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Accessing and Using SAMHSA Behavioral Health Data

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Saturday, November 15, 2014 : 2:35 PM - 3:30 PM

Neil Russell, PhD , Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockville, MD
The Center for Behavioral Health and Statistics and Quality (CBHSQ), Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) make its data widely available through print publications, publicly accessible data files, online statistical tools, and for authorized researchers, access to confidential data.  This workshop will describe the variety of CBHSQ behavioral health data sets and how CBHSQ makes it available.  The workshop will focus on data access through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive (SAMHDA) website.  Demonstrations of how the data can be download, using online statistical queries and map generation will be covered.  Special emphasis will be placed on creating tables from confidential data and CBHSQ’s newest system for accessing confidential data called the Data Portal.  The Data Portal application process, its features and security requirements will be presented.

Learning Areas:

Conduct evaluation related to programs, research, and other areas of practice
Program planning
Public health or related education
Public health or related research
Systems thinking models (conceptual and theoretical models), applications related to public health

Learning Objectives:
Identify sources of SAMHSA behavioral health data Design plans for future research Analyze data using the Data Portal application process.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: J. Neil Russell is director of the Division of Surveillance and Data Collection in the Center for Behavioral Health and Statistics and Quality (CBHSQ), Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), with experience in these topic areas: behavioral health statistics and epidemiology; basic and applied research in behavioral health data systems and statistical methodology; surveillance and data collection. Neil received his Ph.D. in sociology from Arizona State University with a focus in survey research.
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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