CHAMP meeting for September 15, 2008
In Attendance: Mamadou Ndiaye, Dan Veroff, Bill Buckingham, Pam McGranahan and Suzanne Gaulocher
1. MA/WIC map:
Bill and Mamadou met separately with Cheryl Robinson (WIC) regarding mapping MA/WIC/Birth data. The WIC program needs to spend some money on research that is related to infant mortality and race and Cheryl wants to pursue Pam’s idea of making the MA/WIC/Birth map. The group talked about how this map will be the first in our goal of developing a ‘Proof of Concept’ & informing practice.
Mamadou said that part of APL’s task may be to educate us in certain aspects of this work, specifically: 1) how to use maps meaningfully (as a tool), 2) help people (at PHMDC and other entities) know how to read a map and 3) unpack significance of data.
Pam said that the utility of the map would help the agency address needs. Where people live (geography) – is where things happen.
2. PHN map:
The PHN map will be our second “Proof of Concept”:
PHN map needs school boundaries.
We talked about how we will map these data – especially the qualitative data. Dan and Bill had some ideas about overlaying a base map with different data for all of Dane County. We will also add things like rental/ownership, crime, tax assessments, etc... We need a monetary figure from APL for doing this work. Suzanne and Pam to follow up with PHMDC.
For the PHN map, we want to add:
What geographic area does a PHN cover?
What does each PHN feel they can manage (geographically)?
Tasks:
Nurses need to pick their top five priorities from a preexisting list – Suzanne will follow up with PHNs...
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Funding
For this post, please add your thoughts about funding.
ICTR - feedback was encouraging. However, our funding options are not limited. What other funding sources/entities exist that we could focus on?
ICTR - feedback was encouraging. However, our funding options are not limited. What other funding sources/entities exist that we could focus on?
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Utility of Research
Please edit and add:
CHAMP Goal:
To combine: 1) population-based data, 2) qualitative assessment of the built/natural environment and 3) community input about health at the neighborhood level in order to better understand the multiple determinants of health and to address both the social and environmental causes of health disparities.
CHAMP Statement:
The Community Health Assessment Mapping Partnership is a transdisciplinary group that will integrate multiple methods to collect and track data to create an interactive community health map. CHAMP will develop a model that will translate findings back to practitioners, researchers, policy makers and communities.
CHAMP Goal:
To combine: 1) population-based data, 2) qualitative assessment of the built/natural environment and 3) community input about health at the neighborhood level in order to better understand the multiple determinants of health and to address both the social and environmental causes of health disparities.
CHAMP Statement:
The Community Health Assessment Mapping Partnership is a transdisciplinary group that will integrate multiple methods to collect and track data to create an interactive community health map. CHAMP will develop a model that will translate findings back to practitioners, researchers, policy makers and communities.
Who is our audience?
What data we collect (and how) will depend on our intended audience. The resulting maps are also dependent on intended audience.
Suggestion: think about impact vs. influence
We want to think about results being presented to:
1. Community Residents
2. Community leaders/stakeholders
3. Researchers
4. Policy makers
5. Practitioners
Suggestion: think about impact vs. influence
We want to think about results being presented to:
1. Community Residents
2. Community leaders/stakeholders
3. Researchers
4. Policy makers
5. Practitioners
Research Responsibility
Break up into teams – identify what our responsibilities are and how they fit within our current job descriptions.
How are we going to use this/these map(s)?
It is clear from our conversations that we all agree that the map needs to be meaningful. We need to ask ourselves:
What is the purpose of using a map?
How will we use the map?
What kind of information do we intend to convey?
To who?
What is the purpose of using a map?
How will we use the map?
What kind of information do we intend to convey?
To who?
Identify a database
For this post, please share ideas and suggestions for a database. According to Mamadou, it is unlikely that the public health website could host an interactive map. It sounds like the website wasn't designed to interact with a database.
What do you all think about building onto the PPM website? Belle and I had a conversation yesterday and generated some ideas - but I'm thinking PPM is a part of CHAMP, rather than the other way around. Thoughts?
What do you all think about building onto the PPM website? Belle and I had a conversation yesterday and generated some ideas - but I'm thinking PPM is a part of CHAMP, rather than the other way around. Thoughts?
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
CHAMP Blog Started
The blog is all setup. The active members of the group have author access. If someone can't post and they should be able to we can add them to the list. Comments are also restricted, just to ensure that we don't have to filter random comments that don't belong. Happy Blogging!
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