Sessions by Topic
Children’s Health
- Overview of the State and Local Area Integrated Telephone Surveys (SLAITS) Data Files
- The National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH)
- Childhood Obesity in the United States
Conditions
- Improving Data for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
- Surveillance Data for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention: A Clinician Educator’s Perspective [PDF – 468 KB] [PPTX – 1 MB]
- Surveillance of Heart Diseases and Stroke Using Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Data: A Researcher’s Perspective [PDF – 1.9 MB] [PPTX – 4.4 MB]
- Sodium Reduction: An Emerging Issue for Heart Disease and Stroke Surveillance [PDF – 271 KB] [PPTX – 660 KB]
- NCHS Data – Strengths and Weaknesses from the NHLBI Perspective [PDF – 117 KB] [PPTX – 1 MB]
- Childhood Obesity in the United States
Data Access
- The Health Data Interactive (HDI)
- The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) and National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS): Data Tools and Basic Programming Techniques
- Finding Key Resources From NCHS
- Data Access Tools from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
- VitalStats—An Online Data Access Tool
- The Research Data Center (RDC): Accessing Restricted Variables From NCHS
- Health, United States: History, Uses, and Future Directions
Data Ethics and Confidentiality
- The Research Data Center (RDC): Accessing Restricted Variables From NCHS
- Building Information Capacities for Enhancing Population Health and Health Care: A View from the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS)
- Emerging Issues in Ethics and Confidentiality
Dietary
- What We Eat in America (WWEIA): National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Dietary Data—What to Know and How to Use It
- Nutritional Biomarkers for Vitamin D and Folate: Informing and Monitoring the Impact of Nutrition Policies
Disability
- New Developments for the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) and the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)
- The Coming of Age of Disability Statistics
Electronic Health Records
- Realizing the Potential of Electronic Health Records
- Health Information Technology – Costs and Benefits [PDF – 256 KB] [PPT – 2.1 MB]
- ONC’s Programs & Policies To Achieve Widespread and Meaningful Use of Health Information Technology [PDF – 1 MB] [PPTX – 1 MB]
- Adoption of Health Information Technology among U.S. Ambulatory and Long-term Care Providers [PDF – 151 KB] [PPT – 477 KB]
- Implementing Clinical Decision Support in an Electronic Medical Record System [PDF – 196 KB] [PPT – 507 KB]
- Electronic Medical Record Use and the Quality of Care in Physician Offices [PDF – 106 KB] [PPT- 534 KB]
- Vital Statistics for the 21st Century
- Developing Standards for Linking Electronic Health Records and Vital Records Systems: Opportunities and Challenges [PDF – 369 KB] [PPTX – 681 KB]
- Death Registration in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities [PDF – 558 KB] [PPT – 2.1 MB]
- Questions of Vital Statistics for the 21st Century [PDF – 91 KB] [PPTX – 186 KB]
- The National Vital Statistics System: Getting from Good to Great [PDF – 47 KB] [PPT – 226 KB]
- Improving Data for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
- Surveillance Data for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention: A Clinician Educator’s Perspective [PDF – 468 KB] [PPTX – 1 MB]
- Surveillance of Heart Diseases and Stroke Using Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Data: A Researcher’s Perspective [PDF – 1.9 MB] [PPTX – 4.4 MB]
- Sodium Reduction: An Emerging Issue for Heart Disease and Stroke Surveillance [PDF – 271 KB] [PPTX – 660 KB]
- NCHS Data – Strengths and Weaknesses from the NHLBI Perspective [PDF – 117 KB] [PPTX – 1 MB]
- Building Information Capacities for Enhancing Population Health and Health Care: A View from the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS)
Health Care
- The 2007 National Home and Hospice Care Survey (NHHCS)
- The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) and National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS): Data Tools and Basic Programming Techniques
- The National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS)
- The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) and National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS): Advanced Programming Techniques
- The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) and National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS): Using NAMCS and NHAMCS Drug Data
- Nursing Home Data for the 21st Century
- Working with Injury Data from NCHS
- Comparisons of Injury Estimates from a Population-based Survey and Provider Based Surveys [PDF – 143 KB] [PPTX – 246 KB]
