* Does your research require health statistics or data, but you’re not sure where to get them?
* Do you want to know where to look for answers to questions such as:
– How many people in Sacramento County died from diabetes-related complications in 2002?
– What was the population growth of Asians in Fresno County in 2004?
– How do I find health status reports for California counties?
– How can I get raw data from a national survey that describes nutritional and behavioral factors associated with mortality?
* Do you want to be able to download and save this data into spreadsheets?
If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then please come to the Sheldon Margen Public Health Library’s Health Statistics and Data Resources class!
Some of the topics that will be covered:
1. Vital Statistics
2. Incidence and Prevalence Statistics
3. National Surveys
4. California Statistics
Sheldon Margen Public Health Library librarians have scheduled a training session to demonstrate online sources of statistical information and data files. NOTE: We will NOT cover statistical analysis or statistical software programs.
Class: Health Statistics and Data Resources
When: Monday, January 5, 2009, 2-3 pm
Where: 1500 Capitol Avenue, Rooms 72.149-151, Training Rooms A and B
Audience:
This class is intended for CDPH staff who need to find and use health-related statistics for their work. A number of resources will used to demonstrate how to obtain and save various types of statistics.
If you plan to attend, please RSVP by Monday, December 22nd to Judy Bolstad
(jbolstad@library.berkeley.edu).
Feel free to send some examples of real life statistical questions you frequently get or need answers to. We’ll try and incorporate some of these into the class. These one-hour training sessions are free to CDPH employees. Please obtain your supervisor’s approval to attend.