Module 6 – Data Screening Analysis

At a glance

In Module 6, you will learn skills to effectively sort through and analyze environmental datasets for the public health assessment (PHA) process. This knowledge will enable you to identify and prioritize potential contaminants of concern that require closer evaluation.

Course length: 2.5 hrs
Date updated: August 19, 2024

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Course length: 2.5 hrs
Date updated: August 19, 2024

Training overview

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In Module 6, you will learn how to screen the PHA environmental data to identify contaminants of concern that require closer evaluation.

Training objectives

After completing Module 6, you will be able to:

  1. Describe the purpose of the screening analysis used in the PHA.
  2. Define ATSDR-derived comparison values (CVs) used for screening.
  3. Identify sources for non-ATSDR screening levels.
  4. Define health guidelines.
  5. Identify the steps of the screening analysis.
  6. Identify ATSDR's approach to selecting appropriate screening levels.
  7. Identify contaminants requiring further evaluation.

Target audience

Public health professionals involved or interested in the PHA process, including:

  • Environmental Health Specialists, Toxicologists, and Epidemiologists
  • Community Involvement Specialists, Health Communicators, and Health Educators
  • Medical Officers and Registered Nurses
  • Program Managers

Continuing education units

Instructions for Obtaining Continuing Education (CE)

To receive CE for Public Health Assessment Training Module 6: Data Screening Analysis, please visit CDC TRAIN and search for the course in the Course Catalog using WB4876. Follow the steps below by 8/19/2026.

  1. Register for and complete the course.
  2. Pass the post-assessment at 70 %.
  3. Complete the evaluation.
  4. Visit Your Learning to access your certificates and transcript.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites to complete Module 6.

Faculty/Credentials

  • Liz Bertelsen MPH, Senior Public Health Scientist, Eastern Research Group, Inc.
  • Danielle Langmann BS MS, Environmental Health Scientist, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
  • Karen M. Scruton BS MS, Environmental Health Scientist, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

Content Experts

This course was developed by ATSDR, Office of Capacity Development and Applied Prevention Science, in collaboration with:

ATSDR's Office of Community Health and Hazard Assessment

Eastern Research Group, Inc.

National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Office of Communications

CDC Create-IT Services

Accreditation Statements

CEU: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is authorized by IACET to offer 0.2 CEU's for this program.

Disclosure

In compliance with continuing education requirements, all planners and presenters must disclose all financial relationships, in any amount, with ineligible companies during the previous 24 months as well as any use of unlabeled product(s) or products under investigational use.

CDC, our planners, and content experts wish to disclose they have no financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, reselling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Content will not include any discussion of the unlabeled use of a product or a product under investigational use.

CDC did not accept financial or in-kind support from ineligible companies for this continuing education activity.

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