Appendix
Workshop Agendas
Workshop on Mortality and Disability in the New Independent States
National Research Council
Green Building
Washington, D.C.
September 8-9, 1994
Thursday, September 8, 1994
Mortality Levels and Trends, Quality of Data
Assessing Trends and Levels in Working Age Mortality in the Newly Independent States
Barbara A. Anderson, Population Studies Center, University of Michigan Brian D. Silver, Department of Political Science, Michigan State University
Mortality in the New Independent States: Quality of Data, Demographic Patterns and Possible Explanations
W. Ward Kingkade and Eduardo E. Arriaga, Center for International Research, U.S. Bureau of the Census
Russia Focus
Recent Trends in Life Expectancy and Causes of Death in Russia (1970-1993)
Vladimir M. Shkolnikov, Institute for Forecasting the National Economy,
Russian Academy of Science
France Meslé and Jacques Vallin, Institut National d'Études
Démographiques, Paris
Spatial Differences in Life Expectancy and Cause of Death Structure in Russia
Sergei A. Vassin, Institute for Forecasting the National Economy,
Russian Academy of Science
Regional Focus
Epidemiological Transitions in the Former Socialist Economies: Divergent Patterns of Mortality and Causes of Death
Christopher J.L. Murray, Harvard University
José Luis Bobadilla, The World Bank
Quality of Data
Mortality Levels and Quality of Data
Kenneth H. Hill, The Johns Hopkins University
Cause of Death Patterns (Focus on Infant and Child Mortality) and Quality of Data
Victoria Velkoff, Center for International Research, U.S. Bureau of the Census
Cause of Death Patterns (Focus on Adult Mortality) and Quality of Data
Harry M. Rosenberg, National Center for Health Statistics
Friday, September 9, 1994
Health Statistics and the Substantiation of Priority Problems in Countries of the CIS
Yuri M. Komorov, Director, Research Public Health Institute,
MedSocEconomInform, Ministry of Health of Russia
Discussant: Focus on Regional Differences
Murray Feshbach, Georgetown University
Injuries in the Newly Independent States: Mandate for Prevention
Timothy D. Baker and Paul H. Grundy, The Johns Hopkins University
School of Public Health
Discussant: Focus on Injury Issues
Phillip Graitcer, Emory University
Disability
Age, Disability and Functional Status in the Ukraine
Yuri V. Pakin, Institute of Gerontology, Kiev
Discussant: Beth J. Soldo, Georgetown University
Epidemiology of Disability in the New Independent States
Yuri M. Komarov, S.A. Leonov, A.S. Kiselev, A.E.Ivanova, S.P Ermakova,
A.S. Kiselev, and E.A. Savostina, Research Public Health Institute
MedSocEconomInform, Ministry of Health, Moscow
Discussant: Elena Gurvich, Consultant to USAID/Moscow
Epidemiological Study Insights
Mortality and Other Outcomes, Risk Factors, and Links with Death
Registration Data in NIS Epidemiological Study Sites (MONICA and others)
O. Dale Williams, School of Public Health,
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Ingrid G. Martin, Cardiovascular Disease Unit,
World Health Organization
Years of Life Lost and Policy Implications of Mortality, Disability and Injury Patterns for Health Priorities
Commentary: Peter Berman, Harvard University, Data for Decision Making Project
Commentary: Henry Mosley, The Johns Hopkins University
Workshop on Adult Health Priorities and Policies in the New Independent States
National Research Council
Green Building
Washington, D.C.
November 17-18, 1994
Thursday, November 17, 1994
Determinants of Adult Health
Proximate Determinants of Adult Health in the NIS
Pieter G.N. Kramers, L. W. Niessen, et al., Center of Public Health Forecasting, The Netherlands
Discussant: Risk Factors as Determinants of Adult Health in the NIS
Alan D. Lopez, Programme on Substance Abuse, World Health Organization
Discussant: Broader View of Determinants of Adult Health
Nicholas Eberstadt, American Enterprise Institute and Harvard University
Chronic Disease Prevention in the New Independent States: Experiences from the North Karelia Project in Finland and from Collaboration with Estonia and Republic of Karelia
Pekka Puska, Division of Health and Chronic Diseases, National Public Health Institute, Finland
Discussant: Millicent Higgins, Epidemiological and Clinical Applications,
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
Discussant: Risk Factors in the NIS—Incidence of Bad Habits Among the Adolescents in Urban Areas of the Russian Federation
Yuri Komarov, Research Public Health Institute, MedSocEconInform, Ministry of Health of Russia
Tobacco
Mortality from Tobacco in the NIS
Alan D. Lopez, Programme on Substance Abuse, World Health Organization
What Can the Newly Independent States Do To Control Tobacco Usage?
John P. Pierce, University of California San Diego Medical Center, Cancer Center Prevention and Control
Discussant: Priorities for Tobacco Control in the NIS
Alexander Prokhorov, Department of Behavioral Science, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas
Diet and Obesity
Nutritional Risk Factors in the Former Soviet Union
Barry Popkin, Namvar Zohoori, et al., Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Food Policy, Obesity, Diet Modification Strategies: What Works?
Thomas A. Pearson and Rajesh V. Patel, Mary Imogene
Bassett Research Institute, Columbia University
Discussant: O. Dale Williams, University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Public Health
Friday, November 18, 1994
Alcohol
Consumption of Alcohol in the NIS
Vladimir Treml, Duke University, Department of Economics
The Anti-Alcohol Campaign and Variations in Russian Mortality
Vladimir M. Shkolnikov, Institute for Economic Forecasting of the Russian Academy of Sciences; and Alexander Nemtsov, Institute of Psychiatry of the Health Care Ministry of the Russian Federation
Alcohol Related Policies for the NIS: Applying Lessons from the U.S.
Jody L. Sindelar, Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health
Injury and Violence
Injury Prevention and Control in the NIS: What Do We Need and What Would Work'?
Philip L. Graitcer, Emory University
Discussant: Terence Chorba, Injury, Prevention and Control & International Health Programs Office, Centers for Disease Control
Cost-Effectiveness
The Cost-Effectiveness of Strategies to Prevent Premature Death in the Former USSR: Is U.S. Data Relevant?
Tammy Tengs, Duke University, Center for Health Policy Research and Education
Discussant: Christopher Murray, Harvard University, Center for Population and Development
Discussant: Constance Nathanson, Department of Population Dynamics, The Johns Hopkins University
Role of Health Care
Health Care Finance and Trade-offs
Howard Barnum, The World Bank
Tertiary Prevention Strategies Under Constrained Resources
Robert Wallace, University of Iowa, Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health