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Session: Biostatistical Methods in Public Health Research and Practice
3237.0: Monday, November 8, 2004: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Oral
Biostatistical Methods in Public Health Research and Practice
The purpose of this session is to showcase biostatistical applications and methodologies critical to conducting high quality evaluation and analyses for public health research and practice. Areas which will be explored include analytical techniques for syndromic suveillance, health disparities research, Bayesian methods, dynamic models and risk adjustment. Improvements in the delivery and technology of health care relies on the ability to adequately measure, analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of public health programs and medical treatments. This session will outline specific approaches to analysis and measurement that utilize state of the art biostatistical methods.
Learning Objectives: At the end of this session the participant should be able to : 1. Understand analytical methods for syndromic surveillance 2. Describe parametric and non-linear dynamical systems models 3. Evaluate the usefulness of Bayesian methods in public health and medical research 4. Outline an application of generalized linear model to risk adjustment problems
Moderator(s):Frank J. Potter, PhD
12:30 PMBivariate methodology in spatio-temporal syndromic surveillance  [ Recorded presentation ]
Al Ozonoff, PhD, Marco Bonetti, PhD, Laura Forsberg, Marcello Pagano, PhD
12:45 PMBehavioral research: A time for paradigm shift, from parametric to non-linear dynamical systems models  [ Recorded presentation ]
Avinash Patwardhan, MD, MS
1:00 PMBayesian approach in estimating the seatbelt usage  [ Recorded presentation ]
Fu-Chih Cheng, PhD, Stacey Knight, MStat, Larry J. Cook, MStat
1:15 PMTime series analysis of the District of Columbia’s syndromic surveillance  [ Recorded presentation ]
Michael A. Stoto, PhD, Arvind Jain, MS, John O. Davies-Cole, PhD, MPH, Aaron Adade, PhD, Samuel C Washington, MPH, Gebreyesus Kidane, PhD
1:30 PMDisparities in Medicaid use between American Indian and Whites: An application of generalized linear model and risk adjustment in health disparity study
Chi Kao, PhD, Carol C. Korenbrot, PhD, Sabrina T. Wong, RN, PhD, James Crouch, MPH
1:45 PMDirichlet Multinomial Model for Autonomy for Physician Assistant  [ Recorded presentation ]
Eugene Schneller, PhD, Jeffrey Wilson, PhD
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Statistics
Endorsed by:Epidemiology; Health Administration; Injury Control and Emergency Health Services; Maternal and Child Health
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 132nd Annual Meeting (November 6-10, 2004) of APHA