Appendix
Workshop Agenda and Participants September 20-21, 2000
AGENDA
September 20
Welcome, Introductions, and Background to the Meeting
Holly Reed, National Research Council
Introduction to the National Academies
Faith Mitchell, National Research Council
Goals for the Workshop
Charles Keely, Georgetown University (Chair)
Presentation: Overview of Demographic Methods in Complex Emergencies
W. Courtland Robinson, Johns Hopkins University
Paul Spiegel, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Presentation: Applied Methods—Cluster Sampling
Paul Spiegel, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Presentation: Human Rights Measurement Issues
Lynn Amowitz, Physicians for Human Rights
Comments: Donna Brogan, Emory University
Discussion
Presentation: Applied Methods—Spatial Sampling
Vincent Brown, Epicentre/MSF
Comments – Recommendations and Alternative Methods
Denis Coulombier, Institut de Veille Sanitaire (National Institute for Public Health Surveillance), France
Presentation: Applied Methods—Qualitative Techniques
William Weiss, Johns Hopkins University
Comments: M. Giovanna Merli, University of Wisconsin
Discussion: Estimating Population Size and Structure
Working Groups: Estimating Rates
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Group 1: Mortality/Sampling
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Group 2: Mortality/Indirect Estimation Techniques
Presentations by Working Groups and Discussion
September 21
Review of previous day
Charles Keely, Georgetown University
Presentation: Applied Methods and Mortality Measurement
Les Roberts, Johns Hopkins University
Comments: Fritz Scheuren, The Urban Institute
Presentation: Methods for Measuring Mortality Due to Human Rights Abuses
Patrick Ball, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Comments: William Seltzer, Fordham University
Discussion
Working Groups: Estimating Rates
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Group 1: Morbidity and Mortality of Human Rights Abuses as Related to Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
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Group 2: Morbidity and Mortality in Complex Emergencies Related to Disease and Malnutrition
Presentations by Working Groups and Discussion
Discussion: Directions for Future Research
PARTICIPANTS
Presenters
CHARLES B. KEELY (Chair), Institute for the Study of International Migration, Georgetown University
LYNN AMOWITZ, Physicians for Human Rights, Boston, Massachusetts
PATRICK BALL, Science and Human Rights Program, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC
DONNA BROGAN, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
VINCENT BROWN, Epicentre, Médecins Sans Frontières, Paris
DENIS COULOMBIER, Institut de Veille Sanitaire, Saint-Maurice, France
M. GIOVANNA MERLI, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison
LES ROBERTS, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
W. COURTLAND ROBINSON, Center for Refugee and Disaster Studies, Johns Hopkins University
FRITZ SCHEUREN, The Urban Institute, Washington, DC
WILLIAM SELTZER, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Fordham University
PAUL SPIEGEL, International Emergency and Refugee Health Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta
WILLIAM WEISS, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
Other Participants
MAIRE CONNOLLY, Department of Emergency and Humanitarian Action, World Health Organization, Geneva
STACY GILBERT, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC
STEVE HANSCH, Department of Military and Emergency Medicine, Uniformed Services University for the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland
KRISTA HOUSE, Population Program, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, New York
BELA HOVY, Programme Coordination Section, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Geneva
UNNI KARUNAKARA, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, and Médecins Sans Frontières, Nairobi
JENNIFER LEANING, School of Public Health, Harvard University
STEPHEN LUBKEMANN, Department of Anthropology, George Washington University
MARY LUNGAHO, Catholic Relief Services, Baltimore, and LINKAGES Project, Washington, DC
FAITH MITCHELL, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council, Washington, DC
PETER SALAMA, International Emergency and Refugee Health Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta
KAVITA SINGH, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
BARBARA BOYLE TORREY, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council, Washington, DC
RONALD WALDMAN, Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
MARK WALKUP, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC
BRADLEY WOODRUFF, International Emergency and Refugee Health Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta