3318.0 Addressing Health Disparities with Our Scientific Tools

Monday, October 29, 2012: 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Oral
Currently, some epidemiological and statistical tools are not widely used or not used completely in describing the epidemiology of health disparities, effective prevention and control interventions for eliminating health disparities and achieving health equity and ongoing program impact. To address health disparities effectively may require the use of all available scientific tools, use of some tools more carefully, and the identification of new tools.
Session Objectives: 1. Discuss key epidemiological and statistical tools for advancing the science of health disparities and achievement of health equity. 2. Describe best approaches for encouraging widespread use of several scientific tools
Organizer:
Tia Taylor
Moderator:
Sonja Hutchins, MD, MPH, DrPH

2:30pm
All models are wrong”, is wrong: Estimates of associations in a model-free world
Alan Hubbard, PhD
     
2:50pm
Measuring Health Disparities: Challenges and Opportunities
David R. Williams, PhD, MPH
     
3:10pm
Understanding and Eliminating Health Disparities Using a Small Sample Size
Sonja Hutchins, MD, MPH, DrPH
     

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Organized by: APHA-Science Board

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

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