PMID- 18843236
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20090206
LR  - 20081009
IS  - 1550-5022 (Electronic)
IS  - 1078-4659 (Linking)
VI  - 14 Suppl
DP  - 2008 Nov
TI  - Availability of data to measure disparities in leading health indicators at the 
      state and local levels.
PG  - S36-44
LID - 10.1097/01.PHH.0000338385.82436.44 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVES: Healthy People 2010 identifies the elimination of health disparities 
      as a critical national goal. The article analyzes the availability of state and 
      local data to support this work. METHODS: We assessed data availability for the 
      10 leading health indicators (LHIs), comprising a set of 26 measures. Our 
      analysis is based on a mid-2007 review of federal and state Web sites. FINDINGS: 
      Federal data sources allow aggregate state estimates for 24 LHI measures, 
      although some either are not available for all states or vary from the federal 
      definition. National sources capture some but not all of the subgroup 
      characteristics, defined as national disparities priorities. Limited sample size 
      is a barrier to generating state estimates for specific subgroups, and data by 
      geographic subdivision within a state are often lacking. States also vary in how 
      aggressively they use disparities data or make them available externally. 
      CONCLUSIONS: Federal leadership has been critical to state capacity to assess LHI 
      disparities. Although some relevant state-level disparities data exist, major 
      gaps remain, local estimates are limited, and some states make better use of the 
      data than others. Continued federal leadership and support is critical to states' 
      abilities to address Healthy People 2010's disparities goal.
FAU - Gold, Marsha
AU  - Gold M
AD  - Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
FAU - Dodd, Allison Hedley
AU  - Dodd AH
FAU - Neuman, Melissa
AU  - Neuman M
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - J Public Health Manag Pract
JT  - Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP
JID - 9505213
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Child
MH  - Databases as Topic
MH  - *Health Status Disparities
MH  - *Health Status Indicators
MH  - Humans
MH  - Internet
MH  - *Local Government
MH  - *State Government
MH  - United States
EDAT- 2008/10/22 09:00
MHDA- 2009/02/07 09:00
CRDT- 2008/10/22 09:00
PHST- 2008/10/22 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2009/02/07 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/10/22 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 00124784-200811001-00007 [pii]
AID - 10.1097/01.PHH.0000338385.82436.44 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Public Health Manag Pract. 2008 Nov;14 Suppl:S36-44. doi: 
      10.1097/01.PHH.0000338385.82436.44.