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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 16th 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.

**NCHS Electronic Data    Dissemination Program**:    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 **[email protected]**.
**Training Module for Public Health    Practitioners:**    This course is designed to improve the ability of public health professionals to    understand and use data routinely in their jobs. While intended primarily for health    practitioners working in local and State health departments, the course may also be of use    to students and faculty. Three modules present case studies dramatizing public health    problems that can be addressed using data. The modules introduce the concept of    quantitative data and its value for public health, describe major types of data available    for analysis, and explore how these data are collected and analyzed and how they can be    used to assess and to meet public health needs. 
**The    American Statistical Association/NCHS Research Fellowship Program**:    This program’s objective is to bridge the gap between academic scholars and the    government’s health research programs. Selected 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. 
**National    Conference on Health Statistics:**    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 next Conference will be held July 23-25, 2001, in    Washington, D.C.
**Minority    Health Statistics Grants Program:**    The minority health statistics grants fund a number of small-scale, population-specific    data collection, analytic, and sampling projects. Concerted efforts are made to provide    training and technical assistance through the conduct of workshops and conferences.
**Distance-Based    Learning Project with Association of Schools of Public Health**:    NCHS analysts, in collaboration with the Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH),    presented a series of six lectures at George Washington University in the spring. We    envision this as a prototype for a broader program of instruction that can be transmitted    electronically to schools of public health and other institutions.
**Centers for Excellence in    Health Statistics**:    In 1999, the first Centers for Excellence in Health Statistics were funded by NCHS, for    the purpose of improving data collection systems to help develop and evaluate prevention    programs. Current projects include addressing statistical issues aimed at health promotion    and disease prevention in high-risk populations; addressing issues central to the field of    survey research–cognition, technology, and non-response; and developing methodology    that can be applied to issues such as the effects of smoking on public health and on    racial disparities in health status and outcomes. 
**Curriculum Materials**:    Look to this space for information products for use in course lectures, assignments, and    student research projects. Share your curriculum materials here for use by others.
**University Research Papers    Utilizing NCHS Data**:    Look to this space for citations of papers using NCHS data. Share information about your    research papers.
**Links to University Web Sites**:    Look to this space for links to resources developed by universities to promote the use of    health statistics information at their schools.
**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. 
**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 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: **[email protected]**.
 
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