Session: Innovative Epidemiologic Methods for Community-based Investigations
3119.0: Monday, November 17, 2003: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Oral
Innovative Epidemiologic Methods for Community-based Investigations
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Presider(s):Jan Risser, PhD
10:30 AMIdentification and standardization of local health department case management responsibilities
Larry Garrett, MPH
10:48 AMSuccess of cohort maintenance procedures and predictors of retention in a multi-ethnic, multi-lingual cohort
Stephen J. McPhee, MD, Tung T. Nguyen, MD, Susan L. Stewart, PhD, Carol P. Somkin, PhD, Rena J. Pasick, DrPH
11:06 AMLooking beyond behavior change: An analysis of the number of potential STD infections averted by a STD risk reduction intervention among Commercial Sex Workers in the Philippines
Kwa Abakah Sey, MPH, Donald Morisky, ScD
11:24 AMEvaluating the impact of the Baltimore Needle Exchange Program on HIV incidence using proximity to exchange sites among injection drug users
Constantine, E. Frangakis, PhD, Ravi Varadhan, PhD, Steffanie A. Strathdee, PhD, Mahboobeh Safaeian, MPH, Ron Brookmeyer, PhD, David Vlahov, PhD
11:42 AMStatistical issues in computing and constructing census-based measures of neighborhood social environments
David K. Ahn, PhD, Catherine Cubbin, PhD, Ying-Chih Chuang, PhD, Namita Oswal, Marilyn A. Winkleby, PhD, MPH
Organized by:Epidemiology
Endorsed by:Asian Pacific Islander Caucus of APHA; Socialist Caucus; Statistics
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy

The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA