5085.0 Techniques to Analyze Racial Disparities

Wednesday, November 11, 2009: 8:30 AM
Oral
This session will highlight topics related to the analysis of race / ethnicity in public health.
Session Objectives: Describe techniques used in the analysis of race for public health studies
Organizer:
William Kuang-Yao Pan, DrPH MS MPH
Moderator:
Martey Dodoo, PhD

8:30 AM
Three-step statistical analysis of risk factors for 1999-2001 infant mortality among White and Black singletons in the United States
Yang Yang, PhD and Melody S. Goodman, PhD
8:50 AM
Comparison of small-area analysis techniques for estimating prevalence by race on the county level
Melody S. Goodman, PhD
  
9:10 AM
Measurement of Race
Michael Root, Phd
  
9:30 AM
Age-period-cohort analysis of influenza and pneumonia in US seniors, 1991-2004
Steven A. Cohen, DrPH, MPH and Elena Naumova, PhD
  

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Statistics
Endorsed by: Social Work

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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