TY - JOUR
T1 - Community health agency administrators’ access to public health data for program planning, evaluation, and grant preparation
AU - Lane, Sandra D.
AU - Cashman, Donna M.
AU - Keefe, Robert H.
AU - Narine, Lutchmie
AU - Ducre, Bradford
AU - Chesna, Sharon
AU - Hall, Meghan
AU - Oliver, David
PY - 2017/2/7
Y1 - 2017/2/7
N2 - The Affordable Care Act mandates that public health data be made available for community agency use. Having access to such data allows community agencies to tailor interventions, evaluations, and funding requests more effectively. This study, jointly undertaken by Syracuse University faculty and students with the New York State Perinatal Association, sought to understand community agencies’ access to requests for governmental data, as well as to identify areas for improving data access. Results from this survey of administrators from 43 agencies in New York State found that only one-half of their requests for data were successful. Difficulties in obtaining access to needed data included fiscal and staffing constraints of the state-level agencies that house the data, as well as possible overinterpretation of confidentiality policies. In addition, some of community agency respondents reported that their staff lacked skills in data analysis and would benefit from training in epidemiology and quantitative evaluation.
AB - The Affordable Care Act mandates that public health data be made available for community agency use. Having access to such data allows community agencies to tailor interventions, evaluations, and funding requests more effectively. This study, jointly undertaken by Syracuse University faculty and students with the New York State Perinatal Association, sought to understand community agencies’ access to requests for governmental data, as well as to identify areas for improving data access. Results from this survey of administrators from 43 agencies in New York State found that only one-half of their requests for data were successful. Difficulties in obtaining access to needed data included fiscal and staffing constraints of the state-level agencies that house the data, as well as possible overinterpretation of confidentiality policies. In addition, some of community agency respondents reported that their staff lacked skills in data analysis and would benefit from training in epidemiology and quantitative evaluation.
KW - Community health
KW - health administrators
KW - program evaluation
KW - university–community collaboration
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U2 - 10.1080/00981389.2016.1268661
DO - 10.1080/00981389.2016.1268661
M3 - Article
C2 - 28212062
AN - SCOPUS:85013298075
SN - 0098-1389
VL - 56
SP - 65
EP - 77
JO - Social Work in Health Care
JF - Social Work in Health Care
IS - 2
ER -