Expertise
Our Expertise
At Data Maven, our expertise lies in translating complex data into clear, actionable insights that drive change with our Insights for Change process. We guide you through identifying opportunities, discovering relevant data, deriving insights, and crafting compelling narratives. This systematic approach allows us to offer tailored solutions that address your unique challenges while delivering measurable outcomes.
Our expertise spans data strategy development, exploratory analysis, advanced statistical methods, and narrative creation. We ensure that every step of the process is purposeful, clear, and impactful. We combine technical expertise with collaborative problem-solving to ensure that every stage of our work drives the desired impact.
Process
Our Insights for Change process transforms data into impactful, actionable insights that drive real-world outcomes. We work closely with you throughout each stage to ensure that we’re not just delivering data but helping you leverage it to create meaningful change.
We believe that data has the power to shift mindsets, challenge assumptions, and lead to more informed, impactful decisions. From opportunity identification to storytelling, each stage of the Insights for Change process is designed to unlock that potential for your cause and transform opportunities into data products you can use.
Skills
Our team brings a diverse skill set to each phase of the Insights for Change process. From the initial discovery and opportunity mapping to the final stage of crafting compelling narratives, we offer:
Expertise in data strategy, exploratory data analysis, and literature reviews
Advanced skills in data interpretation and synthesis to extract actionable insights.
Extensive background in creating data visualizations, infographics, and written materials that tell a compelling story while maintaining data integrity.
We combine technical rigor with creative communication to ensure that every project not only provides insights but also inspires real-world action.
Our team practices the nationally recognized Core Public Health Competencies. These competencies — developed for public health organizations and professionals — provide a framework and language for the public health workforce, supporting professional development across various roles and organizational settings. These foundational skills are essential for enhancing skills, promoting collaboration, and improving health outcomes for all.
Datasets
At Data Maven, we specialize in working with a wide range of large federal datasets to extract actionable insights. These datasets are rich with valuable information that can inform policy, guide program development, and drive public health initiatives. Our team is well-versed in analyzing and interpreting data from these trusted federal sources to help you uncover key trends, disparities, and opportunities. Have your own data? We also have experience analyzing primary data. Get in touch today.
Some of the key federal datasets we work with include:
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U.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey
Current Population Survey
Population Estimates
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U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics
American Time Use Survey
Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics Program
Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses
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U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics
American Time Use Survey
Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics Program
Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses
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U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System
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U.S. Department of Education
National Center for Homeless Education
Federal Data Summary
National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data
National Assessment of Educational Progress
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U.S. Energy Information Administration, State Energy Data System
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Safe Drinking Water Information System
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Administration for Community Living, State Program Reports
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Children’s Bureau
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
These datasets provide comprehensive, population-based insights on health behaviors, access to care, health outcomes, and more. By leveraging these resources, we help clients uncover meaningful patterns to shape more effective strategies for improving health outcomes and reducing disparities.
Research
2025
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) Annual
Conference
Mental Health Conditions Among Children – Trends and Demographic Disparities at National and State Levels
Adverse Childhood Experiences By Experience, Demographic Groups and State
2024
American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting & Expo
Disability's Impact on Health: Uncovering Disparities Among Adults. Oral presentation by Samantha Liv, MPH in collaboration with Aaron Clark, Natasha Kataeva, MPH, Rivers Laraque-Ho, Alexia Málaga, MPH, Sarah Milder, MPH and Kristin Shaw, MPH.
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) Annual Conference
Syphilis Resurgence in the United States (2017-2022): An Analysis of Trends, Geographical Variations and Disparities. Poster by Samantha Sanvik, MPH in collaboration with Sarah Milder, MPH, Kristin Shaw, MPH, Aaron Clark, Natasha Kataeva, MPH, and Rivers Laraque-Ho.
American Public Health Association (MPHA) Annual Meeting & Expo
Examining Subgroup Differences in the Three Leading Causes of Death Among Minnesota Children and Teens During 2018-2022. Poster by Natasha Kataeva, MPH in collaboration with Sarah Milder, MPH, Kristin Shaw, MPH, Aaron Clark, Samantha Sanvik, MPH, and Rivers Laraque-Ho.
