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Legionnaires’ Disease Risk Communication Toolkit
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June 2022
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Description:Version 1.1
Although some may see Legionnaires’ disease (LD) as occurring infrequently—and then only in limited settings—it is in fact an ongoing public health threat that occurs in multiple settings. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) notes the rate of reported LD cases in the United States has increased steadily from 2000 to 2018. There were almost 10,000 cases reported by health departments in the United States in 2018, though CDC considers the true incidence of the disease to be higher as LD is likely underdiagnosed (CDC, 2021j). CDC researchers report that the “largest number of cases occurred among White persons, but the highest incidence was in Black or African American persons” (Barskey, Derado, & Edens, 2022). CDC (2021j) acknowledges uncertainty about the reasons for the increase in LD cases; it may be due to increased awareness and reporting, greater susceptibility in the population, more Legionella in the environment, or a combination of these. Regardless of the cause, it is clear that state, tribal, local, and territorial (STLT) health agencies need to emphasize timely and appropriate communications with key audiences and the general public as part of the process of identifying and responding to cases and outbreaks of LD.
The toolkit was authored for CSTE by Patricia I. Elliott JD, MPH, President, Health|Environment Concepts under the direction of CSTE staff member, Ashley Vineyard, MPH.
This project was funded under a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (NU38OT000297-01-00).
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