Evidence-Based Practices for
Healthiest Wisconsin 2010

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This page provides access to information about evidence-based practices for achieving objectives of the Healthiest Wisconsin 2010 health priority "Environmental and Occupational Health Hazards." Below you will see the objectives in the implementation plan for this health priority.

Select an objective to see summary results of research on the effectiveness of various public health strategies (interventions) to achieve the objective. Note that for some objectives, no link is provided because a research summary has not yet been completed.

1. Microbial or Chemical Contamination:  By 2010, decrease the incidence of illness resulting from microbial or chemical contamination of food and drinking water.
   1. By 2010, reduce CDC risk factor violations for food and water by 25 percents, based on a 2004 baseline.
   2. By 2010, the incidence of E. coli 0157:H7 infection will be 3 per 100,000 population.
   3. By 2010, the incidence of Salmonellosis will be 8 per 100,000 population.
   4. By 2010, the incidence of Shigellosis will be 4 per 100,000 population.
   5. By 2010, the incidence of Campylobacteriosis will be 11 per 100,000 population.
   6. By 2010, the incidence of Hepatitis A will be 1 per 100,000 population.
   7. By 2010, increase the awareness of health threats from arsenic in private water supplies, mercury in sports fish, and methemoglobinemia, by 50 percent in each case, over a 2002 (or future) baseline.
   
   
   
2. Respiratory Diseases:  By 2010, reduce the incidence of illness and death from respiratory diseases related to or aggravated by environmental and occupational exposures.
   1. By 2010, reduce the asthma hospitalization rate to 8.5 per 10,000 population from the 2000 baseline asthma hospitalization rate of 10.6 per 10,000.
   2. Reduce public exposures to indoor radon in all buildings with radon concentrations >4pCi/L in occupied spaces.
   3. By 2010, reduce occupational mesothelioma illness and death by 30 percent below the 2000 baseline.
   4. By 2010, reduce occupational pneumoconiosis illness and death by 30 percent below the 2000 baseline.
   
   
   
3. Occupational Injury, Illness, and Death: By December 31, 2010, the incidence of occupational injury, illness, and death will be reduced by 30 percent.
   1. Reduce the age-adjusted occupational death rate for all industries, state and local government included.
   2. Reduce the incidence rate of occupational injury and illness for all industries, state and local government included.
   
   
   
4. Chemical and Biological Contaminants in the Home: By December 31, 2010, reduce by 50 percent the incidence of illness and death related to chemical and biological contaminants in the home.
   1. By 2010, rehabilitate 120,000 dwellings in Wisconsin with lead hazards present and occupied by children under six years old.
   2. By 2010, 100 percent of Wisconsin children enrolled in Medicaid will receive age-appropriate blood lead tests.
   3. By the end of 2010, among all Wisconsin children age six or younger, there will be no children newly identified with lead poisoning.
   4. By 2010, increase the capacity of local health departments to address environmental health issues in the home.
   5. Reduce public exposures to indoor radon in all buildings with radon concentrations >4pCi/L in occupied spaces.
   6. By 2010, there will be no unintentional carbon monoxide poisoning fatalities in Wisconsin.
   7. By 2010, there will be no unwanted environmental tobacco smoke exposure in homes.

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Last Revised: July 12, 2010