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This interesting session will focus on evidence-based public health practice. Presentations will include a discussion of using propensity score methods for estimating the treatment effect of asthma case management, lifestyle interventions and improvement in cardiovascular risk profiles, minimum denominator estimates for public health surveillance, and an assessment of injection practices in India. One session will focus on using GIS to effectively target high-risk dwellings for a lead abatement program.

Session Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) will be able to: 1. Evaluate an asthma case management program 2. Understand the benefit of reaching out to non-traditional public health partners for data 3. Describe the components of a lifestyle intervention to decrease cardiovascular disease risk 4. Consider alternatives when small population size limits sensitivity to potential rate differences 5. Describe the methods of rapid cluster sampling design in a large, developing country