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Session: Epidemiologic Methods Roundtable
4220.0: Tuesday, November 06, 2007: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Roundtable
Epidemiologic Methods Roundtable
This interesting roundtable session will have several talks on a variety of topics which emphasize different epidemiologic methods. These sessions will include a talk on using a self-report tool for measuring health in grade school children, estimating asthma prevalence in Medicaid enrollees, evaluating methods for retaining study group participants, outcome misclassification, and using epidemiology as a policy tool.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) will be able to: 1. Discuss differences in child self-reported health by various socio-economic status indicators 2. Discuss the impact of misclassification and or conditional dependence on cumulative incidence estimates 3. Discuss an approach to improving estimates of prevalence of current asthma in the Medicaid population 4. Recognize and articulate the ways in which epidemiologic studies can and should be used to influence public health and healthcare policy, programming and budgeting at facility, local and state levels. 5. Articulate the differing strategies needed for recruitment versus retention
Moderator(s):Pamela K. Xaverius, PhD
Table 1“Excuse me teacher-what does health mean?”: Use of a self-reported health tool to measure the health of urban 1st and 4th graders
Jessica P. Bergstrom, MPH, Susan Partington, PhD, Loren W. Galvao, MD, MPH, M. Kathleen Murphy, RN, MSN, APRN-BC, Elizabeth Fayram, PhD, Ron A. Cisler, PhD
Table 2How incidence is affected by outcome misclassification in the presence of conditional dependence
Fatma Shebl, MD, MS, MHS, Laurence Magder, PhD, MPH
Table 3Improving estimates of prevalence of current asthma among Medicaid enrollees by analyzing reported ICD-9 codes on service claims and asthma-related prescription fills in CY 2001: Analyses of asthma acute or ambulatory care, or non-asthma care with a reported secondary diagnosis of asthma
M. Beth Benedict, DrPH, JD, RN
Table 4   Epidemiology as a Policy Tool
Joel L. Nitzkin, MD, MPH, DPA, Dave Cundiff, MD, MPH
Table 5Evaluation of a Run-In Period to Improve Participant Retention in a Behavioral Intervention to Improve Blood Pressure Control
Michelle Elicia Ulmer, BA, Donald Robinaugh, BA, Jennifer P. Friedberg, PhD, Ashley Regazzi, Sundar Natarajan, MD, MSc
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Epidemiology
Endorsed by:Statistics
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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