5173.0 Epidemiology potpourri session 2

Wednesday, November 2, 2011: 12:30 PM
Oral
This interesting session will cover a variety of important topics in epidemiology today. Specific talks will include: a discussion of which types of medical expenditure does self-rated health predict; evaluating the feasibility of a national Multiple Sclerosis (MS) surveillance system; whether consumers are engaging in protective behaviors against medication errors; collecting research data from deaf ASL users; and epidemiologic didactic training for health educators.
Session Objectives: Discuss which types of medical expenditure does self-rated health predict Explain an evaluation of the feasibility of a national Multiple Sclerosis (MS) surveillance system Understand whether consumers are engaging in protective behaviors against medication errors Describe an approach for collecting research data from deaf ASL users Understand the relevance of epidemiologic didactic training for health educators
Moderator:
Catherine L. Troisi, PhD

Welcoming Remarks
12:35 PM
Which types of medical expenditure does self-rated health predict?
Christy Pu, Yi Ting Fang, MD and Yiing-Jenq Chou, MD, PhD
12:50 PM
Evaluating the feasibility of a national Multiple Sclerosis (MS) surveillance system
Oleg Muravov, MD, PhD, Jennifer Wu, MS, Wendy Kaye, PhD, Kevin Horton, DrPH, MSPH and Vinicius Antao, MD, MSc, PhD
     
1:05 PM
Are Consumers Engaging in Protective Behaviors against Medication Errors?
Julio Guerrero, MS, Ranjita Misra, PhD, Ledric Sherman, MA, Wura Aribisala, Colby Day, Christine Gastmyer, Cheryl Kwiatkowski and Zubaida Qamar
     
  
1:20 PM
Collecting research data from Deaf ASL users: How do we know we're asking the right questions?
Carlene Mowl, MPH, Amanda O'Hearn, PhD, Tiffany Panko, MBA, Erika J. Sutter, MPH and Steven Barnett, MD
1:35 PM
Epidemiologic didactic training is not critical for health educators: They would be better prepared by focusing only on the behavioral, health policy and health care reform aspects of public health
Adenike Bitto, MD,DrPH,CHES,FRSPH and Amar Kanekar, MPH, CHES, CPH, PhD
Concluding Remarks

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

Organized by: Epidemiology

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

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