Products
The contract specifies products that the ENVIRONS team must create as part of the study. These products can be found on this page.
Educational materials, such as presentation slides and fact sheets, can be found on the Education page.
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Phase I - Planning and Foundations (March 2022 - February 2023)
ENVIRONS Questionnaires
April 2022
After participating in a tour of the GES neighborhoods, each ENVIRONS team member completed a questionnaire prepared by the Community Council. In addition to individual responses, a summary for the team was created.
Read the questionnaires.
Read the cover letter.
Shared Operational Principles
June 2022
The Community Council, ENVIRONS, and Steering Committee identified roles and define shared values, motivations, expectations, and limitations for the study.
Read the Shared Operational Principles.
Read the cover letter.
Community Engagement Plan
August 2022
The Community Engagement plan was developed with the Community Council and Steering Committee. It defines how ENVIRONS will communicate with the Community Council and the Steering Committee, and outlines strategies for communicating with residents, soliciting community input, and maintaining transparency.
Read the Community Engagement Plan.
Read the cover letter.
Preliminary Data Identification and Narrative
October 2022
ENVIRONS identified sources of data, literature, and on-going projects that will be used in Phase II. As part of this, ENVIRONS reviewed the crowd sourced literature review curated by the Steering Committee prior to ENVIRONS coming onto the study.
Read the Narrative in English or Spanish.
Read the response to public comment.
Read the cover letter.
Course Correction Plan
February 2023
ENVIRONS worked with the Community Council and Steering Committee to create a course correction plan. This plan ensures that the study is headed in the right direction for Phase II.
Read the Course Correction Plan in English, or in Spanish.
Project Website and Dynamic Maps
February 2023
You're here! The website is available in English and Spanish, and maps are available on the Maps page.
Phase II - Analysis (March 2023 - February 2025)
Data Rubric and Existing Source Evaluation
August 2023
ENVIRONS created a rubric to evaluate the quality of literature and data, then applied this rubric to the sources of information identified in the crowd-sourced literature folder or in the Preliminary Data Identification and Narrative.
Read the Data and Literature Evaluation, or in Spanish.
Read the Response to Comment.
Health Impact Assessment
January 2024
This report characterizes areas of community concern, provides updated data to topics identified in the 2014 Health Impact Assessment report, and evaluates the implementation of recommendations from the 2014 report.
Read the ABC's of GES: The State of Health and Environment, or in Spanish.
Read the response to comment. (Currently only Steering Committee comments are shown. This document will be updated once public comments are received.)
Exposure Outcome Matrix
February 2024
The Exposure Outcome matrix will demonstrate the connections between environmental exposures in GES, health outcomes, and health disparities based on existing research.
Cumulative Risk Assessment
Planning: February 2024
Analysis: September 2024
Risk Characterization: January 2025
This report, produced one part at a time, will quantify the human health risk from multiple chemical and non-chemical exposures.
Updated Narrative and Data Gap Analysis
January 2025
The Narrative from Phase I will be updated to be 508 compliant (online accessibility) and the appendices will be updated with evaluations all data sources used in prior deliverables from Phase II following the process and format from the Data Rubric and Existing Source Evaluation deliverable. Additionally, an updated data gap analysis will be provided.
Root Cause Analysis
January 2025
ENVIRONS will conduct a root cause analysis on the environmental causes of concerns and health outcomes in GES using information from previous deliverables in Phase II and informed by community members.
Static and Dynamic Maps
January 2025
ENVIRONS will create static and dynamic maps illustrating the chemical and non-chemical exposures. The static maps will be those included in other deliverables in Phase II and the dynamic maps will be on this website.
Community Health Study
February 2025
ENVIRONS will complete the comprehensive, community health study as outlined in the Sierra Club v. Chao settlement by combining the previous deliverables from Phase II and doing a final update to the appendices and data gap analysis in the Updated Narrative.