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                <author>Maria Baron</author>
                <company>NJDOH Center for Health Statistics</company>
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                                <number>1.0</number>
                                <date>May 12, 2008</date>
                                <who>Maria</who>
                                <description>initial release</description>
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        <TITLE>NJSHAD History and Acknowledgments</TITLE>


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        The current NJSHAD system (NJSHAD II) was adopted and adapted by the New Jersey 
                Department of Health (NJDOH) in 2007-2008.  It is based 
                on the Utah Department of Health's <a href="http://ibis.health.utah.gov/home/Welcome.html" class="Bold" target="_blank">
                Indicator-Based Information System for Public Health</a> (IBIS-PH) and replaced NJDOH's original health data query system, NJSHAD I.<br/><br/>

                In 2001, the NJDOH Center for Health Statistics (CHS) adopted the Missouri Department 
                of Health's <a href="http://health.mo.gov/data/mica/MICA/" class="Bold" target="_blank">Missouri Information for Community 
                Assessment</a> (MICA) online query system and adapted it for New Jersey.  The SHAD I 
                system contained birth, death, matched infant death-birth, 
                fetal death, and marriage data and allowed users to make custom data tables and map 
                outcomes at the county level.  However, the MICA-based system as implemented was not able 
                to adequately handle survey data, such as data from the NJ Behavioral Risk Factor Survey.  
                In 2006, work was begun to find a satisfactory replacement for NJSHAD I that could 
                query survey data in addition to population data like vital events.<br/><br/>
                
                In 2007, it was decided that Utah's IBIS-PH system would be able to do that and much more.
                IBIS-PH has query capabilities and it was also developed such that web content 
                (tabulated numeric data, graphs, and public health contextual information) could be stored 
                in a database.  Web pages are generated dynamically from the data stored in the IBIS-PH database.  
                This allows for bits of information to be updated without requiring re-publishing of a static webpage.  
                In addition, it allows for maintenance of the pages to be distributed among  
                multiple programs in the organization.  Significant assistance in database design, database 
                data entry interface, and web reporting was provided by Garth Braithwaite and Paul Leo through 
                a contract with Software Technology Group, Inc. in Salt Lake City, Utah and by Lois Haggard of
                the <a href="https://ibis.health.state.nm.us/" class="Bold" target="_blank">New Mexico Department of Health</a>, formerly of the Utah Department of Health.  
                <!--The current health indicator content is produced and maintained 
                by over 2 NJDOH staff throughout the Department. --><br/><br/>
                
                <a href="http://nj.gov/health/epht" target="_blank" title="Go to EPHT site">
                <img src="contentfile/image/home/NewJersey_Tracking.png" style="float:right; vertical-align:text-top; margin:0; height:100px;" title="EPHTN logo" alt="EPHT"/></a>
                NJSHAD is a collaborative effort involving multiple offices and divisions in the New Jersey Department of Health. Funding for NJSHAD II implementation and enhancement is provided in part through the NJDOH Consumer, Environmental, and Occupational Health 
                Services' <a href="http://nj.gov/health/epht" class="Bold" target="_blank">Environmental Public Health 
                Tracking</a> (EPHT)     Cooperative Agreement from the Centers for Disease Control 
                and Prevention.  NJSHAD's contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not 
                necessarily represent the official views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
                 or the US Department of Health and Human Services.<br/><br/>

                States or others wishing to adopt the IBIS-PH technology should visit the <a href="http://www.ibisph.org/trac/wiki/adoptibis" class="Bold" target="_blank">IBIS-PH Community of Practice</a> and/or contact the IBIS-PH director at
                the Utah DOH by emailing <a href="mailto:ibis@utah.gov" class="Bold">ibis@utah.gov</a>.
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