235219 Accessing Resources of the National Center for Health Statistics

Sunday, October 30, 2011: 4:55 PM

Tammy Stewart-Prather, MA , Office of Information Services, CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, MD
The purpose of this presentation is to describe methods for accessing data collected by the National Center for Health Statistics. Participants will learn how to most efficiently access data and publications to meet their individual research needs.

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

Learning Objectives:
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 direct the data dissemination program at the National Center for Health Statistics and have many years of experience developing and presenting resources to aid users in accessing and using health statistics data
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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