21146 WONDER: Tools for Data Dissemination

Sunday, August 30, 2009
Grand Hall/Exhibit Hall
Sigrid Economou, BS , NCPHI, CDC, Atlanta, GA
How can you publish your public health data on the web?  The WONDER system integrates interactive online data queries, statistical analysis, tables, charts, maps and data extracts.  The software is built with public domain and open source Java libraries, XSL, XML, and Structured Query Language (SQL).  WONDER provides a XML web service for data access, and requires only a standard HTML thin client for the end-user.  The software is intended for open platform operations.
The system provides a single software solution for many online databases:  vital statistics, cancer registry, STD, TB and AIDS case reports, and the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS).  WONDER’s XML-based service for data queries over the web allows automated access for widgets to link to any WONDER online databases, for baseline references such as a state or national rates, time-trends, or population demographics for denominator data.
What are WONDER's data analysis features for end-users?  Interactive online data queries, statistical analysis for summary counts, incidence and mortality rates, percentages, data distributions and more, tables, charts, maps, data extracts, dynamic cell suppression rules, and context sensitive technical notes or "caveats" for data interpretation when applicable.  Numeric data reports are provided in context with additional information.
What do you need to create your own public health online database?  Data collections and a public health subject matter specialist, a data server with SQL query capability and a data manager, and access to a web server where the WONDER application and the Tomcat Java application server will run.
Who else participates in the WONDER community of collaboration?  Several CDC programs rely on WONDER for data dissemination to meet data release requirements.   WONDER also partners with CDC NCEH/ATSDR Geographic Research, Analysis and Services Program (GRASP), the Dataweb, the Community Health Assessment Initiative and the Environmental Public Health Tracking Network.
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