021710_New_US_Birth

MidAtlantic Public Health Training Center

The Revised U.S. Standard Birth Certificate
Opportunities andChallenges

Date:
February 17, 2010 (Johns Hopkins Bllomber School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland)

Presented by:
MidAtlantic Public Health Training Center
General Preventive Medicine Residency

Speakers:

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Dr. Bernard Guyer,
Zanvyl Krieger Professor of Childrens’ Health
at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

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Dr. Isabelle Horon,
Director of Vital Statistics
State of Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

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These training materials are available to you free of charge; no payment is necessary.

Dr. Guyer discusses:

How new vital statistics data can be used at the local level for surveillance and policy-making
Techniques to assess such data
Importance of causal frameworks and linking relevant variables
The uses of analyses and the importance of using resources wisely

Dr. Horon’s presentation includes:

Roles of vital statistics: civil registration, public health data and surveillance, national security
The development and implementation of an electronic Vital Records System for Maryland
Modified and New Birth Certificate Items
Challenges: effects of years of underfunding on national data
A vision for future improvements