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New Mexico Data Users Conference November 13, 2014 Lois M. Haggard, PhD. Health Status in New Mexico: Population Health Data on NM-IBIS. Overview. Public Health Assessment Our mandate Health Indicators Using NM-IBIS Topics Navigation Indicator Reports Community Reports
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New Mexico Data Users Conference November 13, 2014 Lois M. Haggard, PhD Health Status in New Mexico:Population Health Data on NM-IBIS New Mexico Department of Health
Overview • Public Health Assessment • Our mandate • Health Indicators • Using NM-IBIS • Topics Navigation • Indicator Reports • Community Reports • Special Reports (Substance Abuse Epi Profile, State of Health) • Datasets • Resources • Groovy New Stuff New Mexico Department of Health
IOM on the Role of Government in Public Health • The core functions of government in public health: • to develop policy that supports the health of populations, • to assure access to health care and the quality of that care, and • to assess the health status of the population. Institute of Medicine; Committee for the Study of the Future of Public Health; Division of Health Care Services (1988) The Future of Public Health. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press. New Mexico Department of Health
Assessment Function of Public Health • Assessment is the regular and systematic collection, assembly, analysis, and dissemination of information about the health of a community. Institute of Medicine (1988) The Future of Public Health, National Academies Press. New Mexico Department of Health
What NM-IBIS Does: • Data dissemination for public health assessment • Centralized storage for epidemiology datasets and contextual information for grants, reports, presentations. • De facto standards organization for DOH data and presentation formats • Turns data into information New Mexico Department of Health
IBIS-PH CoP • Development of the IBIS-PH web application began in Utah in the 1990’s. • National Community of Practice (CoP) guides IBIS-PH development. • Individual adopter states contribute to software application maintenance and fund feature development, customization. • Support from CoP makes it economical for New Mexico. New Mexico Department of Health
Why Indicator-based? • U.S. Government Accountability Office on indicator systems “…benefits can include: • more informed policy decisions, • a better educated citizenry, and • greater civic engagement.” KEY INDICATOR SYSTEMS: Experiences of Other National and Subnational Systems Offer Insights for the United States. GAO-11-396, Mar 31, 2011. Downloaded fromhttp://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-396on 11/7/2013. New Mexico Department of Health
Public Health Indicators • About the time of the release of the IOM Future of Public Health report (1988), HealthyPeople1990 • HealthyPeople2000, 2010, 2020 • HP2020: • 1,421 Healthy people objectives (indicators) • Organized into 42 focus areas • http://www.healthypeople.gov New Mexico Department of Health
HP 2020 – 26 Leading Health Indicators Under 12 Topics • Access to Health Services • Clinical Preventive Services • Environmental Quality • Injury and Violence • Maternal, Infant, and Child Health • Mental Health • Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity • Oral Health • Reproductive and Sexual Health • Social Determinants • Substance Abuse • Tobacco New Mexico Department of Health
IBIS in New Mexico • Work on NM-IBIS began in 2007 with the Web-based query workgroup. • Public release of the NM-IBIS website was in May 2008. • Today, NM-IBIS has • 149 indicator reports • 13 public query modules • http://ibis.health.state.nm.us New Mexico Department of Health
So…, about NM-IBIS New Mexico Department of Health
The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything… • In the BBC sci-fi series “Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” a super computer named Deep Thoughtcalculates the answer: 42 New Mexico Department of Health
Goals for NM-IBIS Website Design • Engaging • Easy to use • Data should be: • Meaningful • Relevant • Understandable • Accessible (findable) • Timely • Community level New Mexico Department of Health
http://ibistest.health.state.nm.us/ibisph-view New Mexico Department of Health
Health Factors Health Outcomes Population Characteristics - Demographic Characteristics - Social Determinants of Health • Health Outcomes • - Mothers and Infants • - Leading Causes of Death • - Infectious Diseases • - Cancer • - Chronic Conditions • - Injury and Violence • - Mental and Behavioral Health • - Summary Measures of Health Risk and Resiliency Factors - Health Behaviors - Physical Environment • Health Care Services & Systems • - Access to Care • - Quality of Care • Use of Preventive Services