4078.0: Tuesday, October 23, 2001: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM | ||||
Oral Session | ||||
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| The accuracy of health survey data is inherently dependent upon the willingness of subjects to participate, the conceptual validity and operational neutrality of survey questions, and the effective sample size and informative concomitant information that a survey can bring to bear upon an issue. Papers in this session address methodological approaches for increasing survey participation, formulating questions more effectively, and increasing effective sample size through improved sample design and by combining information from categorically-funded state surveys with more general ongoing efforts such as the behavioral risk factor survey. | ||||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement. | ||||
| Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant should be able to: 1. Articulate procedures for adjusting surveys to account for differences in data collection processes, and identify the policy considerations, advantages, and disadvantages of combining surveys. 2. Describe options for stratification and non-proportional sampling when designing a multi-objective fixed sample size survey requiring accurate estimates for geographic regions and specific population subgroups. 3. Describe potential response biases of survey questions using Likert scales, and circumstances and question phrasings with which these are most and least likely to occur. 4. Discuss procedures for increasing survey participation of physicians, of obtaining parental consent for survey participation of school-aged Latino children, and of administering group surveys to such children. | ||||
| G. David Williamson, PhD | ||||
| Increasing the analytic capabilities of state based surveillance systems: Methodological and policy considerations Ira Kaufman, MS, Richard Strouse, John Hall, Cristine Delnevo, PhD, MPH | ||||
| Minimizing Design Effect in the California Health Interview Survey Charles DiSogra, DrPH, Wei Yen, PhD, J. Michael Brick, PhD, Ismael Flores Cervantes, MS | ||||
| Practical measurement issues associated with data from Likert scales J. Jackson Barnette, PhD | ||||
| Effective methodology soliciting consent and group administering student surveys in a transient urban communty Rebeca Cerna, CHES, Charity Cason, MS, Cynthia Peck, BA, PPS | ||||
| Methodologies for improving response rates in mail surveys of physicians: A review Jonathan B. VanGeest, PhD, Timothy Johnson, PhD | ||||
| Discussion | ||||
| Sponsor: | Statistics | |||
| CE Credits: | CME, Chiropractic, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work | |||