Sophia Ringering
Epidemiologist, Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Topeka, Kansas, United States
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Sophia Ringering is an epidemiologist at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and has experience working in public health at both the local and state level. In this role, she supports the data and evaluation needs of public health programs and grants specifically in the areas of unintentional childhood injury, ACEs, and violence.
Area of Expertise
From Insight to Action: Leveraging Data and Epidemiology for Child Abuse Prevention (CAP)
Data plays a crucial role in child abuse prevention (CAP) by providing an evidence-based understanding of the issue and by informing data-driven decision-making. A primary challenge for many local prevention networks and their partners is the vast amount of available data and their limited capacity to use it effectively to guide prevention planning. This session presents a learning opportunity for attendees that highlights data literacy and epidemiological concepts, available CAP data, and examples of data-to-action by a state CAP coalition.
There is a wide spectrum of data and information collected from populations to understand the distribution, patterns, and causes of child health outcomes. These include mortality, hospital discharge, emergency department (ED), child maltreatment, health surveys, and other local sources. This information can be used to aid in the allocation of resources and inform prevention and intervention efforts. For example, focus on programming and outreach to at-risk populations and evaluating progress in reducing child maltreatment and adverse childhood experiences, while promoting positive childhood experiences.
A principal focus of epidemiology is data sharing and the communication of findings to the public and those who can best make use of this information to effect positive health-related change. This session is designed to empower planners and evaluators to use data to guide CAP decisions—from identifying the burden in their communities, to choosing the most appropriate data source, to determining whether communities are making progress in their efforts.
By synthesizing lessons learned from the Kansas Essentials for Childhood (EfC) program, attendees will enhance their ability to use data effectively to inform their work and educate their communities.
Creating Workplace Environments that Support Working Parents
How can employers support the prevention of ACEs? A Kanas coalition responds by engaging communities to support family-friendly policy & practice. An ongoing campaign supports businesses in creating conditions that not only strengthen families, but increase recruitment, retention & productivity.
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