3434.0 Hurricane Katrina: Measuring Health and Population Outcomes

Monday, October 27, 2008: 4:30 PM
Oral
The effects of Hurricane Katrina on public health statistics will be described.
Session Objectives: 1. Describe the effects of Hurricane Katrina on public health statistics.
Organizer:
Stephanie Ventura, MA
Moderator:
Stephanie Ventura, MA

4:30 PM
Effect of Hurricane Katrina: Births before and after
Brady E. Hamilton, PhD
4:50 PM
Measuring homicide and other population-based rates in post-Katrina New Orleans
Mark J. VanLandingham, Ph D, Dominique Meekers, PhD and Hongyun Fu, M A
     
5:10 PM
Impact of Hurricane Katrina on survey operations - The American Community Survey experience
Todd R. Hughes
5:30 PM
Into the eye of the storm: The impact of the 2005 Gulf Coast hurricanes on population-based health survey operations
Kathleen S. O'Connor
     

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Organized by: Statistics
Endorsed by: Environment, Epidemiology, Socialist Caucus

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