Environmental justice index frequently asked questions

Details

• Alternative Title:
  EJI
• Corporate Authors:
  United States. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
• Description:
  The EJI can be used to
  
  • identify and prioritize areas that may require special attention or additional action to improve health and health equity,
  
  • educate and inform the public about their community,
  
  • analyze the unique, local factors driving cumulative impacts on health to inform policy and decision-making, and
  
  • establish meaningful goals and measure progress towards environmental justice and health equity.
  
  State public health officials can use the EJI to prioritize communities to take action to addressenvironmental and health hazards.
  
  Researchers can use data from the EJI to generate hypotheses. For example, researchers might want to determine whether social vulnerability or environmental burden are associated with overall life expectancy at the census tract level.
  
  CS 333299-A
  
  docs/eji_faq.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Environmental Justice
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Name as Subject:
  Environmental Justice Index (EJI) ; Environmental Justice Index (EJI)
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  5 unnumbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:ffb869c55fe930628597283dd725af343892187008efd65ff73d2d2c61356b3b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/120138/cdc_120138_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.88 MB ]