3254.0 Applied Topics in Health Survey Methodology

Monday, October 27, 2008: 12:30 PM
Oral
This session presents methods for and results from national health surveys. Surveys discussed include the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, a survey of state public health agencies, the National Survey of Drug Use and Health, and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Linked Mortality File. Survey nonresponse bias is also discussed.
Session Objectives: 1. Describe information obtained from national surveys. 2. Identify top priorities of and services provided by state public health agencies. 3. Identify factors that influence survey reliability and validity.
Moderator:
Amy K. Ferketich, PhD

12:30 PM
Capacity to Forecast Long Term Uninsured Coverage Status with Probabilistic Models
Steven Cohen, PhD
     
12:45 PM
A snapshot of state public health: Selected findings from a survey of state public health agencies
Lisa Waddell, MD, Michael Dickey, MPH, CHES and Brittney Petersen
     
1:00 PM
Influence of question type, reference period and sensitivity on item reliability in the National Survey on Drug Use and Health
Joel Kennet, Dicy Painter, Moshe Feder, Jeanne Snodgrass and Lanny Piper
     
1:15 PM
Assessment of Nonresponse Bias in the Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions for Influenza Telephone Survey
Douglas B. Currivan, PhD, Frank Destefano, MD, Rodney Baxter, PhD and Scott F. Wetterhall, MD, MPH
     
1:30 PM
Weight Loss from Maximum body weight and mortality: The Third NHIS Linked Mortality File
Deborah D. Ingram, PhD and Michael E. Musssolino, PhD

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