Data for Decision-Making: The Cornerstone of Public Health Practice
Why are reliable data so important and what public health data is available in New Hampshire
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Course Information
- Audience: Public health workforce
- Format: Webinar
- Date/Time: Tuesday, June 21st, 2022 11:00 am - 12:30 pm ET
- Price: Free
- Length: 1.5 hours
- Credential(s) eligible for contact hours: Sponsored by New England Public Health Training Center (NEPHTC), a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1 total Category I continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced-level continuing education contact hours are 0. Provider ID: 1131137 Event ID: PM1131137_06212022.
If you are not seeking a CHES/MCHES contact hours, if you complete the evaluation, you will receive a Certificate of Completion. The Certificate will include the length of the course. - Competencies: Data Analytics and Assessment Skills
- Learning Level: Awareness and Performance
- Companion Trainings: None
- Supplemental materials:None
- Pre-requisites: None
About this Webinar
Reliable data is necessary for public health, in every aspect of practice. In this session, the presenters will talk about the variety of ways data are critical to public health and discuss some of the common data used in public health. The presenters will provide examples of resources available for public health professionals in NH.
What you'll learn
After completing this course, participants will be able to:
- Locate common public health data
- Explain how to use data when making decisions
Subject Matter Experts
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Amy Costello
MPH, Director, Center for Health Analytics, Institute for Health Policy and Practice, UNH -
Josephine Porter
MPH, Director,
Institute for Health
Policy and Practice,
UNH -
William Moir
MPH, Chief Health Statistics and Data Management, NH Division of Public Health Services -
Al Lemay (CAS’99, SPH’01)
Business Systems
Analyst,
NH Division
of Public Health Services -
Lynne Clement
NH Radon Program Manager and Communications Specialist
Amy Costello is the Director of Health Analytics and Informatics at the Institute for Health Policy and Practice. With the Center Health Analytics, Amy works closely with the IHPP analytic team to develop information and data system solutions for clients like the NH Department of Health and Human Services, NH Purchasers Group, Accountable Care Learning Network, and Maine Quality Counts. Amy is also actively engaged with the APCD Council, a federation of organizations and state agencies that are interested in the development, standardization and utility of all-payer healthcare claims databases. Amy brings years of experience with health data standards initiatives, and works closely with states, payers, and Data Standards Maintenance Organizations to design solutions for reporting to federal and state data agencies.
Josephine Porter, MPH, serves as the Director for the Institute for Health Policy and Practice. Jo joined the Institute in December 2007, as a project director. She served as the Deputy Director for several years, before becoming the Director in 2015. Jo oversees operational functions across IHPP. She also co-chairs the All-Payer Claims Database Council (APCD Council) and serves on the Governor’s Commission for Medicaid Care Management. Jo is part of Academy Health’s State-University Partnership Learning Network and is a steering committee member for that group. She also serves on the UNH Analytics Steering Committee. Jo brings many years of health care-related project management and program development experience to IHPP. She has private sector experience, including program management with Health Dialog, Inc., a care management firm. She also previously served as the Associate Director of the New Hampshire Health Information Center at UNH and was the NH BRFSS state coordinator for the NH Department of Health and Human Services. Her research interests are in health data collection and dissemination and using data to effectively improve health care quality.
William Moir
Al Lemay
Lynne Clement
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Acknowledgement: This project is/was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UB6HP31685 “Regional Public Health Training Center Program.” This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.