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The National Center for Health Statistics actively supports university education, and this page outlines some of the programs and resources at NCHS that are designed to help facilitate the use of health statistics data in teaching and in research. We invite you to refer to this site to receive updates about NCHS resources for university educators, to contribute information about activities at your school, and to communicate with your colleagues at other universities.
NCHS
University Visitation Program
Now in its 23rd year, this program continues to foster communication between NCHS
and the university community through lectures and presentations by NCHS staff.
Presentations cover the programs, surveys, activities, and data of NCHS; and they are
appropriate for university classes, seminars, or special programs.
Through this program with schools of public health and other institutions, NCHS provides free data tapes, diskettes, and CD-ROMs for faculty and students. Schools in turn agree to promote the availability of NCHS data and to report to us on their use of our data in teaching and research. To find out if your university is a member of this program–-or how it can become one-–contact our Educator Information Exchange, at nchseducators@cdc.gov.
Internships
and Research Fellowship Programs
NCHS works in collaboration with the
American
Statistical Association, the Association of Schools of Public
Health, and other organizations to bridge the gap between academic scholars and the
government’s health research programs. Interns and research fellows are provided with the
opportunity to work on methodological problems and analytic issues relevant to NCHS
programs. They work on research projects in residence at NCHS, use NCHS data and
facilities, and interact with the NCHS staff.
Research Data Center
NCHS has developed a Research Data Center (RDC) that allows researchers and data users to
access internal data files from its numerous surveys that have not been available to the
research community until now. The internal files contain lower levels of geography such as
State, county, census tract, block-group, or blocks, depending on the survey. Researchers
may use the files to merge other contextual data from the Census Bureau, the Area Resource
File, or other data collected or provided by the researcher to perform contextual analyses
while maintaining confidentiality. Prospective researchers must submit a research proposal
that will be reviewed for risk of disclosure, consistency with the NCHS mission,
availability of RDC resources, and the feasibility of the project.
Data
Users Conference
This conference provides a forum for university students and faculty, as well as for
others from the public and private sector, to exchange information and experiences using
health statistics information. Our most recent Conference was held July
10-12,
2006, in
Washington, D.C. For more information on previous
presentation topics, please see the
2006 Data Users
Conference page.
Educator Information Exchange
To provide a forum for support and discussion on the use of educational
resource materials, we have set up an educator information exchange.
The nchs.forum.cdc.gov is a lightly moderated discussion group for commenting on the application of NCHS statistical information in teaching and learning. This forum is intended for educators interested in sharing, developing, and implementing instructional activities using NCHS data. We encourage you to subscribe and participate!
To subscribe to this forum, go to nchs.forum.cdc.gov. You will be assigned a password via email and you will receive confirmation that you are subscribed.
After you have subscribed, you may review correspondence by going to the forum at nchs.forum.cdc.gov. You may post messages by sending a message to: nchseducators@cdc.gov.
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