Kansas Tobacco-Related Data Resources and Performance Measures

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Kansas Tobacco-Related Data Resources and
Performance Measures

• Harlen Hays, MPH
• Office of Health Promotion, KDHE

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Four Programs GoalsNational, State and Local

• Preventing the initiation of tobacco use among
  young people.
• Promoting quitting among young people and adults.
  
• Eliminating nonsmokers' exposure to environmental
  tobacco smoke (ETS).
• Identifying and eliminating the disparities
  related to tobacco use and its effects among
  different population groups.

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Leading Underlying Causes of Death in the U.S.
2000
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Long Term Planning

• With Short term indicators
• Death and disease are the ultimate outcomes
  tobacco prevention is trying to reduce
• However interventions are not immediately
  apparent in tobacco prevention
• Multiple points exist prior to death or
  disability that will predict reductions
• Nearly an infinite amount actually

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Types of Data

• Qualitative
• Provides information in a more narrative format
  on individual thoughts and feelings
• Attempts to answer the How and Why
• Small intimate data collection method
• Quantitative
• Provides information on the number of units
  within the sampling frame
• Attempts to answer the What, When, and Where of
  situations
• Larger removed data collection method

Methods Exist to convert Qualitative information
into a more Qualitative Presentation
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Qualitative Sources

• Informal
• Success Stories
• Anecdotal
• Blogs or Journals
• Formal
• Key Informant Interviews
• Focus Groups
• Sharing Sessions

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Quantitative Sources

• Surveys
• Information is interpreted differently based on
  the sampling frame
• Registries
• Provides information on incidence
• Vital Statistics
• Provides comprehensive information on major life
  events (Birth, Pregnancy, Death)
• Other
• Topic Specific Data Sources

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Surveys

• Sampling Frame
• The sampling frame of a survey is the pool of
  potential subjects from which the survey
  participants are sampled. Examples include the
  Kansas population, all youth in specific grades,
  Business owners, Physicians, and cities
• The information collected has a different
  interpretation based on who is sampled and what
  questions are being asked of them. Asking
  someone about their personal habits is different
  than asking a business owner about their
  workplace policy

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Surveys Adult Kansans

• Kansas Adult Tobacco Survey
• Periodically conducted
• Generalizable information to the State of Kansas
  and some sub-state analysis
• Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
• Conducted annually
• Core used to produce prevalence estimates
• State Added or Optional Modules available

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Surveys Adult Kansans

• National Survey on Drug Use and Health
• Conducted annually
• State estimates released over 2 year period
• Collects information on individuals aged 12 and
  older
• Current Population Survey
• Conducted periodically
• Last tobacco questions asked in 2003

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Surveys - Youth

• Kansas Youth Tobacco Survey
• Conducted every two years
• Random sample of youth in grades 6-12
• Kansas Communities That Care
• Conducted annually
• Invitation extended to all youth in Kansas in
  grades 6, 8, 10, and 12

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Surveys - Youth

• Kansas Youth Risk Behavior Survey
• Conducted every two years
• Random sample of youth in grades 9-12

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Registries and Vital Statistics

• Kansas Information for Communities (KIC)
• Birth Certificate Data
• Pregnancy Data
• Death Records
• Cancer Registry
• Population Estimates
• Hospital Discharge Data
• http//kic.kdhe.state.ks.us/kic/index.html

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Topic Specific Data Sources

• Kansas Tobacco Quitline
• Monthly datasets of current callers
• Includes those who receive counseling, ask for
  information, and the number of health care
  providers that call
• Insurance Databases
• Reimbursement for NRT
• Medicaid and Medicare

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Topic Specific Data Sources

• Department of Revenue
• Number of licensed tobacco retailers
• Number of Enforcement checks conducted
• Tax revenue
• Cigarettes
• Other Tobacco Products
• Reward and Reminder/ BARS Program
• Non-enforcement inspections

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Topic Specific Data Sources

• State Synar Compliance Report
• Random sample of retailers throughout Kansas
• Conducted in same format as Enforcement
• Media Clipping Services
• Frequency of tobacco topics
• Can be separated for pro- and anti-tobacco slant
• Typically, Print is the easiest to acquire

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Topic Specific Data Sources

• Public Opinion Polls
• Short, infrequent surveys on specific issues
• May be done at state or local level
• Provider Databases
• EMR on tobacco status or cessation billing
• No centralized database
• Policy Databases
• Schools
• Ordinances

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Others

• What are your data sources?
• How frequently is the information collected?
• How often is the information reported?
• Is the information available to the public?

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Tools of the Trade

• CDCs STATE system
• State Tobacco Activities Tracking and Evaluation
• Detailed state analysis
• Trend information
• State-to-state comparisons
• http//apps.nccd.cdc.gov/statesystem/

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Tools of the Trade

• Survey Questionnaire Design Resource
• Tobacco related questions
• http//apps.nccd.cdc.gov/sqdr/QuickSearch.aspx
• Kansas Communities That Care
• http//beta.ctcdata.org/
• Kansas Information for Communities
• http//kic.kdhe.state.ks.us/kic/index.html

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Questions?