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Assessment Initiative

Global Informatics

Poster Session

Assessment Initiative The Assessment Initiative is a cooperative program between the CDC and state health departments that supports the development of systems and methods to improve the way data are used to provide information for public health decisions and policy. Since its inception in 1992, CDC has funded Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Washington. In the 2007-2012 funding cycle, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Rhode Island, and Virginia were funded. The Assessment Initiative serves as a "test-bed" for developing new methodologies and promising practices in two primary focus areas: Web-based data dissemination systems and community health practices. CDC plays lead role in disseminating the outcomes of this work to the larger public health community. For more information on Assessment Initiative-sponsored activities, tools, and resources, visit the CDC Assessment Initiative website: http://www.cdc.gov/ncphi/od/ai

AI and PHIN Conference 2009

The Annual Conference on Assessment Initiative, sponsored by CDC and NACCHO, will be held in conjunction with the 2009 PHIN Conference this year (August 30-September 3), in Atlanta, Georgia. This meeting will focus on sharing information on innovative systems and methods that improve the way data are used in public health programs, services, and policies at the local and state levels. Sessions will address data dissemination, health assessment research, applied data analysis, presentation techniques, and community health-assessment processes and outcomes. Topics of interest include approaches to assessment, impact and outcome of community health assessment, systems and approaches used for data dissemination, community partnerships, and statistical methods used in assessment.

This development requires that abstracts will be submitted on-line through the PHIN conference website. Abstracts specifically relating to the Assessment Initiative should be so indicated during submission by selecting Assessment Initiative as a Keyword. Failure to select this keyword means your abstracts would not be forward to the Assessment Initiative review contact. Additionally, AI poster sessions would be folded into the PHIN posters so additional audience would be familiar with our work.

Additional information regarding the Assessment Initiative is available on the AI website.

If there are question, please contact Nelson Adekoya at 404-498-6258 (nba7@cdc.goc).