21st Annual BRFSS Conference

• Dr. Donna Brogan, Professor of Biostatistics, Emory University

• Dr. Patricia O’Campo, Professor, and Dr. Michael McQuestion, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Population and Family Health Services, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

• Dr. Donna Brogan, Professor of Biostatistics, Emory University

• Dr. W. Dana Flanders, Professor and Associate Program Director, Department of Epidemiology, Emory University

• Mr. Claude Comeau, President, Comeau Associates

• Ms. Evelyn Dunn and Mr. Ronald Goodson, Public Health Advisors, Behavioral Surveillance Branch, CDC

• Ali Mokdad, PhD, Branch Chief, Behavioral Surveillance Branch, CDC

• Intimate Partner Violence: The Unspoken Health Threat
  • Florentina Salvail, MSc.
• Prevalence of Sexual Assault in the District of Columbia 2002
  • Gebreyesus Kidane, PhD, MPH; John Davies-Cole, PhD, MPH; LaVerne Jones, MPH; Tracy Garner; Sherry Billings, MEd
• Women’s Knowledge About Antiretroviral Treatment to Prevent Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission, United States 2002
  •  John Anderson; Shahul Ebrahim; Stephanie Sansom
• Women’s Pregnancy Intentions and Contraceptive Use
  • Indu Ahluwalia, MPH, PhD; Nedra Whitehead, PhD, MS; Diana Bensyl, PhD
• Healthy People 2010, Use of BRFSS to Monitor Native American Women’s Health as Compared to HP2010 Targets
  • Sonal Doshi, MPH, MS; Ruth Jiles, PhD

Contributed Papers Session II - Chronic Disease Epidemiology I — Bouchon Room
Moderator Katrina Wynkoop-Simmons, MA, PhD

• Male and Female Contraceptive Practices in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
  • Angela Juliano, MPH; Diana Bensyl, PhD; Christopher Johnson, MS
• Health Disparities Within the Older Population in Florida, 2002 Florida County BRFSS
  • Marie Bailey, MA, MSW; Zhaohui Fan; Youjie Huang, MD, MPH, DrPH
• Changes in Racial Distributions and Risk Behaviors After Addition of a Multiracial Category to the BRFSS
  • Margaret Ochner, MPH; Machell Town, MS; Ruth Jiles, PhD
• Influenza Vaccination Among Adults Aged 18-64 with Asthma, U.S. 2002
  • Peng-Jun Lu, MPH, PhD; Jennifer Reuer, MPH; Carolyn Bridges, MD
• Arthritis in Texas
  • Jimmy Blanton, MPAff; Weihua, Li, MD, MPH; Rebecca Wood, MSHP; Barbara Scaife, MSHP; Cory MacDonald; Gary Rutenberg, PhD

Contributed Papers Session III - Survey Methodology, Addressing the Response Rate — North/Center Grand Ballroom
Moderators Bruce Steiner, MS and Nicole Flowers, PhD

• Effects of Interviewer Gender on Self-Reported Health Risks and Behaviors in the Massachusetts BRFSS
  • Zi Zhang, MD, MPH; Susan Keys, DrPH; Xuelei Pan, PhD
• Who’s Talking? A Look at BRFSS Methodology
  • John Senner, PhD; Neha Thakkar, MBA
• How On-Site Physical Activity Initiative Indicators Measure Up to BRFSS?
  • Khosrow Heidari, MA, MS; Boen Floyd, BS; Beili Dong, MD, MSPG; Huafeng Zhou, MSPH
• Once a Privacy Manager, Always a Privacy Manager?
  • Will Robb, MS; Kristie Hannah, MS; Randal Zuwallack, MS; Kirsten Ivie, MPH
• The Cost-Effectiveness of Alternative Advance Mailings in a RDD Survey
  • Larry Hembroff, PhD; Debra Rusz; Ann Rafferty; Harry McGee; Nathaniel Ehrlich, PhD

• Dr. Duyen Ngo, Oregon; Mr. Buddy Bates, Louisiana; Ms. Jana Hessler, Rhode Island; Mr. Gerges Seifen, Virginia; Dr. Katrinia Wynkoop Simmons, Washington; and Dr. Ken O’Dowd, New Jersey

• Heart Healthy Behaviors in the U.S. Population
  • Rosalie Miller, MD, MPH; Branko Kopjar, MD, PhD; Thomas Koepsell, MD, MPH; Anne Sales, PhD; Stephan Fihn, MD, MPH; Christopher Bryson, MD, MS
• Frequency and Duration of Walking Behavior in Relation to Recommended Levels of Physcial Activity Among People with Arthritis - Georgia 2001
  • Jennifer Hootman, PhD, ATC; Tara Strine, MPH; Julie Bolen, PhD; Shani Thompson, MPH
• Prevalence of Obesity Among American Indians and Alaskan Natives, U.S. 2000-2002
  • Chetna Mehrotra; Timothy Naimi, Karl Pearson
• Diet and Physcial Activity Behaviors Among Americans Trying to Lose Weight: Results from the 2000 BRFSS
  • Connie Bish, MS, MPH; Heidi Michels Blanck, PhD; Mary Serdula, MD; Harold Kohl III, PhD; Laura Kettel Khan, PhD
• Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Hispanic Americans
  • Lori Pollack, MD, MPH; Don Blackman, PhD; Marion Nadel, PhD; Katherine Wilson, PhD, MPH

Contributed Papers Session V - Program Planning and Health Promotion — Bouchon Room
Moderator Eduardo Simoes, MD, MSc, MPH

• Using BRFSS Data to Segment Markets for Health Promotion
  • John Fulton, PhD; Jana Hesser, PhD
• Region X Women’s Health Status Indicators Database
  • Jill Hughes Richey, PhD
• Comparison of Selected Metropolitan Area Risk Trends (SMART) to a Local Survey: Results from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
  • Anjum Hajat, MPH; Farzad Mostashari, MD, MSPH; Stephen Immerwahr, MA; Martin Frankel, PhD; Lorna Thorpe, PhD; Adam Karpati, MD, MPH; Thomas Frieden, MD, MPH
• State-Added Questions: Missing the Big Picture
  • Judith Graber, MS; Michele Polacsek, PhD, MHS; Katie Meyer, ScD
• Measuring Community Resources for Physical Activity
  • Brian Fisher, PhD; Thomas Melnik, DrPH

Contributed Papers Session VI - General Survey Methodology — North/Center Grand Ballroom
Moderator Umed Ajani, MD

• What Happens When The Money Dries Up: How We Completed A Projected $1,000,000 BRFSS-Based County-Level Survey on a Shoestring
  • Jeannette Jackson-Thompson, PhD, MSPH; Shumei Yun, MD, PhD; Deborah Markenson, PhD; Sherri Homan, PhD; John Hubbs, MSPH
• Adjustment for Non-Telephone Bias in Sub-National RDD Surveys
  • Martin Frankel, PhD; K.P. Srinath, PhD; Michael Battaglia, MA
• Minimizing Non-Response Bias: Interviewing in Multiple Languages
  • Lorayn Olson, PhD; Marcie Cynamon, MA
• The Impact of Ring-No-Answer Telephone Numbers on Response Rates in Random-Digit-Dialing Surveys
  • Michael Battaglia, MA; Martin Frankel, PhD; Dale Kulp, PhD; Meena Khare; Jessica Cardoni; Lawrence Barker
• Age Adjustment in Data Analysis
  • Earl Ford, PhD