Aug 22 -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is seeking nominations for membership on the Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Health Statistics (BSC, NCHS). The BSC, NCHS consists of up to 15 experts including the Chair in fields associated with statistical, demographic, and epidemiological research, such as biostatistics/biometry, survey methodology and polling, sociology, reproductive health, minority health, nutrition, social and behavioral health sciences, and population-based public and environmental health; public health practice, e.g., state and local health data systems; operations research, health policy, and health services research, including health economics and econometrics; provision of health services, e.g., medicine, nursing, rehabilitation, other allied health care, and preventive medicine; health quality measurement and health indicators; health promotion; medical informatics; and data and health information security, storage, confidentiality, and dissemination.
Nominations for membership on the BSC, NCHS must be received no later than October 14, 2022.
Nominations are being sought for individuals who have the expertise and qualifications necessary to contribute to the accomplishment of the Board's objective to provide advice and guidance on statistical and epidemiological research, data collection, and activities that support the National Center for Health Statistics, such as:
-- determinants of health;
-- extent and nature of illness and disability, including life expectancy;
-- incidence of various acute and chronic illnesses/impairments and accidental injuries;
-- prevalence of chronic diseases and impairments;
-- infant and maternal morbidity and mortality;
-- nutrition status; environmental, social, and other hazards affecting health status;
-- health resources associated with physician and dental visits, hospitalizations, nursing, extended care facilities, home health agencies, and other health institutions;
-- utilization of health care in a broad array of settings;
-- trends in prices/costs and sources of payments;
-- federal, state, and local government expenditures for health care services;
-- the relationship between demographic and socioeconomic characteristics and health characteristics;
-- family formation, growth, and dissolution;
-- new or improved methods for obtaining current data on the aforementioned factors;
-- data security and confidentiality and comparability of data; and
-- standardized means to collect information and statistics.
Additionally, the Board makes recommendations about opportunities for NCHS programs to examine and employ new approaches to monitoring and evaluating key public health, health policy, and public policy changes. This includes automation, data modernization, and technological improvements to enhance data collection, analysis, access, and reporting capabilities of the Center.
Members of the BSC, NCHS are responsible for surveying the state-of-the-art of their respective disciplines, and reporting, as appropriate, to the full Board and recommending convening of workshops or symposia to educate or update all Board members.
The selection of members is based on candidates' qualifications to contribute to accomplishing BSC, NCHS objectives. Members may be invited to serve for up to four-year terms.
BSC webpage:
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/bsc.htm
BSC in FACAdatabase:
https://www.facadatabase.gov/FACA/apex/FACAPublicCommittee?id=a10t0000001gzv2AAA
FRN:
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2022-17991