214394 Integrating Data from Multiple Sources to Analyze Public Health Issues

Saturday, November 6, 2010 : 2:45 PM - 3:30 PM

Diane Makuc, DrPH , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/NCHS, Hyattsville, MD
This presentation will describe how information from multiple NCHS data systems can be integrated to analyze public health issues. Examples and data access tools for integrating information across data systems will be described. In addition the NCHS Data Linkage program will be discussed.

Learning Areas:
Epidemiology
Public health or related research

Learning Objectives:
1. List one example of the type of data collected from each of the major NCHS data systems. 2. Describe three ways that NCHS makes information available to data users. 3. Identify two examples of NCHS data access tools.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have been a senior scientist and statistician at the National Center for Health Statistics for 30 years.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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