- Comparing State and National Injury Statistics – Examples from Colorado [PDF – 782 KB] [PPTX – 808 KB]
- Utilizing Severity to Interpret Changing Trends of Hospitalized Injury Rates in the United States, 1988-2007 [PDF – 218 KB] [PPTX – 347 KB]
- Identifying Accidental Passenger Vehicle Non-transport Incidents in the NVSS [PDF – 321 KB] [PPTX – 194 KB]
- Working with Injury Data – Intro [PDF – 698 KB] [PPTX – 3 MB]
- International Comparisons of Injury Using the ICE Indicators [PDF – 268 KB] [PPTX – 492 KB]
- Realizing the Potential of Electronic Health Records
- Health Information Technology – Costs and Benefits [PDF – 256 KB] [PPT – 2.1 MB]
- ONC’s Programs & Policies To Achieve Widespread and Meaningful Use of Health Information Technology [PDF – 1 MB] [PPTX – 1 MB]
- Adoption of Health Information Technology among U.S. Ambulatory and Long-term Care Providers [PDF – 151 KB] [PPT – 477 KB]
- Implementing Clinical Decision Support in an Electronic Medical Record System [PDF – 196 KB] [PPT – 507 KB]
- Electronic Medical Record Use and the Quality of Care in Physician Offices [PDF – 106 KB] [PPT- 534 KB]
- Insurance Status, Access to Health Care, and Health Outcomes
- Improving Data for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
- Surveillance Data for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention: A Clinician Educator’s Perspective [PDF – 468 KB] [PPTX – 1 MB]
- Surveillance of Heart Diseases and Stroke Using Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Data: A Researcher’s Perspective [PDF – 1.9 MB] [PPTX – 4.4 MB]
- Sodium Reduction: An Emerging Issue for Heart Disease and Stroke Surveillance [PDF – 271 KB] [PPTX – 660 KB]
- NCHS Data – Strengths and Weaknesses from the NHLBI Perspective [PDF – 117 KB] [PPTX – 1 MB]
- Mental Health Data from NCHS
- National Perspectives on Emergency Department Crowding
Health Disparities
- The Ambiguity of Race: Making Sense of the Melting Pot
- Methodological Issues in the Assessment of Health Disparities
- A Summary Measure of Health Disparities
Please contact the presenter (Yukiko Asada) for a copy of the presentation slides. - Defining and Measuring Disparities, Inequities, and Inequalities in the Healthy People Initiative [PDF – 382 KB] [PPT – 602 KB]
- Assessing SES Differences in Life Expectancy: Issues in Using Longitudinal Data [PDF – 363 KB] [PPTX – 255 KB]
- A Summary Measure of Health Disparities
Healthy People
- Methodological Issues in the Assessment of Health Disparities
- A Summary Measure of Health Disparities
Please contact the presenter (Yukiko Asada) for a copy of the presentation slides. - Defining and Measuring Disparities, Inequities, and Inequalities in the Healthy People Initiative [PDF – 382 KB] [PPT – 602 KB]
- Assessing SES Differences in Life Expectancy: Issues in Using Longitudinal Data [PDF – 363 KB] [PPTX – 255 KB]
- A Summary Measure of Health Disparities
- Healthy People 2020: Developing the Fourth Generation of National Health Promotion Statistics
Health, United States
- Health, United States: History, Uses, and Future Directions
ICD and ICF Classification and Coding
- New Developments for the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) and the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)
Injury Data
- Working with Injury Data from NCHS
- Comparisons of Injury Estimates from a Population-based Survey and Provider Based Surveys [PDF – 143 KB] [PPTX – 246 KB]
- Comparing State and National Injury Statistics – Examples from Colorado [PDF – 782 KB] [PPTX – 808 KB]
- Utilizing Severity to Interpret Changing Trends of Hospitalized Injury Rates in the United States, 1988-2007 [PDF – 218 KB] [PPTX – 347 KB]
- Identifying Accidental Passenger Vehicle Non-transport Incidents in the NVSS [PDF – 321 KB] [PPTX – 194 KB]
- Working with Injury Data – Intro [PDF – 698 KB] [PPTX – 3 MB]
- International Comparisons of Injury Using the ICE Indicators [PDF – 268 KB] [PPTX – 492 KB]
Interagency Collaborations
- Annual Interchange Between Statistics Canada and NCHS: Eleven Years of Synergy
- The CHMS and NHANES Experience [PDF – 307 KB] [PPT – 22 MB]
- Eleven Years of the Interchange between Statistics Canada and the National Center for Health Statistics [PDF – 107 KB] [PPTX – 135 KB]
- Operational and Methodological Lessons Learned from the 2003 Joint Canada/U.S. Survey of Health [PDF – 109 KB] [PPTX – 119 KB]
- Annual Interchange Between Statistics Canada and NCHS: Highlights of Collaborative Successes
Long-term Care
- The 2007 National Home and Hospice Care Survey (NHHCS)
- Nursing Home Data for the 21st Century
- Realizing the Potential of Electronic Health Records
- Health Information Technology – Costs and Benefits [PDF – 256 KB] [PPT – 2.1 MB]
- ONC’s Programs & Policies To Achieve Widespread and Meaningful Use of Health Information Technology [PDF – 1 MB] [PPTX – 1 MB]
- Adoption of Health Information Technology among U.S. Ambulatory and Long-term Care Providers [PDF – 151 KB] [PPT – 477 KB]
