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The workshop featured options for expanding SAMHSA's behavioral health data collections to include measures of trauma. The discussion explored new measures and efficient mechanisms for collecting the data. Possibilities included adding new measures to existing surveys, initiating new data collections, or implementing model-based estimation procedures that take advantage of existing data sources, in the event that primary data collection methods are cost-prohibitive or not necessary. Survey and questionnaire design tradeoffs, as well as the potential impact of any changes to existing surveys
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The Workshop on Integrating New Measures of Trauma into the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) Data Collection Programs, held in Washington, D.C. in December 2015, was organized as part of an effort to assist SAMHSA and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Plan...
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Description
An ad hoc steering committee will organize a public workshop that will feature invited presentations and discussions on options for expanding SAMHSA's behavioral health data collections to include measures of trauma. The discussion will explore new measures and efficient mechanisms for collecting the data. Possibilities include adding new measures to existing surveys, initiating new data collections, or implementing model-based estimation procedures that take advantage of existing data sources, in the event that primary data collection methods are cost-prohibitive or not necessary. Survey and questionnaire design tradeoffs, as well as the potential impact of any changes to existing surveys, will also be discussed. A summary of the presentations and discussions at the workshop will be prepared by a designated rapporteur in accordance with institutional guidelines.
Collaborators
Sponsors
Department of Health and Human Services
Staff
Krisztina Marton
Lead
Major units and sub-units
Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
Lead
Institute of Medicine
Lead
Board on Health Sciences Policy
Lead
Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences
Lead
Committee on National Statistics
Lead