235209 Integrating Data from Multiple Sources to Analyze Public Health Issues

Sunday, October 30, 2011: 4:15 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.

Learning Areas:
Biostatistics, economics
Epidemiology
Public health or related research
Social and behavioral sciences

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

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have more than 30 years experience as a statistician and senior scientist at the National Center for Health Statistics.
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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