2023
APHA Annual Meeting & Expo
Maternity care deserts and their associations with infant, child and maternal mortality at the state level. Poster by Natasha Kataeva, MPH in collaboration with Sarah Milder, MPH, Elise Parks Santangelo, MPH, Kristin Shaw, MPH, and Aaron Clark.
2022
APHA Annual Meeting & Expo
State-level Changes in Causes of Mortality Among Older Adults, 2019-2020. Poster by Aaron Clark in collaboration with Sarah Milder, MPH, Kristin Shaw, MPH, and Rivers Laraque-Ho.
Mental and Behavioral Health Worsened Among Older Adults Between 2011 and 2020. Poster by Mary Ann Honors, PhD, MPH in collaboration with Aaron Clark, Sarah Milder, MPH and Kristin Shaw, MPH.
2021
APHA Annual Meeting & Expo
Measuring Racial Health Disparities in a State-level Health Scorecard. Presentation by Mary Ann Honors, PhD, MPH, Elise Parks-Santangelo, MPH, Kristin Shaw, MPH, Sarah Milder, MPH, and Tom Eckstein, MBA.
Prevalence of Non-Medical Drug Use by Drug Type and State, Survey of Non-Medical Use of Prescription Drugs Program (NMURx). Presentation by Karilynn Rockhill, MPH, Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Safety (RMPDS), Alexia Málaga, MPH, Kristin Shaw, MPH, Sarah Milder, MPH, and Tom Eckstein, MBA.
Rurality and its Correlates with State-level Health Resources. Presentation by Aaron Clark, Kristin Shaw, MPH, and Sarah Milder, MPH.
2020
APHA Annual Meeting & Expo
Expanding the Role of Social Determinants in a State Level Scorecard. Presentation by Tom Eckstein, MBA, Sarah Milder, MPH, and Kristin Shaw, MPH.
2019
APHA Annual Meeting & Expo
Cancer Deaths: A Comparison of Age-Adjustment Methods in a State Health Scorecard. Poster by Kristin Shaw, MPH, Elise Parks, MPH, Mary Ann Honors, PhD, MPH, Laura Houghtaling, MPH, Sarah Milder, MPH, and Thomas Eckstein, MBA.
Maternal Mortality: Racial Disparities by State, 2013-2017. Presentation by Elise Parks, MPH, Sarah Milder, MPH, and Kristin Shaw, MPH.
Concentrated Disadvantage by State, American Community Survey 2013-2017. Poster by Kristin Shaw, MPH, Laura Houghtaling, MPH, Alexia Málaga, MPH, Sarah Milder, MPH, and Thomas Eckstein, MBA.
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Annual Meeting
How Perceptions of Health Vary by Race and Ethnicity among Older Adults with Chronic Conditions, BRFSS 2016. Poster by Alexia Málaga, MPH, Sarah Milder, MPH, Laura Houghtaling, MPH, Elise Parks, MPH, and Nancy E. Sherwood, PhD.
State Variation in Frequent Mental Distress and Deaths of Despair among Adults. Poster by Alexia Málaga, MPH, Kristin Shaw, MPH, Laura Houghtaling, MPH, Elise Parks, MPH, and Sarah Milder, MPH.
Changes in self-reported health status by demographic groups, BRFSS 2011-2017. Poster by Alexia Málaga, MPH, Laura Houghtaling, MPH, Elise Parks, MPH, and Sarah Milder, MPH.
CityMatCH Maternal and Child Health Leadership Conference
Measuring U.S. Maternal Mortality, National Vital Statistics System 2013-2017. Poster by Elise Parks, MPH, Kristin Shaw, MPH, Sarah Milder, MPH, and Alexia Málaga, MPH.
CSTE Annual Conference
Changes in 5-Year Estimates of Concentrated Disadvantage Between 2012 and 2017 by State. Poster by Alexia Málaga, MPH, Sarah Milder, MPH, Laura Houghtaling, MPH, Kristin Shaw, MPH, and Thomas Eckstein, MBA.
Correlation of Adverse Childhood Experiences with Children in Poverty and Concentrated Disadvantage at the State Level. Poster by Kristin Shaw, MPH, Laura Houghtaling, MPH, and Alexia Málaga, MPH.
2018
APHA Annual Meeting & Expo
A Health Scorecard for Determining State-Level Public Health Priorities for Women, Infants and Children. Presentation by Kristin Shaw, MPH, Sarah Milder, MPH, Mary Ann Honors, PhD, MPH, Christine Harrison, and David Lumbert.
State Variation in Breastfeeding and Health Outcome Measures in a Health Scorecard. Poster by Kristin Shaw, MPH, Sarah Milder, MPH, Mary Ann Honors, PhD, MPH, and Tom Eckstein, MBA.
E-cigarette Use Among Current, Former, and Never Smokers: Variations by State and Demographic Characteristics. Poster by Mary Ann Honors, PhD, MPH, Laura Houghtaling, MPH, Sarah Milder, MPH, and Tom Eckstein, MBA.
Variation in Cognitive Difficulty Prevalence and Age-Adjusted Alzheimer’s Disease Death Rate among Adults Aged 65 and Older, by State — United States, 2016. Poster by Laura Houghtaling, MPH, Sarah Milder, MPH, and Tom Eckstein, MBA.
Social Isolation Index Identifies Hot-Spots among Those Aged 65+. Poster by Laura Houghtaling, MPH, Tom Eckstein, MBA, Kristin Shaw, MPH, and Mary Ann Honors, PhD, MPH.
Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP) Annual Conference
Concentrated Disadvantage by State. Poster by Laura Houghtaling, MPH, Sarah Milder, MPH, Kristin Shaw, MPH, and Thomas Eckstein, MBA.
State Variation and Disparity in Maternal Mortality among Black and White Women, 2011-2015. Poster by Elise Parks, Sarah Milder, MPH, and Kristin Shaw, MPH.
National and State Level Disparities in Prenatal Care Before the Third Trimester, US, 2015. Poster by Kristin Shaw, MPH, Laura Houghtaling, MPH, Mary Ann Honors, PhD, MPH, and Sarah Milder, MPH.
BRFSS Annual Meeting
Is the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System a Good Source of Estimates of Behaviors During Pregnancy? Poster by Sarah Milder, MPH, Laura Houghtaling, MPH, Kristin Shaw, MPH, Mary Ann Honors, PhD, MPH, and Tom Eckstein, MBA.
E-cigarette Use by State and Demographic Characteristics, BRFSS 2016. Presentation by Mary Ann Honors, PhD, MPH, Kristin Shaw, MPH, Laura Houghtaling, MPH, and Sarah Milder, MPH.
Disparities in Frequent Mental Distress by Sexual Orientation. Presentation by Laura Houghtaling, MPH, Sarah Milder, MPH, and Kristin Shaw, MPH.
Differences in Smoking Prevalence Between Veterans and Nonveterans. Poster by Laura Houghtaling, MPH, Matt Turner, PhD, MPH, Tom Eckstein, MBA, and Sarah Milder, MPH.
State Variation in Alcohol-Impaired Driving and Excessive Drinking, 2016. Poster by Kristin Shaw, MPH, Laura Houghtaling, MPH, Mary Ann Honors, PhD, MPH, and Sarah Milder, MPH.
CityMatCH Maternal and Child Health Leadership Conference
Intended Pregnancy by State, PRAMS 2015. Poster by Laura Houghtaling, MPH, Sarah Milder, MPH, Mary Ann Honors, PhD, MPH, and Kristin Shaw, MPH.
A State-by-State Analysis of Key Maternal and Child Health Mortality Measures. Poster by Kristin Shaw, MPH, and Sarah Milder, MPH.
CSTE Annual Conference
A Comparison of Smoking Prevalence during Pregnancy from Natality Records, the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring Program, and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Presentation by Sarah Milder, MPH, Mary Ann Honors, PhD, MPH, Laura Houghtaling, MPH, Kristin Shaw, MPH, and Thomas Eckstein, MBA.
Changes in Select Health Measures from a State-Level Health Scorecard: 2012 to 2017. — by Mary Ann Honors, PhD, MPH, Sarah Milder, MPH, Laura Houghtaling, MPH, Kristin Shaw, MPH, and Tom Eckstein, MBA.
Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) Conference
Comparison of Smoking During Pregnancy Prevalence from Natality Records, the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring Program, and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Poster by Sarah Milder, MPH, Laura Houghtaling, MPH, Kristin Shaw, MPH, Mary Ann Honors, PhD, MPH, and Tom Eckstein, MBA.