Health Study Goals and Priorities
On March 18 2021, Public Health released the draft Health Study Goals & Priorities document for the ACDHRS, developed by the Scientific Oversight Committee (SOC).
The SOC is a group of independent national and subject matter experts and public agency representatives lending expertise in the following areas: Epidemiology, Disaster Behavioral Health, Toxicology, Community-Based Research, Exposure Assessment, Environmental Science, Air Monitoring, and Air Modeling. The SOC is tasked with deciding the Health Study’s focus, reviewing research plans, evaluating research progress, and providing expert guidance to the selected research team(s).
Development of the draft Health Study Goals & Priorities document was informed by input from the affected communities that was collected through a variety of engagement efforts to ensure that the goals and priorities reflect key areas of interest that should be addressed. The 30-day public comment period began on March 18, 2021 with the publishing of the draft Goals & Priorities on the ACDHRS website. We invite the public, especially community members living and working in the Northwestern neighborhoods of the San Fernando Valley, to review and provide public comment on the goals and priorities. The deadline to submit comments is Friday April 16, 2021 at 5:00 PM.
There are two ways you can submit input:
If you are submitting comments via email, please consider indicating your neighborhood of residence and your level of concern and/or interest for the following: acute health impacts, intermediate-term health impacts, chronic health impacts, and susceptible groups of people. Also, please indicate whether the draft Heath Study Goals and Priorities represent what you believe should be the key areas of focus. Please click here click here for a guide on submitting an email response.
Additional opportunities for providing public comment will be shared with the community as they become available. Please note that the SOC will not be able to respond to each comment received, but feedback will be catalogued and shared with the SOC for their consideration as they finalize the Goals & Priorities.