on the fact sheet):
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- Number of Children in California. U.S. Census Bureau. 2019. Quick Facts California.
- Percent of Children in California Living in Poverty. The Annie E. Casey Foundation. KIDS COUNT Data Center: Children in poverty (100 percent poverty) in California. 2019.
- California Drinking Water Performance Dashboard. Public Water Systems with Any Violation – Fiscal Year 2020. Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Accessed June, 2021.
- Ozone Pollution. American Lung Association. 2021 State of the Air. Report card: California. Data from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Air Quality System. Accessed June, 2021.
- AMERICAN WARMING: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, retrieved July 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/.
- Summary of 263 Toxic Release Inventory Facilities in California. Reporting Year 2019. Accessed June, 2021.
- ADHD, ADD, and ASD prevalence. 2018-2019 National Survey of Children’s Health. Title V Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant National Performance and Outcome Measures. Prevalence of current ADD or ADHD, age 3-17 years; and Prevalence of current Autism or Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), age 3-17 years. Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health. Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration. Accessed June,2021.
- Asthma prevalence. 2018-2019 National Survey of Children’s Health. Title V Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant National Performance and Outcome Measures. Prevalence of current asthma, age 0-17 years. Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health. Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration. Accessed June,2021.
- California Childhood Cancers Incidence Request for children age 0-19. Age-adjusted rate for 2005-2015. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (WONDER). Accessed June, 2021.
- National Childhood Blood Lead Surveillance Data. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Accessed June, 2021. For CA 2015 data: California Department of Public Health. Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch. https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CCDPHP/DEODC/CLPPB/CDPH%20Document%20Library/BLL_Counts_2015_by_LHD.pdf
- Environmental exposures contribute to ADHD/ADD, ASD, and asthma. NIEHS/EPA Children’s Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Centers. 2017 Impact Report.
- President’s Cancer Panel. 2008-2009 Annual Report. Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk. National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health.
- Under-testing and Under-reporting of children’s blood lead levels. Assessing Child Lead Poisoning Case Ascertainment in the US, 1999–2010. Eric M. Roberts, Daniel Madrigal, Jhaqueline Valle, Galatea King and Linda Kite. Pediatrics April 2017, e20164266; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2016-4266.
- CDC Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention. California. Accessed September, 2021.
- ATSDR State Cooperative Agreement Program. APPLETREE map. Accessed on June, 2021.
- CDC National Asthma Control Program. Accessed June, 2021.
- CDC Environmental Public Health Tracking Network. California Tracking Program. Accessed June, 2021.
- CDC State Biomonitoring Programs. Accessed June, 2021.
- California Building Resilience Against Climate Effects (CALBRACE). https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/OHE/Pages/CC-Health-Vulnerability-Indicators.aspx# Accessed August 2021.
- Climate Change & Health Vulnerability Indicators for California (CCHVIs). https://skylab.cdph.ca.gov/CCHVIz/ Accessed August 2021.