- Implementing Clinical Decision Support in an Electronic Medical Record System [PDF – 196 KB] [PPT – 507 KB]
- Electronic Medical Record Use and the Quality of Care in Physician Offices [PDF – 106 KB] [PPT- 534 KB]
Mental Health
- Mental Health Data from NCHS
Obesity
- Childhood Obesity in the United States
Programming and Statistical Techniques
- The 2007 National Home and Hospice Care Survey (NHHCS)
- The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) and National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS): Data Tools and Basic Programming Techniques
- The National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS)
- The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) and National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS): Advanced Programming Techniques
- The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) and National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS): Using NAMCS and NHAMCS Drug Data
- Why It’s Worth the Trouble: Use of Special Methods to Achieve Better Analysis of Survey Data
Race and Ethnicity
- The Ambiguity of Race: Making Sense of the Melting Pot
- Methodological Issues in the Assessment of Health Disparities
- A Summary Measure of Health Disparities
Please contact the presenter (Yukiko Asada) for a copy of the presentation slides. - Defining and Measuring Disparities, Inequities, and Inequalities in the Healthy People Initiative [PDF – 382 KB] [PPT – 602 KB]
- Assessing SES Differences in Life Expectancy: Issues in Using Longitudinal Data [PDF – 363 KB] [PPTX – 255 KB]
- A Summary Measure of Health Disparities
Record Linkage
- NCHS’ Record Linkage Program
- Panel Discussion on Future Directions for the U.S. Vital Statistics System Mortality Data
- U.S. Vital Statistics Mortality Data: Past Uses and Future Directions [PDF – 58 KB] [PPT – 190 KB]
- Using Vital Statistics Data [PDF – 156 KB] [PPTX – 305 KB]
- Importance of Identifying and Understanding Mortality Trends [PDF – 363 KB] [PPT – 1.7 MB]
- Improving Mortality Data [PDF – 427 KB] [PPT – 1.3 MB]
- Examining Complex Health Issues Through Data Linkage
- Vital Statistics for the 21st Century
- Developing Standards for Linking Electronic Health Records and Vital Records Systems: Opportunities and Challenges [PDF – 369 KB] [PPTX – 681 KB]
- Death Registration in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities [PDF – 558 KB] [PPT – 2.1 MB]
- Questions of Vital Statistics for the 21st Century [PDF – 91 KB] [PPTX – 186 KB]
- The National Vital Statistics System: Getting from Good to Great [PDF – 47 KB] [PPT – 226 KB]
Survey Research and Methodology
- Practical Applications in Design and Analysis of Complex Sample Surveys
- Handling Missing Data in Complex Surveys
- Handling Missing Data in Complex Surveys – Intro [PDF – 34 KB] [PPTX – 95 KB]
- A Comparison of Conventional Weighted Estimates of Vaccination Coverage with Estimates from Imputed Data Using Available Software [PDF – 169 KB] [PPT – 524 KB]
- Survey Inference with Incomplete Data [PDF – 133 KB] [PPTX – 200 KB]
- Innovative Study and Designs in Health Measures Data Collection
- Question Evaluation, Validity, and Survey Data Quality
Teenage Pregnancy
- Teenage Pregnancy and Childbearing
Vital Statistics
- Birth, Fetal and Infant Mortality Data from the National Vital Statistics System
- An Overview of the U.S. Mortality Data System From the National Vital Statistics System and a Description of the National Death Index
- Mortality Data from Vital Statistics as a Surveillance Tool: Untapped Potential
- Some Thoughts on Surveillance Using Mortality Data [PDF – 80 KB] [PPTX – 278 KB]
- Analytic Methods for Estimating Complete Mortality Data
Please contact the presenter (Diba Khan) for a copy of the presentation slides. - Interoperating Death Registration and Electronic Health Record Systems for More Timely Mortality Surveillance [PDF – 128 KB] [PPT – 362 KB]
- Electronic Death Registration [PDF – 85 KB] [PPTX – 223 KB]
- Panel Discussion on Future Directions for the U.S. Vital Statistics System Mortality Data
- U.S. Vital Statistics Mortality Data: Past Uses and Future Directions [PDF – 58 KB] [PPT – 190 KB]
- Using Vital Statistics Data [PDF – 156 KB] [PPTX – 305 KB]
- Importance of Identifying and Understanding Mortality Trends [PDF – 363 KB] [PPT – 1.7 MB]
- Improving Mortality Data [PDF – 427 KB] [PPT – 1.3 MB]
- Vital Statistics for the 21st Century
- Developing Standards for Linking Electronic Health Records and Vital Records Systems: Opportunities and Challenges [PDF – 369 KB] [PPTX – 681 KB]
- Death Registration in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities [PDF – 558 KB] [PPT – 2.1 MB]
- Questions of Vital Statistics for the 21st Century [PDF – 91 KB] [PPTX – 186 KB]
- The National Vital Statistics System: Getting from Good to Great [PDF – 47 KB] [PPT – 226 KB]