16th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
February 26-28, 2017 • Atlanta, GA
2/28/2017 | 3:45 PM - 4:15 PM | Importance and Progress in the Standardization of the Reporting and Analysis of EHDI Data | Hanover B
Importance and Progress in the Standardization of the Reporting and Analysis of EHDI Data
Congenital hearing loss affects one to three of every 1,000 live born infants. If left undetected, it may impact children through delayed speech and language development. To help avoid developmental delays and ensure that all deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) infants are identified and receiving services as early as possible, complete and accurate data is crucial. Despite substantial progress made over the years, some children are still falling through the cracks because they are not documented to have received recommended follow-up services. Lack of standardization in data reporting can contribute to this situation. By addressing this issue, jurisdictions can help ensure all DHH infants get identified early. The presentation will discuss reasons for lack of standardization in data reporting and measures that have successfully been taken at the state and national level to address this issue.
- Understand how unidentified hearing loss is a public health issue
- Understand how lack of standardization in data reporting contribute to this issue
- Understand what measures have been taken to address this issue
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Presenters/Authors
Marcus Gaffney
(), CDC, nzg9@cdc.gov;
Marcus Gaffney is a Health Scientist and serves as the lead for the CDC EHDI Team. He has over 14 years’ experience working in the area of newborn hearing screening and is responsible for overseeing a range of activities, including supporting the development of jurisdictional EHDI Information Systems, assessing progress towards national goals, providing technical assistance, and supporting research efforts. He holds a Masters of Public Health from Mercer University.
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Xidong Deng
(), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, XDeng@cdc.gov;
Dr. Xidong Deng is a Health Scientist with the CDC EHDI Team. She holds a PhD. in Computer Science and Engineering from Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Deng’s work with the EHDI team includes helping to develop national EHDI data systems, identifying strategies for integration of EHDI systems with electronic health records and state based systems, evaluation of state based EHDI systems, and the identification of privacy and security solutions for information exchange between state public health registries. Her current interests are in ontology, controlled vocabulary and data standards, EHR and PHR systems, and evaluation of health information systems.
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Craig Mason
(), University of Maine, craig.mason@maine.edu;
Craig A. Mason, Ph.D. is a Professor of Education and Applied Quantitative Methods at the University of Maine. He is a research methodologist with interests in quantitative methods and informatics, including large-scale, longitudinal, population-based data collection and analysis. As a methodologist, he has published, presented, and taught on multivariate analysis, multi-level modeling, epidemiological analysis, structural equation modeling, and growth modeling. He has been PI or Co-PI on $20 million in grants and contracts from the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Department of Education, and others. He has over 100 publications on topics ranging from the impact of the prenatal environment on child health and development, to designing healthy communities for Hispanic seniors.
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Suhana Ema
(), CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, vns0@cdc.gov;
Suhana Ema serves as an epidemiologist with the CDC EHDI Team. She is responsible for analyzing EHDI data and disseminating findings with jurisdictional EHDI programs and partners. She also provides technical assistance to jurisdictional EHDI programs to improve their program and tracking and surveillance work. She holds Master of Public Health degree from the University of Georgia. Suhana was born with severe to profound hearing loss on both ears and wears hearing aids. She is fluent in American Sign Language and lipreads well.
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Ashley Satterfield-Nash
(), CDC, asatterfield@cdc.gov;
Dr. Ashley Nash, DrPH is a research associate on the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Team in the Division of Human Development and Disability at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Her work focus on project management and development activities.
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