Oral

The purpose of this session is to provide a forum for public health researchers to present results of their investigations. The relevance and importance of the session is to educate attendees about several statistical methods applied to a variety of public health settings: Childhood Asthma in Georgia; Emerging European recognition of the Scanlan's Rule in health disparities research; A social deprivation measure at the Primary Care Service Area (PCSA) level-predictive of health care access and need; and a Comparison of weighted versus non-weighted path analysis in adolescent health risk behavior.

Session Objectives: Describe several statistical and epidemiological methods applied to public health problems Explain how statistical and epidemiological methods are applied to community public health problems Demonstrate the application of several statistical and epidemiological methods to public health data

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