Pt. 1 Navigating OASIS: Georgia’s ONLINE ANALYTICAL STATISTICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM

Pt. 2 Sampling of Other Resources for Health/Marketing Research

Joan TaylorReference librarianHCMG 4401–Fall, 2013

What is OASIS? Web-Based Tools for Public Health and Public

Policy Data Analysis

Accessing the Georgia Department of Public Health and Public Policy Data Analysis

Provided by The Office of Health Indicators for Planning (OHIP), Georgia Department of Public Health

Definitions Mortality-case reports of selected

deaths.

Morbidity-case reports* of selected diseases.

*May also be referred to as: Surveillance or incidence reports

referring to occurrances of specific conditions, diseases, or accidents.

Creates Tables, Maps, or Charts for the STATE of GEORGIA

Mortality/Morbidity

Maternal Child Health (MCH)

Infant Mortality

Create Tables, Maps, or Charts Population Characteristics

Community Dashboards (potential assessment/needs)

Behavioral Surveys

Health Service Locators

Citing OASIS

Suggested Citation Online Analytical Statistical Information System (OASIS), <name of tool used>, Georgia Department of Public Health, Office of Health Indicators for Planning (OHIP). <Date data accessed> http://oasis.state.ga.us/

Use OASIS queries to: Develop profiles and report cards for

counties or districts Assess community health needs Prioritize health problems Evaluate programs Examine data by census tract to identify

high risk populations, and allocate resources

OASIS queries can also: Target problem areas to analyze specific

health problems and outcomes

Create a basis for health communications or health advocacy

Map several geographic areas to compare varied health outcomes

OASIS –Menu and Other Information

Decide the visual format that you need. First: select “GET TABLE” or “GET

MAP”

View the Tutorial with ImagesTUTORIAL What do I need? Does OASIS provide

what I need?

• Provides 5 examples • Measures, Years, Ages, Geography

Start screen for M/C web query Live Birth Rate-Use Maternal/Child (MCH)

Maternal/Child -Sample Birth Rate Query- Georgia

Slide or “mouseover” for details

Infant Mortality Rate–GA and Counties

M/C Maternal/Child -“Measures”–”Fetal deaths”

Infant Mortality-PPOR(perinatal periods of risk)

What is PPOR? Description

Death Rate: Use Mortality/Morbidity-Mortality-Deaths-Percent of deaths

Maternal Death Rate Use: M/C MaternalDeaths/Mat.mortality rates

OASIS-Mortality/Morbidity –All CausesLEADING CAUSE of Death

OASIS Mortality/Morbidity-”Ambulatory Care sensitive Conditions” Chronic conditions-Diabetes

Pt. 2 A Sampling of Other Suggested Resources for the Assignment

Other LibGuides- Health Data Tools and StatisticsStatistical Resources for Assignments!

If CENSUS.gov is not functioning tryStatistical Abstract of U.S. (Books in Library) 2004-2012IF

REF HA202.U5

(ProQuest) Statistical Abstract of the U.S. starting with 2013

“Geographic Identifiers” box- See HCMG 4401 LibGuide

GeorgiaInfo Georgia DOT County Highway Maps

Georgia County Statistics

Other tips for questions “Business and commerce” try seaching Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce

“Demographics of Community Residents” try using information from diversitydata.org

“Professional/medical /health organizations” see the box in the HCMG 4901 LibGuide with this label

Health Status of Community resources Community Health Status Indicators (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services)

CDC FASTATS home

Health Indicators Warehouse

Medline Plus

“FASTSTATS” A great place to start research about anything “health”.

CDC- “Deaths and Mortality”• Subcategories

Infectious Disease –Try CDC FastStats• Many variables

“Notifiable Diseases” and “Surveillance summaries” 1983-2012•Past summaries

MedlinePlus –Health conditions with statistics and references

Hospital and community services Ambulatory Health Care Statistics

American Hospital

American Hospital Directory homepage

Archival Sources for AHRQ

Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)

HRSA Data Warehouse

(HRSA) Health Center Data

Remember to check these other LibGuides too!

Other Suggested Sources Businesshttp://clayton.libguides.com/business

Health Data Tools and Statisticshttp://clayton.libguides.com/health_statistics

Statistical Resources for Assignments!http://clayton.libguides.com/statisticalresources

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Questions?Thank you!

joantaylor@clayton.edu