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Months of planning and coordination culminated Thursday morning as a team of volunteers began interviewing residents living near the Tijuana River Valley about sewage contamination and its impact on health and well-being.
More than 80 people from the San Diego County Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and local universities will fan out throughout the southern region and interview selected households about their living conditions near contaminated river basins through Saturday. is. This assessment is part of a study developed by the CDC called CASPER (Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response).
The listening team operates in 30 single-block areas selected in part by the number of odor complaints received from residents. They will visit 210 randomly selected households and document residents’ health information.
Once all surveys are completed, responses will be analyzed by the CDC within days, weeks, and months. The information obtained will be used by the county and other agencies to make decisions regarding additional activities and resources that can assist the community.
