10.0     Results of the El Paso Workshop: A Draft List of Core Indicators

A two-day workshop convened on July 26 and 27, 2001 at the El Paso field office of the Pan American Health Organization brought together Mexican and PAHO representatives (Appendix C) to review the initial draft of this document, the definitions and criteria herein, and follow a process for indicator ranking and selection.  Suggested adaptations to the document have been included in the draft presented here.  Indicators compiled from recognized organizations (PAHO, CDC, USEPA, USDHHS, Briggs developed for WHO) were used to form the basis for indicator selection and are presented in the matrix in Appendix A.  Proceeding by each category (e.g. water, air, etc.) an initial review of definitions and indicators presented throughout this document and in Appendix A was held among the participants and adaptations to the definitions and lists were made where appropriate (e.g. to operationalize definitions for this program and to fill gaps among indicators for any one category or objective, or reorganize indicators in the appropriate category).  All indicators were then scored by each participant based on the first 3 criteria (see below) and all indicators receiving scores of 8 and 9 from any one participant were retained and are presented in Table 1.  During the scoring and ranking process, objective 3 was subdivided into its two basic components (high exposure and vulnerable populations) and is therefore presented as such in Tables 1 and 2).

 

Criteria used to score initial list of indicators:
Catalyst for action in public health programs within Border XXI initiative

3-if related impact or consequences can lead to death directly or in the short term;

2-if related impact is potentially severe and/or a large population is impacted;

1-if related impact is likely reversible or benign.

 

Resonance with public health and environment practitioners and managers

3-if high burden of disease and high level of attributable risk;

2-for moderate;

1-for low.

 

Resonance with political officials and public needs and concerns

3-if perceived as very important in public mind;

2-if somewhat important;

1-if probably not perceived as important.