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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
2011.0: Sunday, November 10, 2002 - 9:45 AM
Abstract #52705
Managing, analyzing and interpreting data from disparate sources for planning and assessment activities
Dean Montgomery, HSA of Northern Virginia, 7245 Arlington Blvd., Suite 300, Falls Church, VA 22040, 703-573-3103, hsanv@aol.com, Richard K. Thomas, PhD, Health Management Associates, 1378 Goodbar Avenue, Memphis, TN 38104, and John W Steen, Principal, John Steen & Associates, Consultants in Health Planning and Health Policy, Chair for Public Policy, American Health Planning, 114 Scenic Drive, Ewing, NJ 08628.
Learning Objectives:
- Participants will be exposed to various techniques of data integration and data management, including basic data warehousing concepts
- Participants will learn about data standardization techniques that allows for the use of disparate data sources
- Participants will be able to calculate rates, ratios and indexes that facilitate the use of seemingly incompatible data
- Participants will be exposed to a number of different analytical techniques and have the opportunity to apply them
- Participants will be introduced to the steps in moving from data to information to knowledge
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.
Planning Data: Finding, Analyzing and Utilizing Health Data for Community Assessments and Planning Studies
The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA