The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Session: Statistical Methods for State and Local Public Health Data *
1003.0: Saturday, November 9, 2002: 9:00 AM-5:00 PM
Oral
Statistical Methods for State and Local Public Health Data *
Statement of Purpose and Institute Overview:
* This session is presented by the American Statistical Association Public health officials increasingly need to use statistical data at the state and local level. These data are needed to prepare community health indicators and report cards, to analyze the health of the population in terms of outcomes as well as social and environmental determinants, and for disease surveillance purposes. The use of "small area" data at the state and especially the local level, however, requires special statistical considerations due to small numbers, and maintaining privacy and confidentiality can be difficult. New statistical methods, however, can address some of these problems.Aimed at public health practitioners, this short course would introduce participants to statistical methods appropriate for state and local public health data and address practical aspects of their use. Topics to be covered include: Issues in the development and use of state and local public health data for community health indicators reports, performance measurement, public health report cards, surveillance and outbreak detection for bioterrorism and emerging infections; Introduction to hierarchical Bayes and other statistical methods for small area data; Privacy and confidentiality in the public release of state and local public health data.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the institute, the participants will be able to: 1. Identify three distinct uses of state and local level public health data; 2. Discuss the statistical issues presented involved in the use of state and local data; 3. Identify appropriate statistical methods for small area data; 4. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of at least two statistical methods for small area data; 5. Articulate the privacy and confidentiality issues involved in the release of state and local public health data; and 6. Compare at least two strategies to increase the amount of data that can be released to the public without compromising residents' privacy and confidentiality
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Organizer(s):Michael A. Stoto, PhD
Thomas Louis, PhD
9:00 AMIntroductory Remarks
9:10 AMPre-Course assessment (Stoto and Louis)
9:15 AMPresentation on issues in the development and use of state and local public health data
Michael A. Stoto, PhD
10:30 AMDiscussion and application of the issues presented
10:45 AMBreak
11:00 AMPresentation on statistical methods for small area data
Thomas Louis, PhD
12:15 PMDiscussion and application of the issues presented
12:30 PMLunch break
1:30 PMPresentation on statistical methods for small area data - continued
Thomas Louis, PhD
2:45 PMDiscussion and application of the issues presented
3:00 PMBreak
3:10 PMPresentation on issues in the development and use of state and local public health data
Michael A. Stoto, PhD
4:25 PMDiscussion and application of the issues presented
4:40 PMWrap up
4:50 PMEvaluation (Stoto and Louis)
4:59 PMConcluding Remarks
Organized by:APHA-Continuing Education Institutes
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA