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5104.0: Wednesday, November 10, 2004: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM | |||
Oral | |||
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| This session will explore important concepts and present specific issues in social epidemiology. First, the conceptualization and measurement of socioeconomic status in health research will be presented, followed by an examination of the association of social capital and certain causes of death. An approach to increasing response rates to scientific studies among blacks will be discussed, as will age-adjusted and premature mortality rates for Latinos. Trends in life-expectancy are assessed in light of the goal of eliminating health disparities. | |||
| Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will be able to: 1. Describe the following statistics used to assess subpopulation differences in mortality: a) age-adjusted mortality, b) age-adjusted years of potential life lost, and c) age-specific mortality. 2. Understand that SES is multi-dimensional and cannot be measured by any single variable. 3. Recognize the need to evaluate life expectancy (LE) data at the community area level. 4. Describe the relationship between specific measures of social capital and specific causes of death among U.S. metropolitan areas. 5. List at least 3 ways to improve enrollment and retention of Blacks into research studies. | |||
| Lisa McHugh, MPH | |||
| Connecticut Latinos: Lower age-adjusted death but higher premature mortality rates compared with white residents Margaret M. Hynes, PhD, MPH, Lloyd M. Mueller, PhD, Heping Li, PhD, Federico Amadeo, MPA | |||
SES Measurement Is Not a One-Size-Fits-All Proposition ![[ Recorded presentation ]](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif){kind=small} Paula A. Braveman, MD, MPH, Catherine Cubbin, PhD, Susan Egerter, PhD, Kristen S. Marchi, MPH | |||
| Assessing Disparities in Life Expectancy in Chicago Abigail Silva, MPH, Steven Whitman, PhD | |||
| Is social capital associated with all causes of death? Sam Harper, MS, Seungmi Yang, MSc, Sonia Angell, MD, DTM&H, Marianne Hillemeier, PhD, Jeff Morenoff, PhD, George Davey Smith, DSc, MD, John W. Lynch, PhD | |||
| Are follow-up phone calls an effective intervention for increasing response rates among Blacks? La Shawnta S. Bell-Lewis, MPH, R. Patti Herring, PhD, RN, Terry Butler, PhD, Gary Fraser, MD, PhD | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Organized by: | Epidemiology | ||
| Endorsed by: | Socialist Caucus | ||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing | ||