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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
3278.0: Monday, November 11, 2002: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM | |||
Oral | |||
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| Based on discussion at the Spirit of 1848 business meeting at the 2001 APHA conference, we have decided that the Politics of Public Health Data session will be focused on issues surrounding both measuring and monitoring social inequalities in health in the United States. The session accordingly will include: (1) new work on how public health agencies are using the new multi-racial/ethnic categories deployed in the Year 2000 census to monitor social inequalities in health; (2) new work on the use of summary measures for monitoring socioeconomic and racial/ethnic inequalities in maternal and infant health; (3) new work on geocoding and the use of area-based socioeconomic measures for monitoring socioeconomic inequalities in health using routine data sources; (4) a discussant reflecting on the challenges of measuring & monitoring social inequalities in the US, such as political feasibility and data limitations. All presentations for this session will be solicited. No unsolicited abstracts will be reviewed. This session will be in the Monday afternoon 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm APHA time slot. | |||
| Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant in this session will be able to: 1. List key concepts relevant to monitoring socioeconomic and racial/ethnic inequalities in health in the US 2. Describe the strengths and limitations of the Year 2000 census racial/ethnic categories for monitoring racial/ethnic inequalities in health 3. Discuss advantages and disadvantages of diverse individual-, family-, household-, and area-based measures of socioeconomic position for monitoring socioeconomic inequalities in health in the US. | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Geocoding and monitoring US socioeconomic inequalities in health: Does choice of area-based measure and geographic level matter?--the Public Health Disparities Geocoding Project Nancy Krieger, PhD, Pamela D Waterman, MPH, Jarvis T Chen, ScD, Mah-Jabeen Soobader, PhD, S.V. Subramanian, PhD, Rosa Carson, BA | |||
| An approach to policy-oriented monitoring of social disparities in maternal and infant health Paula Braveman, MD, MPH, Catherine Cubbin, PhD, Kristen S. Marchi, MPH, Susan Egerter, PhD, Mah-Jabeen Soobader, PhD, Gilberto Chavez, MD, MPH | |||
| A policy perspective on using multi-racial/ethnic categories deployed in the Year 2000 census Olivia Carter-Pokras, PhD | |||
| Organized by: | Spirit of 1848 Caucus | ||
| Endorsed by: | American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Caucus; Asian Pacific Islander Caucus of APHA; Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health; Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Epidemiology; Health Administration; Health Equity and Public Hospitals Caucus; Medical Care; Public Health Education and Health Promotion; School Health Education and Services; Social Work; Socialist Caucus; Vietnam Caucus; Women's Caucus | ||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work | ||