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BACKGROUND: Each year state and local jurisdictions receive requests for injury data and reports from a variety of constituents and agencies, including CDC and CSTE. A range of tools and resources are available to assist states in responding to data requests. This panel presentation will provide brief demonstrations, resources, tools and examples of how to successfully respond to such injury data requests. The use of these data and resources for other purposes such as grant writing, informing prevention programs and the media, and responding to data requests from the general public will also be discussed.
METHODS: A panel member from the National Center for Health Statistics will provide an overview and demonstration of several national on-line query tools, including CDC WONDER, WISQARS and the Health Indicators Warehouse. Staff from CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control will provide an overview of the CDC State Injury Indicators and the related Special Emphasis Report Tools. Representatives from states and jurisdictions that successfully submit data and reports will provide examples of how they process these requests and lessons learned. Finally, several panel members will share examples of data quality improvement projects, including the Standardized Data Set Project and projects funded by CDC for Surveillance Quality Improvement.
RESULTS: By the end of this session, participants will: 1) be aware of on-line systems for rapid query of injury data, 2) understand the tools available from CDC to assist in the preparation of the State Injury Indicators and Special Emphasis reports, 3) learn from states about tips for efficiently generating reports and maximizing their utility for a variety of audiences, 4) see examples of ways to assess and improve the quality of injury data, and 5) learn about tools that have been developed to test and improve analysis methods to produce accurate and consistent results.
CONCLUSIONS: Fulfilling injury data requests has become an increasing challenge due to the complexities of the topics of interest (e.g., drug overdose) or the scale of the request (e.g., State Injury Indicators and Special Emphasis Reports). The goal of this session is to provide tools, resources, examples and lessons learned so that any jurisdiction can readily and accurately provide requested data. In addition this session will provide a forum for the injury data community to share and exchange ideas.