Enhancing State Cardiovascular Disease Surveillance Capacity
- Dr. Tim Aldrich, PhD, East Tennessee State University
- Dr. Namvar Zohoori, MPH, PhD, Arkansas Department of Health
- MaryCatherine Jones, MPH, Utah Department of Health
- Moderator: Dr. Sara Huston, PhD, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Session Objective
The objectives for this session are to:
- Understand the surveillance data needs at the state level.
- Become familiar with data available at the state level that could be linked and used for program decisions.
- Learn how states can collaborate with CDC to include their data on the Data Trends & Maps website.
Session Summary
Surveillance data needs to be representative of the people in the geographic area for which policy and program decisions are being made. State and local health departments use many sources of data to determine trends and patterns of cardiovascular diseases and related risk factors including emergency medical services (EMS), hospitalizations, vital statistics, surveys, and other chronic disease measures. In this session, data collection in three states using different methodology is highlighted. All of the presenters discuss how the data was or will be used to guide program and policy decisions.
For the activity, each workshop participant is asked to describe the one of the greatest data needs or gaps in their state. Each participant writes down their issue on a card, which are read and discussed by the panel of speakers at the end of the session.
Session Materials
Resources/References/Web Sites/Tools
- Handouts: CARES brochure and example data report
- CARES website: https://mycares.net
- Reference: McNally B, Stokes A, Crouch A, Kellermann A. CARES: Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2009 [Published online ahead of Print April 23, 2009]
