521: Territories Invisible in Many Databases, Strategies to Reduce Childhood Obesity

Dr. Anna-Michelle McSorley, Postdoctoral Scholar at the NYU School of Global Public Health, reports territories are not represented in federal health data systems; ASTHO is looking for a contractor to build a toolkit for health equity performance indicators; and Dr. Steven Gortmaker, Professor of the Practice of Health Sociology at the Harvard School of Public Health, encourages public health to work with community partners to address childhood obesity. 

JAMA Network: A Call to Increase Health Data Availability in US Territories—Not Too Small to Count
ASTHO Website: U.S. Territories and Freely Associated States Health Equity Key Performance Indicator Contractor

Childhood Obesity Intervention Cost-Effectiveness Study: Choices Community Of Practice