Session: Classification Issues in Public Health Policy
3383.0: Monday, November 17, 2003: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM
Oral
Classification Issues in Public Health Policy
Learning Objectives: To learn from some examples of specific situations dependingn on data classification. Many Public Health Issues are analyzed and unerstood by classifying people or things into categories.
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Presider(s):James D. Leeper, PhD
4:30 PMAlternative definitions of disability: Implications of increasing inclusiveness
Ellen Kramarow, PhD, Elsie R. Pamuk, PhD
4:45 PMChallenges of using report cards to monitor health disparities at the state level: Lessons from North Carolina
Emmanuel M. Ngui, DrPH, MS, Paul A. Buescher, PhD
5:00 PMComparisons of model fit using aggregated vital statistics
Jennifer D. Parker, PhD, Bonnie LaFleur, PhD
5:15 PMDisability days in the United States, 1996-2000
Jeffrey A. Rhoades, PhD
5:30 PMMisclassification of adult's physical activity level due to inclusion of exclusion of work-related activity
Sarah Boslaugh, PhD, Matthew W. Kreuter, PhD, MPH, Kim Naleid, BS, Nancy Weaver, MPH, Ross C. Brownson, PhD
5:45 PMMultiple-race mortality data for California, 2000-2001
Katherine E. Heck, MPH, Jennifer D. Parker, PhD, Jane McKendry, MEd
Organized by:Statistics
Endorsed by:Medical Care; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy

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