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Archived DataSpeak Events

Our most recent DataSpeak events have been archived so that you can have access to all of the information anywhere and anytime. You can download any of the following materials:

  • Audio/video file (REAL Player format) recordings of the actual events
  • Text transcript of the actual event
  • PowerPoint Presentations
  • Agenda
  • Presenter Contact Information
  • Additional reference materials and readings

Simply click on one of the event titles below to review any of the resource materials mentioned above related to that specific event. Not all of the archives are currently available, as the site is still being re-designed. They will all be made available shortly.

On Wednesday, July 23, 2008, we featured:

Maternal and Child Health
on the U.S.-Mexico Border
This DataSpeak conference provides an overview of communities on the US-Mexico border, a description of ongoing data collection and analysis efforts, and a discussion of opportunities for improved cross-border data collection. Presentations of perinatal and child mortality data is included.

On Monday, June 2, 2008, we featured:

Findings from Phase II
of the National Healthy Start Evaluation
This DataSpeak conference provides an overview of the methods and findings of the National Healthy Start Evaluation, Phase II. Both the case studies of individual grantees and the survey of Healthy Start participants is discussed.

On Wednesday, April 16, 2008, we featured:

National and State Surveillance Efforts to Monitor Oral Health Disparities in Children
This DataSpeak conference for maternal and child health professionals, researchers, and program planners provides an overview of recent data on children’s oral health based on selected national- and state-level surveillance efforts.

On Wednesday, February 20, 2008, we featured an event titled:

Using GIS in MCH Research and Planning
This DataSpeak conference provides maternal and child health professionals, researchers, and program planners with a basic understanding of GIS and the methodology involved, as well as examples of how GIS has been used to examine variation in maternal and child health outcomes and disparities in access to care at the State and local level.

On Wednesday, November 28th, we featured the following program:

Findings from the 2005-2006 National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs
This DataSpeak conference, coinciding with the data release of the 2005–2006 NS-CSHCN, provides an overview of the purpose and uses of the survey, highlights key findings, describes the data collection methods (as well as the similarities and differences between the 2005–2006 survey questions and the survey conducted in 2001), and walks participants through an online tool for analyzing state and national NS-CSHCN data.

On Wednesday, July 11, 2007, we featured the third program in the Contextual Analysis Series:

Contextual Analysis, Part 3:
Applying the Statistical Concepts to Real Data
This third program in the series will include real-world examples of the analyses from the research sites funded by MCHB, the resources needed to implement these types of analyses, and the varied potential uses of multilevel modeling other than preterm birth and low birth weight outcomes.

On Thursday, June 28, 2007, we featured an event titled:

HIV/AIDS among Women: Maternal and Child Health and HIV/AIDS Partnerships for Prevention, Testing, and Care
This program will present the latest surveillance data on HIV infection and AIDS among women, highlighting the disproportionate impact of the epidemic on women of color. Speakers will describe Federal policies, funding, and other supports available for addressing HIV and AIDS among women and highlight opportunities for partnerships between maternal and child health programs and HIV and AIDS programs to serve better the needs of women in HIV prevention and care.

On Wednesday, June 6, 2007 we featured an event titled:

Contextual Analysis, Part 2: Methods for Understanding and Interpreting Multilevel Analysis
This second program in the series of three will describe several different multilevel analysis techniques, the advantages and disadvantages of these different approaches, examples of their use for the analysis of preterm birth data, and the interpretation of statistical results.

On Wednesday, May 16, 2007, we featured an event titled:

Contextual Analysis, Part 1: A Tool for Understanding Disparities in Preterm Birth
This first program in the series of three will present an overview of contextual analysis, including discussion of how neighborhoods are defined, what sources of data are available at the neighborhood level, how neighborhood conditions can affect health, what scientific evidence there is to support a contextual approach, and what challenges face investigators in this field of work.

On Wednesday, February 14, 2007, we featured an event titled:

New Findings from the National Survey of Children's Health
The National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH) conducted in 2003 provides researchers with reliable and representative State- and national-level data on factors influencing the health of children throughout the United States. Funded by the Federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau in partnership with the National Center for Health Statistics, the survey’s 301 variables empower researchers to conduct new quantitative research on a wide array of topics regarding the relationship between children’s health status, their access to care and the influence of their families and communities. Building upon a DataSpeak conducted in 2005 which provided an overview of initial findings from the survey, this program will present findings from three indepth studies that will be featured in a special February 2007 issue of Pediatrics.

On Wednesday, May 17, 2006 we featured an event titled:

Addressing Disparities in Perinatal Health and Birth Outcomes: New Approaches for Improving Maternal and Infant Health

On Monday, May 8, 2006 we featured an event titled:

Understanding Disparities in Perinatal Health and Birth Outcomes: Emerging Trends and Perspectives

On February 22nd, 2006 we featured an event titled:

Child Death Review: Using Data to Understand Why Children Die and Taking Action to Prevent Child Deaths

Other Archived Events:

September 21st, 2005:

National Survey of Children’s Health

June 29th, 2005:

Perinatal Depression: Emerging Perspectives and Practices

May 11, 2005:

Breastfeeding in the U.S.: New National Data, Federal Priorities, and Lessons from the Field

September 22, 2004:

Integrating Oral Health and Maternal and Child Health Programs

June 30th, 2004:

Integrated Child Health Information Systems

April 21st, 2004:

Perinatal HIV Screening:
Efforts to Monitor Trends and Reduce Transmission

January 14th, 2004:

U.S. Teens in Our World:
Understanding the Health of U.S. Youth in Comparison to Youth in Other Countries

July 23rd, 2003:

Women's Health:
Data Resources and Federal Initiatives

May 22nd, 2003:

Children with Special Health Care Needs:
Findings from the National Survey on Children with Special Health Care Needs

June 13, 2002:

The Health of Immigrant Populations: Coverage, Access, and Outcomes

April 4, 2002:

Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents

June 26, 2001:

International Perspectives on Youth Violence

March 6, 2001:

Implications of the New Federal Approach to Classifying Race/Ethnicity

June 28, 2000:

Managing and Measuring Pediatric Oral Health

 

 

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