Session: Methodological Techniques and Tools Utilized in Health Care Planning, Policy Development and Evaluation - III
4190.0: Tuesday, November 18, 2003: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Oral
Methodological Techniques and Tools Utilized in Health Care Planning, Policy Development and Evaluation - III
Papers will present methodologies for tracking potentially preventable hospitalizations, discussing potential benefits and limitations of multilevel community trails; and for describing a trustworthy process for conducting and analyzing focus groups.
Learning Objectives: Participants will learn to: 1)track potentially preventable hospitalizations; 2)discuss potential benefits and limitations of multilevel community trails; and 3)escribe a trustworthy process for conducting and analyzing focus groups.
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Moderator(s):Donald E. Reed, PhD
2:30 PMUse of AHRQ Prevention Quality Indicators for public health and health plan monitoring of access to care
Sheryl M Davies, MA, Patrick S. Romano, MD, MPH, Kathryn M. McDonald, MM, Jeffrey Geppert, JD, Anne Elixhauser, PhD, Denise Remus, PhD, RN
2:42 PMMultilevel approaches to improve the efficiency of interventions in the urban context
Sandro Galea, MD, MPH, David Vlahov, PhD
2:54 PMFocus groups as a method for accessing stakeholder voice
Susan E. Caverly, PhD, ARNP
3:06 PMChicago community composite score: An approach to community risk estimation
Dennis J Dobbs, Sandra Thomas, MD, MS
3:18 PMPlanning effective lifestyle, behavioral and social interventions: Using a formal inclusive problem analysis process
Judith A. Hager Belfiori, MPH, MA, Geraldine Oliva, MD MPH
Organized by:Community Health Planning and Policy Development
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy

The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA