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3031.0: Monday, November 8, 2004: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM | |||
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| This session explores surveillance and intervention challenges in asthma epidemiology. The use of state-level data by local public health departments to monitor and assess asthma prevalence and interventions will be discussed. Multiple approaches to school-based surveillance and intervention programs will be examined, ranging from school-nurse based surveys to programs targeting parents and their pre-school to high school aged children. | |||
| Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will be able to: 1. To assess the feasibility of using Medicaid administrative claims data to perform asthma surveillance within a state. 2. Describe four stages for the evaluation of a teen-focused, asthma intervention program. 3. Discuss the benefits and challenges of initiating an asthma surveillance program in a school-based setting. 4. Recognize the importance of attending to language, ethnicity, and immigrant status in considering illness prevalence. 5. Describe asthma morbidity, medical management, and health care utilization among a diverse sample of preschool age children. 6. Describe two major demographic factors associated with higher rates of asthma. | |||
| Eileen Storey, MD, MPH | |||
| A quasi-experimental design for an evaluation of a school-based asthma intervention program Winston Liao, PhD, Leslie P. Boss, MPH, PhD, W. David Austin, MS, MPH, Rebecca Perritt, MS, Supatra Campbell, BA | |||
| Large-scale asthma surveillance in an urban school system: Results from the Oakland Kicks Asthma study Sheryl Magzamen, MPH, Adam Davis, MPH, MA, Ira Tager, MD MPH | |||
| Disparities in asthma prevalence among English and Spanish speaking Hispanics Elizabeth Perez, BS, Kelly A. Quinn, MPH, Madeleine U. Shalowitz, MD, MBA, Carolyn A Berry, PhD | |||
| Prevalence of pediatric asthma in lower Manhattan, New York City Joanne Fagan, PhD, Sebastian Bonner, PhD, Tinka Markham Piper, MPH, CSW, Evie Andreopoulos, Thomas Matte, MD, MPH | |||
| Asthma prevalence in elementary school children in Connecticut: A school nurse-based survey of asthma and of school building characteristics that may contribute to asthma Eileen Storey, MD, MPH, Mark Cullen, MD, Nadine Schwab, RN, MPH, PNP, Nancy Alderman, MES, Nancy Simcox, MS, Paula Schenck, MPH | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Organized by: | Epidemiology | ||
| Endorsed by: | Environment; Health Administration; Maternal and Child Health; School Health Education and Services | ||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing | ||