APPENDIX A
WORKSHOP AGENDA
December 13-14, 2004
National Academies Building
Monday, December 13, Members Room
7:30-8:30 am |
Continental Breakfast |
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8:30-9:15 |
Welcome and Introduction |
Dr. Harvey Fineberg |
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Attributing Risk in Preventable Deaths |
Dr. Julie Gerberding |
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What Metrics Best Inform Public Health Policy? |
Dr. George A. Mensah |
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Setting the Stage For Discussion |
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9:15-9:45 |
Causality |
Dr. Richard Scheines |
9:45-10:15 |
Attributable Risk in Epidemiology |
Dr. Steve Goodman |
10:15-10:30 |
Break |
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Methodological Issues When Estimating Lifestyle Factors |
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10:30-10:45 |
Partial Adjustment |
Dr. Katherine Flegal |
10:45-11:00 |
Calculating the Number of Deaths Attributable to a Risk Factor Using National Survey Data |
Dr. Barry Graubard |
11:00-11:15 |
Caveats in Using Estimation of Deaths Attributable to Lifestyle Factors |
Dr. Mitchell Gail |
11:15-11:30 |
Estimating Population-Attributable Risk: A Simulation Model Based on the NHANES I Follow-up Study and NHANES III |
Dr. Louise Russell |
11:30-12:00 pm |
Discussion |
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12:00-1:00 |
Lunch |
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Attributable Risk in Practice–Examples from the Field |
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1:00–1:30 |
Overview of Actual Causes of Death, 1993 Actual Causes of Death, Update 2002 |
Dr. J Michael McGinnis |
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Rationale for 2002 Update |
Dr. Donna Stroup |
1:30-1:50 |
The Numbers Are the Easy Part: Interpretation and Usefulness of Population Attributable Fractions, with Illustrations from Breast cancer |
Dr. Beverly Rockhill |
1:50-2:25 |
Alcohol Use |
Dr. Robert Brewer Dr. Michael Thun |
2:25 -3:05 |
Tobacco Use |
Dr. Corinne Husten Dr. Graham Colditz |
3:05-3:15 |
Break |
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3:15-3:35 |
Obesity |
Dr. David Allison |
3:35-3:55 |
Physical Activity |
Dr. Steven Blair |
3:55-4:15 |
Assessing the Effects of Multiple Public Health Interventions |
Dr. James Robins |
4:15-4:45 |
Discussion |
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Alternative Metrics of Burden |
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4:45-5:00 |
Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) |
Dr. Allison Rosen |
5:00-5:20 |
Comparative Risk Assessment (DALYs) |
Dr. Christopher Murray |
5:20-5:45 |
Discussion |
Dr. Marthe Gold |
6:00-8:00 |
Dinner (in Great Hall) |
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Tuesday, December 14, Board Room
7:30-8:30am |
Continental Breakfast |
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Alternative Metrics of Burden, continued |
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8:30–8:50 am |
Economic Costs |
Dr. Erik Finkelstein |
8:50-9:10 |
Using Population Attributable Risk Estimates to Allocate Resources |
Dr. Louise Russell |
9:10-9:30 |
Discussion |
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Public Policy Issue |
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9:30-9:50 |
General Public Policy |
Dr. Nicole Lurie |
9:50-10:10 |
State Policy Perspective |
Dr. Georges Benjamin |
10:10-10:30 |
Break |
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