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133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
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133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA |
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4259.0: Tuesday, December 13, 2005: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM | |||
Oral | |||
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| The role of quantitative methods in public health and medical research is imperative to evaluating the effectivenes of new treatment programs and policies. The purpose of this session is to review and update the participate on examples of major areas of application of quantitative methods. Many different examples exist that can be used to demonstrate both the older and newer issues involved when applying measuremeny and statistical methodologies to a particular application such as: cancer prevention, disease diagnosis, public health screening, disease surveillance, drug development and safety monitoring, the conduct of clinical trials, evaluation methods for public health program evaluation, as well as genomics and genetics, envioronmental, materinal and child health, laboratoly, epidemiolgocal and health and social behavior research. Each year the Lowell Reed Lecture Series selects a distinguished individual that reviews a particular application of quantitative methodology to a public health research question. The session outlines the history, methods, applications and new advances for the quantitative methods described in the presentation. | |||
| Learning Objectives: At the end of this session, the participant should be able to 1. Describe the historical context of an application of quantitative methods to public health research 2. Give examples of the measurement and statistical methods used in the application 3. Evaluate the needs for future research and innovation in quantitative methods applications. 4. Chart out goals and objectives for further research in quantitiative methods applicable for solving public health problems. | |||
| Marcia A. Testa, MPH, PhD | |||
| Statistics Section Award--Academia: Carol Redmond | |||
| Statistics Section Award--Industry/Non-Profit: Andy White | |||
| Statistics Section Award--Government: G. David Williamson | |||
| Spiegelman Award Winner: Rebecca Betensky | |||
| Lowell Reed Lecture--Statistics and Leadership: Our Legacy and Future Jay H. Glasser, PhD, MS | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Organized by: | Statistics | ||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing | ||
The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA