title: Insights in Public Health: For the Love of Data! The Hawai'i Health Data Warehouse.
abstract: Data form the framework around which important public health decisions are made. Public health data are essential for surveillance and evaluating change. In Hawai'i, public health data come from a multitude of sources and agencies. The Hawai'i Health Data Warehouse (HHDW) was created to pull those data into a single location and to present results in a form that is easy for the public to access and utilize. In the years since its creation, HHDW has built a second consumer-focused web site, Hawai'i Health Matters, and is now introducing new functionality on the original site that allows users to define their own enquiry. The newly adopted Indicator-Based Information System (IBIS) uses a web interface to perform real-time data analysis and display results. This gives users the power to examine health data by a wide range of demographic and socioeconomic dimensions, permitting them to pinpoint the data they need.
authors.affiliation: Hawai'i Health Data Warehouse, Mililani, HI (JC, KB, DB).
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chosy
authors.affiliation: Hawai'i Health Data Warehouse, Mililani, HI (JC, KB, DB).
authors.forename: Katherine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Benson
authors.affiliation: Hawai'i Health Data Warehouse, Mililani, HI (JC, KB, DB).
authors.forename: Dulce
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Belen
authors.affiliation: Hawai'i Health Data Warehouse, Mililani, HI (JC, KB, DB).
authors.forename: Ranjani
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Starr
authors.affiliation: Hawai'i Health Data Warehouse, Mililani, HI (JC, KB, DB).
authors.forename: Tonya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lowery St John
authors.affiliation: Hawai'i Department of Health.
authors.forename: Ranjani R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Starr
authors.affiliation: Hawai'i Department of Health.
authors.forename: Lance K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Ching
mesh_terms: D006254:Hawaii; D006801:Humans; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011634:Public Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
keywords: BRFSS; Indicator-based information system; PRAMS; Public health data; Vital statistics; YRBS