TPCA: Up to the ChallengeUsing Web-BasedData to Advance

Access to Care April 25, 2006

Kiamichi Family Medical Center, Battiest, OK

Using Web-Based Data to Advance Access to Care

Where do you go to find health information in Tennessee?

Where do you go to find health information in Tennessee?

TPCA: County Health Indicators- Graphs & Maps- Pre-selected indicators

HIT: Data Query and County Profiles - User-specified selection of variables OCS: Office of Cancer Surveillance

- Tennessee Cancer Registry - Cancer Incidence & Mortality

Data & Research: Other Sources

TPCA: County Health Indicators

Excellent Tutorial

http://www.tnpca.org/health/materials/how_website_organized.ppt

ComMetrics, Inc. Sandra.miller@conwaycorp.net

How Everything Fits TogetherHow Everything Fits Together

What You Will FindWhat You Will Find

Definitions

Data

Explanations

Links

Healthy People 2010

Graphs & Maps

County level graphs & maps

Except surveys BRFSS Substance abuse Immunization

Three ways to select a county Drop down menu Hot map List

County Profiles: Graphs & MapsCounty Profiles: Graphs & Maps

County Profiles: Graphs & MapsCounty Profiles: Graphs & Maps More than 3600 unique graphs & maps

214 graphs & maps for each county

24 additional sub-county maps for 5 counties

Organized by topical areas for ease of use

Files are “small” to reduce load time

PowerPoint & HTML PowerPoint allows users to

save files to a local hard drive to develop customized education programs

County Profiles: Graphs & MapsCounty Profiles: Graphs & Maps

Data DefinitionsData Definitions Alphabetical listing Links to sources Explanatory notes

Data Tables: NumbersData Tables: Numbers

Data Tables: SourcesData Tables: Sources

Link to sourceFrequency of updateDate accessed

FAQs: ExplanationsFAQs: Explanations Who decided what data to collect?

How recent are the data? How are data presented? Some county comparison maps do not

provide data for every county. Why? I don’t have Microsoft PowerPoint. Can I

still view the PowerPoint presentations? I need the data, not a graph. Where do I get the data?

I’m not sure how to interpret the numbers I’m seeing. Where can I find data definitions?

Some data are not available at the county level. Why?

What does it mean when it says BRFSS data are not weighted for population characteristics?

Why are BRFSS data not reported for Hispanics?

Other Resources: LinksOther Resources: Links

Healthy People 2010Healthy People 2010 Links to detailed

list of objectives Links to

background document

Links to Excel files with objectives

HIT is Advancing Access to

Better Health Information

HIT is pleased to present online access to official State of Tennessee data for: Births    Deaths    Population          Hospitals Nursing Homes FEATURING DATA QUERY

Several examples of using GIS/Mapping to visualize and demonstrate relationships toward advancing access to care:

OCS and slides that follow

Office of Cancer Surveillance

Tennessee Cancer Registry (TCR) Tennessee Comprehensive Cancer

Control Program (TCCCP)

Jennifer Murray, Epidemiologist

Tennessee Cancer Registry Established 1983 Funded by CDC since 1996 Reports approx. 24,000 cases/yr 80% complete Hospitals Pathology Laboratories (2005) Ambulatory Surgery Centers (2005) Urologists (Pilot Project 2006)

TCR Data Usage Annual Report – 2006 Cancer Factsheets – Overall, specific ca’s Guide TCCCP in their activities Research Projects

Harvard School of Public Health Nashville Breast Health Study Southern Community Cohort Study 7th Day Adventist Study

Tennessee Comprehensive Cancer Control Coalition CDC funded 2004 Group of volunteers (~200), w/ 3 staff Guide the state in cancer related issues

Active volunteers Educational events Increase awareness Training Regional Coalitions now forming

TCCCP The Plan – 2005

Guide to addressing cancer issues in TN Workgroups with specific objectives, activities

and a work plan Living document, updated 06/07

Produce TN Burden of Cancer Document

Special reports / research projects with Coalition

Data and Research Grant Resources Block Grant & Collaborative

Efforts Grant & RHIO Info – exchange & Linkage

Grantsmanship DataNeeds

Overview of the State: Tennessee has a population of 5,900,962 (2004 data). Of those reporting only one race, 82% were white, 15% black, 1% Asian, and 1% other. Less than 3% of the people living in the state in 2000 were foreign-born, although the state has experienced a 169% increase from 1990. Approximately 40% are of Latin American origin. 2003 data from the American Community Survey show 135,669 persons identifying themselves as being of Hispanic origin.

Grants Tennessee is a diverse state geographically, culturally,

and economically. The state covers 41,220 square miles and is about 500 miles from east to west and 100 miles from north to south. There are mountains in the east, hills in the middle section, and the western third is relatively flat. The state is divided into 95 counties, each with a health department located in the county seat. Slightly more than a quarter of all Tennesseans live in the four largest cities (Memphis, Nashville, Chattanooga, and Knoxville). Just over 68% of the population lives in the state’s seven metropolitan areas (MSAs), five of which are in the eastern two-thirds of the state. The most sparsely populated counties are primarily in rural middle and west Tennessee.

Grants U.S. Census data show that 14% of

Tennesseans live in poverty compared to 12.5% nationally. According to the 2005 Kids Count Data Book, in 2003 20% of children in Tennessee were living in poverty, and 33% of children were living in single parent households (as compared to U.S. figures of 18% and 30%). Eight percent of children were without health insurance, much better than the national level of 12%. Yet Tennessee’s children are not faring well.

Grants Birth Population: In 2004 there were

79,572 births in Tennessee, an increase over the past five years, reflecting a growing overall population. Of the total births, 78% were white (61,899), 20% black (15,787), and 2% other races (1,886). These percentages are reflective of the racial spread of the population of reproductive age women (78% white, 19% black). 2000 census data show that females aged 10-44 make up 25.4% of the total population. Of the total 2004 births, 12.9% were to women aged 10-19 (10,260).

Grants

In 2004, there were 5,848 Hispanic births (7.4% of total births), an increase of 905 births or 18% over the number for 2003 (4,943) and indicative of the state’s increasing Latino population.

Common Types of Grants New

Block

Continuation

State

Federal

Collaborative Interests Data Capture Data Utilization Data Integration Data Manipulation Data Applied Use in Care/Treatment RHIO – Regional Health Information

Exchange Electronic Health Records

Tennessee Priorities Body Mass Index (BMI) – Both adult

and Child Obesity Diabetes Stroke Prevention Strategies Disparity Elimination

Grants Tennessee Primary Care Association

Challenge

Challenge For TPCA

Sponsor a grant application for a statewide collaboration research initiative to address major primary health care needs and barriers to care.

WEBSITES http://hit.state.tn.us http://www2.state.tn.us/health/CCCP http://www2.state.tn.us/health/TCR http://www.tnpca.org

TPCA: Up to the Challenge Using Web-Based Data to Advance Access to Care

THANK YOU!

Ronald L. Campbell, MSHA, CHE, Health Planner, Health Information Tennessee, TDH Ramona Lainhart, PhD, Director, Grants and Funded Projects, PPA, TDH Fenyuan Xiao, PhD, Epidemiologist, Health Information Tennessee, TDH Jennifer Murray, PhD, Epidemiologist, Office of Cancer Surveillance, TDH Fred Croom, MD, Epidemiologist, Surveillance, Epidemiology & Evaluation