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VistaPHw: Software for Public Health Assessment in Oregon
 What is VistaPHw?
VistaPHw is a software package that allows the public health community in Oregon to access and analyze population-based health data on the county or state level.
The program calculates rates of disease or other health events for specific age, gender and race groups with appropriate statistical measures: confidence intervals, case counts, and time trends. Analysis results can be displayed in an MS Excel spreadsheet table or as a thematic map.
Oregon data sets currently available for analysis through VistaPHw include birth, death, infant mortality, abortion/pregnancy, communicable disease, decennial census and population estimates. New data sets will be added as they become available.
VistaPHw is a powerful tool for supporting grant proposals, analyzing trends in key public health issues, writing reports, and generating data for program planning and policy development.
 VistaPHw Overview updated 12/15/05
Who has access to VistaPHw?
Any county and state public health department staff can access VistaPHw for free.
Who do I contact for more information?
Contact the Oregon VistaPHw Coordinator:
- Juanita Heimann
- Oregon Dept. of Human Services
- Health Systems Planning
- 971-673-1267 phone
- 971-673-1299 fax
- Juanita.A.Heimann@state.or.us
Training for VistaPHw users in Oregon
- To open and run PowerPoint trainings in Internet Explorer, left-click the link.
Tip: To end the presentation at any time, hit the 'Esc' button (twice for presentations with sound narration).
- To save the files, right-click the link and select, "Save Target As..."
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- Basic Functions of VistaPHw [9 Mb]
updated 4/20/07
Note: If you already have VistaPHw installed on your computer, open it to the logon screen before beginning this training by double-clicking the blue sailboat icon associated with the program.
Caution: PowerPoint trainings may not load in Netscape browsers. If the file loads slowly or not at all, save the file and run the training on your computer.
Data Documentation
- To view text (.rtf) files in your browser, left-click the link.
- To view Excel files with Internet Explorer, left-click the link.
- To save the files, right-click the link and select, "Save Target As..."
- Excel files can be opened with Excel or the free Excel Viewer.
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