Data ninja warrior presentation

DATA NINJA WARRIOR: Conquering the Mountain of Sustainability

2014 Home Visiting Summit

Nathan Hale, PhD Melissa Strompolis, MA

¡ Make informed decisions on the appropriate role of data in: § Assessments/grant applications § Continuous quality improvement § Communicating with external partners

Children’s Trust of South Carolina | scChildren.org

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

¡ Regional Qualifier – Assessment § Standing out in the sea of competitors

¡ City Finals – Process Improvement § Honing your craft

¡ Vegas Baby! - Communicating with External Partners § Competing against the best

¡ Q&A Children’s Trust of South Carolina | scChildren.org

NINJA WARRIOR TRAINING

Data

Plan Assessment

Health

System Capacity

Priorities Do Program/Intervention

Monitor/Improve

Evaluate

Advocacy/Policy

HOW DO WE USE DATA?


REGIONAL QUALIFIER: ASSESSMENT

“He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp posts – for support rather than for illumination.” - Andrew Lang “Don’t be the drunk person” – Nathan Hale ¤ Assessment = Illumination | Shining a Light

ASSESSMENT

¡ Identify communities with “need” or communicating “needs” in your community § Health or socially relevant indicators | measures § Premature birth, low birth weight, infant mortality, abuse, neglect, injury, poverty, etc

¡ Capacity to address “needs” § Programs, services, policies, etc

ASSESSMENT - GRANT WRITING

¡ When gathering data § Be cognizant of long term trends § Be cognizant of big policy changes § Major bias

§ Be smart in how you compare communities § Be cognizant of volume versus burden § Low rates -> high volume? § High rates -> low volume?

ASSESSMENT - GRANT WRITING

SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE


¡ Do yourself a favor – start with Kids Count

¡ Others § http://scangis.dhec.sc.gov/scan/ § https://slice.ed.sc.gov

ASSESSMENT - SOURCES

¡ Elements in grant § Geographic § Demographic § Prevalence


GRANT WRITING

USING THE DATA CENTER

BY LOCATION

HOME PAGE

datacenter.kidscount.org


USING THE DATA CENTER

BY LOCATION

STEP 1:

SELECT A STATE


USING THE DATA

CENTER BY LOCATION

STEP 2:

SELECT AN INDICATOR


•  Indicator selection leads to a report page that displays data for locations of interest

•  You can manipulate this table to display data for select locations and years

USING THE DATA CENTER: INDICATOR SELECTION, CONT.


USING THE DATA

CENTER BY LOCATION

STEP 3:

RANK AREAS BY INDICATOR SELECT THE ‘SORT/RANK’ TAB AT

THE LEFT



USING THE DATA

CENTER BY LOCATION

STEP 4:

MAP AREAS BY INDICATOR

SELECT THE ‘MAP’ TAB


USING THE DATA

CENTER BY LOCATION

STEP 5: CREATE

LINE GRAPHS BY INDICATOR

SELECT THE ‘LINE GRAPH’ TAB

USING THE DATA

CENTER BY LOCATION

STEP 6: CREATE

BAR GRAPHS BY INDICATOR

SELECT THE ‘BAR GRAPH’ TAB



CITY FINALS: PROCESS

IMPROVEMENT

¡ Why bother? §  Evidenced based = Effective § Process Improvement


CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT

Resources/ Inputs

•  People •  Curriculums •  Infrastructure

Activities/ Processes

1. What is done 2. How is it done

Results/ Outcomes

•  Services delivered •  Change in status

¡ Data and Process Improvement § Cornerstone § What we “think” and reality § Baseline § Measures improvements § Keep focused on viable solutions



¡ Data and Process Improvement § Quantitative - numbers § Counts, percent’s

§ Qualitative – information / context § Surveys, focus groups

¡ Sounds great, where do I find it?



¡ Data and Process Improvement § Own records, practice management systems, EMR? § Collect your own….. § Pen/paper/calculator § Excel



¡ Training Evaluation § Content § Format § Trainer § Environment

¡ Identify areas for improvement




VEGAS BABY!: COMMUNICATING WITH EXTERNAL

PARTNERS

“In God we trust. All others must bring data.” – W. Edwards Deming “Numbers have an important story to tell. They rely on you to give them a clear and convincing voice” – Stephen Few Children’s Trust of South Carolina | scChildren.org

GENERAL TRANSLATION

¡ Need data to support your position

However

¡ You have to make it speak


LEGISLATORS

¡ Advice given to me by AcademyHealth § Intro: (I’m here to talk to you about) § It's important because: (aka problem slide) § My research/program shows: (sum it up) § For example: (make it real) § This will help you: (put the work in context)


LEGISLATORS

2 YEARS – 1 FIGURE


1.3%

-5.3%

-9.6%

-2.8%

-8.8%

-17.9%

Low Market Share

Average Market Share

High Market Share

Change in Any Infant Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) Visit in South Carolina Urban and Rural Areas,

1995-2010, by Health Department Clinical Market Share

Rural Urban

¡ Get to know your elected officials § Who represents you at local, state, and national level?

§ What committees do they serve on?

§ How do they vote on issues relating to children?


LEGISLATORS

¡ Personal visits are most effective

¡ Personal phone calls or letters

¡ Concentrate on your legislators


ADVOCACY TACTICS

USING THE DATA

CENTER BY LOCATION

STEP 7: SHARE

FINDINGS SELECT THE ‘SHARE’ BUTTON AT THE

TOP RIGHT

NOTE: UTILITIES MENTIONED IN THIS PRESENTATION ARE AVAILABLE FOR ALL INDICATORS, WHETHER DATA IS ACCESSED BY LOCATION, TOPIC, OR ADVANCED SEARCH Children’s Trust of South Carolina | scChildren.org

¡ Personal visits are most effective

¡ Personal phone calls or letters

¡ Concentrate on your legislators


ADVOCACY TACTICS

¡ Hook § State where you are from and the district where you vote by giving your local address

¡ Line § Provide information on the legislation and why you support it

¡ Sinker § Clearly ask your Senator or Representative what you want them to do


ADVOCACY TACTICS

“Hook, Line and Sinker”

QUESTIONS?

Contact Information

Nathan Hale [email protected], 803-251-6317

Melissa Strompolis [email protected], 803-744-4048

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