4298.0: Tuesday, October 23, 2001: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM

Oral Session

Measuring Health Disparities in the Most Diverse State: The California Health Interview Survey

The California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) is a large population-based assessment of health and health care access designed to provide estimates at the local level and for California's ethnically diverse population. This session will provide information on the use of CHIS data to measure health disparities based on race/ethnicity, income, age, gender and sexual orientation, immigration status and citizenship, and geography, including urban-rural place of residence. Presenters will describe scientific and political factors involved in the development of CHIS; the design of the 55,000 household CHIS sample; methods of assuring quality of health, health insurance, access, and other measures; methods of multicultural and linguistic adaptation of survey measures; confidentiality protection policies; and the dissemination of data and results to diverse users.
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: NA
Presider(s):Dianá Bonta, RN, DrPH
Organizer(s):E. Richard Brown, PhD
4:30 PMScience and Politics in Meeting Policy Needs for Population Health Assessment in the Most Diverse State
E. Richard Brown, PhD
4:45 PMHow Well Does the CHIS Sample Reflect California’s Diverse Population?
Charles DiSogra, DrPH
5:00 PMTranslation Methodology in the California Health Interview Survey: Challenges in Language Translation for a Major Population-Based Survey
Ninez Alafriz Ponce, MPP, PhD
5:15 PMAssuring Quality of California Health Interview Survey Data
Sue Holtby
5:30 PMAssuring the Confidentiality of Respondents’ Information
Wei Yen, PhD
5:45 PMDisseminating CHIS Data and Results to Diverse Audiences
Jeff Luck, MBA, PhD
Sponsor:Medical Care
Cosponsors:American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Caucus; Latino Caucus; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Caucus of Public Health Workers; Socialist Caucus; Women's Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA