5037.0 Measurement issues in disability research

Wednesday, November 10, 2010: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Oral
Moderator:
Barbara Altman, PhD

8:30am
Measuring height without a stadiometer: Empirical investigation of four height estimates among wheelchair users
Katherine Froehlich-Grobe, PhD, Dorothy E. Nary, MA, Angela Van Sciver, BA, Todd Little, PhD and Jaehoon Lee, PhD
     
8:48am
Development and psychometric properties of a “function-neutral” measure of health-related quality of life
Willi Horner-Johnson, PhD, Gloria L. Krahn, PhD, MPH, Trevor Hall, PsyD, Elena Andresen, PhD, Jana J. Peterson, MPH, PhD, Gale Roid, PhD and RRTC Expert Panel on Health Measurement
     
9:06am
Population based data may underestimate the true prevalence of obesity for youth with mobility disabilities
Brienne Davis, MPH, James Rimmer, PhD and Kiyoshi Yamaki, PhD
     
9:24am
False Negatives on the BRFSS Disability Questions: Implications for Disability Services and Policy
Jean P. Hall, PhD, Noelle Kurth, MS and Emily Fall, MA
     
Discussion

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

Organized by: Disability
Endorsed by: Epidemiology, Gerontological Health (newly approved name Aging & Public Health), Social Work

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

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