EI Results, Reporting, and Follow-Up

Once the sampling and data analysis are completed, the EI team will notify participants of their sampling results and prepare the EI report using the data obtained from the EI.

The contents of the EI report are discussed below.

EI Report Information

The EI report will typically include the following information:

Executive Summary: a summary of the methods, results, and conclusions of the EI
Background: information that outlines the suspected contaminants at the site and the data gap(s) that will be filled by the EI
Methods: a discussion of participant recruitment, data collection methods, and laboratory data analysis for the EI
Results: the results of the EI sampling
- ATSDR shares personal biological and environmental sampling results with the individual participant; the EI report summarizes EI sampling results without including personal identifiers.
Conclusions: the conclusions of the EI based on the sampling results and the impact on the community
Recommendations and Public Health Action Plan: provides recommendations for the community and the Public Health Action Plan based on the results of the EI
Results of the EI and recommendations are shared with the community during a public meeting when the EI report is released

Follow-up

In addition to sharing the results with the community during a public meeting, the EI report will be available online and will be placed into a repository, such as the public library, within the community.

EI findings and recommendations can lead to other public health actions:

Health education for the community on how to prevent exposures to contaminants
Health education for health professionals about special diagnostic techniques to identify possible site-related illnesses
Community resources such as appropriate healthcare providers, community health centers, and local health departments
Site-specific epidemiologic health studies for exposed populations that the EI team identifies

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