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Conference Program at a Glance

Learning Institute

• Monday, August 24, 2015
  Attendees at the Learning Institute sessions may receive CE credit. See Continuing Education Information for details.
  

Main Conference

• Tuesday, August 25, 2015
• Wednesday, August 26, 2015

 

Monday, August 24, 2015

CE No.	Title
Exhibits: 8:30 a.m.—4:00 p.m.
Section I: 9:00 a.m.—10:30 a.m.
A1	Health Data Interactive (HDI)
A2	Understanding and Analyzing Ambulatory Health Care Data: Basic National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) and National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS)
A3	Healthy People 2020: Maximizing Use of the New Online Data Tool
A4	International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD–10–CM): Procedure Coding System (PCS) Transition Overview and Understanding General Equivalence Mappings (GEMs)
A5	An Overview of the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
A6	Overview of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
Break: 10:30 a.m.—11:00 a.m.
Section II: 11:00 a.m.—12:30 p.m.
B1	Beginner's Session: The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
B2	Analyzing Drug Data from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) and the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS)
B3	Understanding and Analyzing Data From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES): Overview and Basic Analyses
B4	Finding Key Resources From NCHS
B5	Mortality Data from the National Vital Statistics System, With Special Focus on Analyzing the Multiple Causes of Death
B6	Cognitive Interviewing and Q-Suite: Methodology, Best Practices, and Tools
Lunch: 12:30 p.m.—2:00 p.m.
Section III: 2:00 p.m.—3:30 p.m.
C1	Health Indicators Warehouse: Web Access to Population Health Indicators
C2	Understanding and Analyzing Ambulatory Health Care Data: Advanced National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) and National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS)
C3	Advanced Session: The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
C4	The Building Blocks for Using What We Eat in America (WWEIA)
C5	Getting the Data Right: Best Practices for the National Vital Statistics Birth, Fetal Death, and Linked Birth and Infant Health Data Sets
C6	Residential Care Communities and Adult Day Services Centers: New Survey Data From the 2014 National Study of Long-Term Care Providers (NSLTCP)
Break: 3:30 p.m.—4:00 p.m.
Section IV: 4:00 p.m.—5:30 p.m.
D1	Using the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG)
D2	NCHS Data Online Query System (DOQS) for the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS) and the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) Data
D3	Overview of the Integrated Health Interview Series (IHIS) Project
D4	How To Become a National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Genetic Data User
D5	How to Produce a Research Data Center (RDC) Proposal, and a National Death Index (NDI) Application

 

Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Session No.	Title
Posters: 8:00 a.m.—12:30 p.m. Poster Presentation I
Exhibits: 8:00 a.m.—4:00 p.m.
Plenary I: 8:30 a.m.—10:00 a.m. Health Disparities and Health Equity
Break 10:00 a.m.—10:30 a.m.
Poster: 10:00 a.m.—10:30 a.m. Student Poster Author Discussion
Concurrent I: 10:30 a.m.—12:00 p.m.
AA1	Improving Understanding of Race and Ethnicity: 30 Years After the Heckler Report [SS-18]
AA2	Leveraging Meaningful Use for Enhanced Data Reporting in the National Health Care Surveys [SS-03]
AA3	Assessing and Improving the Quality of the New Birth Data: The Good, the Bad, and the Underreported [SS-11]
AA4	Data Suppression: If, What, When, Why, How [SS16]
AA5	Who Provides Primary Care in the United States? Going Beyond Physician-based Care [SS-04]
AA6	The Role of the Web in National Health Surveys [SS-26]
Lunch: 12:00 p.m.—1:30 p.m.
How to Find and Apply for Employment Opportunities at NCHS (12:00—1:30 p.m.)
Meet NCHS Leadership (12:30—1:30 p.m.)
Community Health Data, Data Stewardship, and Data Access and Use: Tools and Resources (12:30—1:30 p.m.)
Poster: 1:00 p.m.—5:30 p.m. Poster Session II
Concurrent II: 1:30 p.m.—3:00 p.m.
BB1	Examining Disparities in Urban and Rural Health: Where Are We? [SS-06]
BB2	Impending Changes to the National Health Interview Survey [SS-09]
BB3	Small Area Estimation [SS-25]
BB4	Beyond EHR Adoption: Use of EHRs for Care Delivery Reform, Quality Improvement, and Care Coordination [SS-05]
BB5	Recent Advances in Survey Nonresponse and Measurement Error Methodology [SS-24]
BB6	Perspectives on Health: Special Topics From Health, United States [SS-21]
Break: 3:00 p.m.—3:30 p.m.
Poster: 3:00 p.m.—3:30 p.m. Poster Author Discussion and Judging
Concurrent III: 3:30 p.m.—5:00 p.m.
CC1	Teen and Young Adult Health Disparities: More Than Just Sex and Pregnancy [SS-13]
CC2	Veteran’s Health: What We Know, What We Still Need to Know [SS-20]
CC3	Medication Use in Health Care Settings [SS-02]
CC4	Progress in Monitoring Sodium Intake in the U.S. Population [SS-14]
CC5	From Health to Harm: The Burden of Drug Poisoning in the United States [SS-17]
CC6	Health Care Quality and Disparities [SS-28]

 

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Session No.	Title
Posters: 8:00 a.m.—1:00 p.m. Poster Presentation III
Exhibits: 8:00 a.m.—1:30 p.m.
Plenary II: 8:30 a.m.—10:00 a.m. The Federal Statistical System: Joining Forces to Meet Future Data Needs and Challenges (Panel Discussion)
Break 10:00 a.m.—10:30 a.m.
Concurrent IV: 10:30 a.m.—12:00 p.m.
DD1	Near Real-time Mortality Surveillance
DD2	What Do We Know About the Effects of Recent Changes to the Medicaid Program? [SS-19]
DD3	Sexual Orientation and Health [SS-08]
DD4	Student Research Showcase: Highlighting Exceptional Student Research in Health Statistics [SS-27]
DD5	Environmental Exposures in Health Studies [SS-15]
DD6	Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality Behavioral Health Services Research for Vulnerable Populations Under the Affordable Care Act [SS-29]
Lunch: 12:00 p.m.—1:30 p.m.
Meet NCHS Leadership (12:30—1:30 p.m.)
No Small Measure: NCHS and the Ebola Crisis (12:00—1:30 p.m.)
Concurrent V: 1:30 p.m.—3:00 p.m.
EE1	The National Study of Long-Term Care Providers (NSLTCP): A New Resource for Researchers, Providers, and Policymakers [SS-01]
EE2	Divergent Paths to Death: Race and Ethnicity Matter [SS-12]
EE3	State Variations in the Provision and Use of Health and Long-Term Care Services [SS-07]
EE4	Federal Statistics and Social Media: Connecting With Users by Increasing Reach AND Engagement [SS-23]
EE5	Getting the Right Match: Using and Evaluating NCHS Linked Data [SS-22]
EE6	The National Health Interview Survey Early Release Program: Recent Findings and Potential Applications [SS-30]