Coming Events

 

The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Data Users Workshop, August 7, 2009

 

The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) will conduct an all-day workshop on the National Health Interview Survey on Friday, August 7, 2009 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at NCHS in Hyattsville, Maryland. This workshop is independent of the Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) that will take place on August 1-6, 2009 in downtown Washington, D.C., but it was intentionally scheduled to immediately follow the JSM. The workshop is open to anyone. NCHS is easily accessible by Metro. See Directions to NCHS for more information.

The target audience for the workshop is beginning and intermediate users of the survey data. This is not a hands-on workshop. A preliminary agenda includes:

• Overview of the National Health Interview Survey
• Questionnaire development and supplements
• Information about the sample design
• Linked data resources
• Accessing data through the Research Data Centers
• Special topic Website demonstrations─tobacco, race/ethnicity, and physical activity
• Creating an analytic file, using weights in analyses, and multiple imputation
• Analytic examples
• Co-sponsoring supplemental questions on the NHIS
• Publications using NHIS data

Registration is free. See NHIS Workshop Registration for more information. Participants should register as early as possible. We strongly encourage you to attend the workshop if you have completed the workshop registration, as space and resources are limited, and our staff has put a great deal of effort into the planning. Please cancel your registration if you plan on not attending to allow others to register. Upon arrival, plan time for clearing security.

Contact Brenda LaRochelle by e-mail or (301)458-4686 if you have any questions, difficulty registering,  or to be put on the workshop mailing list.