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WHAT IS THE PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM?
National Center for
Health Statistics’(NCHS) surveys and data systems provide fundamental
public health and health policy statistics that meet the needs of a wide
range of users. These data are used by policymakers in Congress and the
Administration, by medical researchers, and by others in the health
community to track changes in health and health care.
Possible future
enhancements include: 1.) The use of a modified NHANES, the "Community
HANES," to obtain objective health measures for sub-national populations.
With appropriate funding, this tool could be used in areas with
concentrated Hispanic/Latino populations, such as South Florida, the New York
City area, and the U.S./Mexico border region; and 2.) Increased
methodological research on issues that affect Hispanic/Latino populations, such
as the bias in death rates resulting from the misreporting of Hispanic
ethnicity on death certificates. |
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