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EPI-aid trip; :assessment of health complaints among pediatric residents living in FEMA temporary housing in Hancock County, Mississippi
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April 24, 2008
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Alternative Title:Assessment of health complaints among pediatric residents living in FEMA temporary housing in Hancock County, Mississippi
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Description:"Primary care pediatricians from Hancock County, Mississippi reported an increase in the number of visits for respiratory illnesses among their patients who were then living in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) temporary housing units following Hurricane Katrina compared with the number of visits for respiratory illnesses of these same patients prior to Hurricane Katrina. These pediatricians questioned whether general indoor air quality issues related to temporary housing unit occupancy might have been a reason for the apparent increase in respiratory visits. In response to these reports, the Mississippi State Department of Health (MS DOH) contacted CDC on October 5, 2007 to request epidemiologic assistance to determine whether the number of visits for indoor air quality-related illnesses had increased in the pediatric population of Hancock County, Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina compared with the number of visits for indoor air quality-related illnesses in the same pediatric population prior to Hurricane Katrina. Furthermore, MS DOH wanted to determine how the number of visits for indoor air quality-related illnesses among the pediatric population living in FEMA temporary housing units compared with the pediatric population not living in FEMA temporary housing units. On November 1, 2007, Teresa Morrison, MD, MPH, EIS Officer, Shahed Iqbal, PhD, MPH, EIS Officer, and Colin Ligon, CDC Experience Fellow departed for Hancock County, Mississippi to assist the MS DOH in conducting this epidemiologic investigation. The objectives for this investigation were (1) to characterize the visits for indoor air quality-related illnesses in the pediatric population of Hancock County, Mississippi before and after Hurricane Katrina, and (2) to characterize these visits with regard to temporary housing unit occupancy." - p. 2
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"April 24, 2008."
"From: Teresa Ann Morrison MD, MPH, EIS Officer, Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch (APRHB), Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects (DEHHE), National Center of Environmental Health (NCEH)."
"To: Douglas H. Hamilton, MD, PhD, Director, Epidemic Intelligence Service, Office of Workforce and Career Development (OWCD)."
"Through: Michael A. McGeehin, PhD, MSPH, Director, EHHE, NCEH; Paul Garbe, DVM, MPH, Chief, Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch (APRHB), EHHE, NCEH."
Available via the World Wide Web as an Acrobat .pdf file ( , 49 p.)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 21).
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