Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


About N C H S graphic and link
InformaciĆ³n en EspaƱol
Fastats A-Z provides health statistics and links to additional sources of information
N C H S help graphic and link
Coming Events graphic and link
Surveys and Data Collection Systems graphic and link
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey graphic and link
National Health Care Survey graphic and link
National Health Interview Survey graphic and link
National Immunization Survey graphic and link
Longitudinal Studies of Aging (LSOAs)
National Survey of Family Growth graphic and link
State and Local Area Integrated Telephone Survey graphic and link
National Vital Statistics System graphic and link
Initiatives graphic and link
Aging Activities graphic and link
Disease Classification graphic and link
Healthy People graphic and link
Injury graphic and link
Research and Development graphic and link
Research Data Center
NCHS Press Room
News Releases graphic and link
Publications and Information Products graphic and link
Statistical Export and Tabulation System
Listserv graphic and link
Graphic and link to FEDSTATS and other sites
Download graphic
Adobe Acrobat Reader graphic and link
PowerPoint Viewer 2003 graphic and link
National Center for Health Statistics 3311 Toledo Road Hyattsville, Maryland 20782
Toll Free Data Inquiries 1-800-232-4636
 CDC Home Search Health Topics A-Z
nchshd.jpg (16250 bytes)

State and Local Area Intergrated Telephone Survey logoState and Local Area Integrated Telephone Survey
NCHS Home | Description | Survey Modules | Publications and Presentations Using SLAITS Data Contact SLAITS | Related Links | CDC/NCHS Privacy Policy Notice | Accessibility | Search NCHS | Contact us

Welcome to the home page for SLAITS!

The State and Local Area Integrated Telephone Survey (SLAITS) collects important health care data at State and local levels. This data collection mechanism was developed by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) of the Centers Listserv graphic and link to S L A I T S listserv
 for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  It supplements current national data collection strategies by providing in-depth State and local area data to meet various program and policy needs in an ever-changing health care system.

SLAITS is funded through sponsorship of specific questionnaire modules. Sponsors include both government agencies and nonprofit organizations. Just as public and private organizations collaborate in the planning and delivery of health care services, SLAITS facilitates additional collaboration leading to more complete data for informed public health policy decisions. Decision makers require high quality health data to develop and implement programs and policies.

Much data exists at national and regional levels but are not available at State and local levels. National data are useful for establishing public health priorities for the country; however, much demographic and geographic diversity exists throughout the Nation. Data specific to certain groups or populations are useful in answering certain questions, as well as measuring strengths and weaknesses within programmatic areas at subnational levels. SLAITS provides a mechanism to collect data quickly on a broad range of topics at the national, State, and local levels. A partial list of examples of research areas include health insurance coverage, access to care, perceived health status, utilization of services, and measurement of child well-being.

SLAITS uses the same Random-Digit-Dial (RDD) telephone design approach and sampling frame as the ongoing National Immunization Survey (NIS) conducted by CDC. Data are collected at telephone centers in different parts of the United States by our current contracting agency, NORC. Whereas the initial 3 years of pilot testing of this survey mechanism were funded by the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaulation, Department of Health and Human Services, SLAITS is now available to other government and nonprofit agencies that require high quality data at State and local levels. Staff from the SLAITS program are available to meet with organizations to help identify how SLAITS can provide specific data.

Frequently Asked Questions
bullet graphicPotential Respondents
bullet graphicPotential Sponsors
bullet graphicData Users

Key Features of the SLAITS Mechanism

bullet graphicUses the sampling frame from the NIS, an ongoing telephone survey that screens nearly one million households per year to produce estimates of vaccination coverage levels among children age 19-35 months.

bullet graphicUses standardized questions to produce comparative data across States and for the Nation.

bullet graphicAddresses State-specific data needs with customized questions and specific domains of interest.

bullet graphicTargets population subgroups such as persons with specific health conditions or from low-income households.

bullet graphicProvides estimates adjusted for non-coverage of households without telephones.

bullet graphicProvides for rapid implementation and quick turnaround of data, permitting the tracking of changes in health and welfare-related programs.

Existing Survey Modules

bullet graphicHealth
(Iowa and Washington State, data collected 1997)

bullet graphicChild Well-Being and Welfare
(Texas and Minnesota, data collected 1998-99)

bullet graphicNational Survey of Early Childhood Health (NSECH)
(National Sample, data collected 2000)

bullet graphicNational Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs (NS-CSHCN)
(National and State samples, data collected 2000-02)

bullet graphicNational Survey of Children's Health (NSCH)
(National and State samples, data collected 2003-04)

bullet graphicNational Asthma Survey (NAS)
(National Sample and four State samples, data collected 2003)

bullet graphicNational Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs (NS-CSHCN)
(National and State samples, data collected 2005-06)

bullet graphicNational Survey of Children's Health (NSCH) (New)
(National and State samples, data collected 2007)

bullet graphicNational Survey of Adoptive Parents (NSAP) (New)
(National sample, data collected 2007)

bullet graphicSurvey of Adult Transition and Health (SATH) (New)
(Follow-back sample, data collected 2007)

bullet graphicNational Survey of Adoptive Parents of Children with Special Health Care Needs (NSAP-CSHCN) (New)
(National sample, data collected 2008)

Imputed Data in SLAITS Microdata Sets

Publications and Presentations Using SLAITS Data New items have been added.

Contact SLAITS

bullet graphicMailing Address:
National Center for Health Statistics
Division for Health Interview Statistics
Attention: SLAITS
3311 Toledo Road, Room 2113
Hyattsville, MD 20782

bullet graphicE-mail (slaits@cdc.gov)
bullet graphicFax Number: (301) 458-4035

Related Links
bullet graphicSLAITS listserv
bullet graphicNORC
bullet graphicNational Health Interview Survey
bullet graphicNational Immunization Survey

bullet graphicNational Center for Immunization and
   Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD)

 

NCHS Home | Description | Survey Modules | Publications and Presentations Using SLAITS Data
Contact SLAITS
| Related Links | CDC/NCHS Privacy Policy Notice | Accessibility |
Search NCHS | Contact us


CDC Home | Search | Health Topics A-Z

This page last reviewed November 26, 2008

H H S Health and Human Services logo and link
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for Health Statistics
Hyattsville, MD
20782

1-800-232-4636