Board of Scientific Counselors Program Review

1
Welcome to the 2007 Joint Annual Meeting of
NAPHSIS and NCHS
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention National Center for Health Statistics
2
Two Suggested Items for Discussion Over the
Course of the Conference and at the Town Hall
Meeting

• VSCP and NDI Contracts where we are and how we
  will proceed
• Publishing strategies for new data items on
  births Demonstrate to potential funders that
  critical issues can be addressed by these items

3
Future VSCP Funding Mechanism

• No Cooperative Agreements - just Contracts - VSCP
  and NDI Combined
• Contracts will be different than in the past - we
  need to have the funds to complete an entire
  segment within the contract thus
• We may need to contract by data set and quarter
  which will allow for funding availability and
  opportunities as they arise.
• We will be working with PGO on a contract shell
  and will share it with you when available
• We may need to continue Purchase Orders during an
  interim period.

4
New Data Items-How to Publish?

• To attract funding we need to find a way to give
  high visibility to the new data items by
  publishing results and still meet current NAPHSIS
  restrictions on new data items based on existing
  funding constraints
• Solution 1 Collaborative effort to publish
  papers on new items in an NCHS publication
• Solution 2 Collaborative effort to publish
  papers on new data items in a public health
  journal supplement purchased by NCHS
• Solution 3 Use the MMWR

5
Pros and Cons

• All assume the availability of NCHS files to
  State authors
• For NCHS pubs - more control and lower cost
• Journal supplements provide more independence to
  State authors but expensive if no one submits!
• MMWR -a forum to other CDC programs who initially
  were interested in these items good for short
  reports