Selecting and Prioritizing Indicators

1. Selecting and Prioritizing Indicators LHD TA Learning Session # 2 • October 24, 2012 Tatiana Lin, M.A. Kansas Health Institute

2. Acknowledgements • This presentation is based on the slides developed and presented by Julie Willems Van Dijkat the NACCHO webinar on January 23, 2012

3. PHAB Standards: Data • 1.1.1. T/L Participate in or conduct a local partnership for the development of a comprehensive CHA • LHD must provide documentation of the collaboration process to identify and collect data and information • 1.1.2 T/L Complete a local community health assessment • Documentation that data and information from various sources contributed to CHA and how the data was obtained • Evidence should come from a variety of sources • The assessment must include both primary and secondary data

4. PHAB Standards: Data • 1.2.3. A Collect additional primary and secondary data on population health status • 1.2.4. A Provide reports of primary and secondary data to the state health department and Tribal health department • 1.4.2 T/L Develop and distribute Tribal/community health data profiles to support public health improvement planning

5. General Criteria for Selecting Indicators • Demonstrate the use of multiple data sources • Incorporate data from a variety of areas/sectors that influence health such as housing, education, transportation • Use qualitative data (e.g., community perceptions) and quantitative data

6. General Criteria for Selecting Indicators • Use primary and secondary data (PHAB Standards) • Demonstrate the use of data collection techniques that allow for examination of health inequalities • Compare jurisdiction data with that of neighboring jurisdictions http://communityhealth.hhs.gov/homepage.aspx?j=1

7. Criteria for Selecting Indicators: Example Example from Alexandria, VA NACCHO Webinar, 2011

8. Groups for Selecting and Prioritizing Indicators

9. Quantitative Data • Quantitative Data: • Are measures of values or counts and are expressed as numbers. • Are data about numeric variables (e.g. how many; how much; or how often). • Two Types: • Primary - Data never gathered before • Secondary - Data gathered by another source (e.g. research study, survey, interview)

10. Quantitative Data

11. Choosing Between Primary and Secondary Decide what you want to measure Review selected indicators Search for secondary data first If secondary data are found, consider quality of data If secondary data are not found, decide if it is important to have this information If not important, identify different indicators If important, design primary data collection strategy

12. Sources of Primary and Secondary Data • Primary Data • Surveys • Focus Groups • Interviews • Secondary Data • Gov. agencies surveillance systems, administrative and vital statistics data • Surveys (if administered by someone else)

13. Kansas Health Matters Indicators

14. Snapshot of KHM Priority Indicators • Purpose: • To assure some consistency in CHA conducted across KS communities. • KHM Priority Indicators: • Represent the minimum amount of data that Kan-PICH recommends • Kan-PICH encourages to supplement these data with additional measures (e.g., based on community input and result of the profile).

15. Snapshot of KHM Priority Indicators • Twenty indicators • Selected from 100 KHM health indicators • Priority Indicators (selected): • Percentage of Adults Who are Obese • Percentage of Adults Who are Overweight • Percent of Infants Fully Immunized at 24 Months

16. Questions

17. Kansas Health Institute Information for policy makers. Health for Kansans.