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Difficulties with the Voluntary Census—Why it is not a census?

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Monday, November 17, 2014 : 1:00 PM - 1:20 PM

Munir Sheikh, PhD, The School of Public Policy, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada , The School of Public Policy, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
Canada’s former Chief Statistician, Munir A. Sheikh, Ph.D, will discuss the implications of the move from a mandatory to a voluntary census in Canada.  He is currently an Executive Fellow at the School of Public Policy, University of Calgary.

Learning Areas:

Epidemiology
Other professions or practice related to public health
Program planning
Public health or related education
Public health or related organizational policy, standards, or other guidelines
Public health or related public policy

Learning Objectives:
Identify differences in response rates by population sub-group. Discuss the potential sources of bias related to information on socioeconomic status and other health-related metrics.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I was the Chief Statistician of Canada. I resigned because of the controversy over the Canadian census. Since my resignation I have written academic papers, given talks and published op-eds on the census issue.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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