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2005
BRFSS Conference
22nd Annual Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Conference
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Conference Agenda
- Saturday, March 5, 2005
- Sunday, March 6, 2005
- Monday, March 7, 2005
- Tuesday, March 8, 2004
- Wednesday, March 9, 2005
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Saturday, March 5, 2005 |
| 7:00
AM – 2:00 PM |
Conference Registration |
| 8:00 AM – Noon |
Training: Introduction to SUDAAN
- Dr. Donna Brogan, Professor Emeritus of Biostatistics, Emory University
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| 8:00 AM – Noon |
Training: Use of BRFSS Health-Related Quality of Life Data
- Mr. David Moriarity, BSEE, Program Analyst
- Dr. Matthew Zack, MD, MPH, Medical Epidemiologist
- Dr. Jennifer Hootman, Ph.D., Epidemiologist, Division of Adult and
Community Health, Health Care and Aging Studies Branch, CDC
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| 8:00 AM –
4:00 PM |
Training: Linear and Logistic Regression Modeling in
Epidemiologic Research — Day 1
- Dr. David Kleinbaum, Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Emory
University
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| Noon – 1:00 PM |
Lunch (On your own) |
| 1:00 PM – 5:00
PM |
Training: Intermediate SUDAAN
- Dr. Donna Brogan, Professor Emeritus of Biostatistics, Emory University
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Sunday, March 6, 2005 |
| 7:00 AM – 2:00
PM |
Conference Registration |
| 8:00 AM – Noon |
Training: Combining and Reweighting BRFSS Data
- Dr. Donna Brogan, Professor Emeritus of Biostatistics, Emory University
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| 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM |
Training: Linear and Logistic Regression Modeling in
Epidemiologic Research — Day 2
- Dr. David Kleinbaum, Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Emory
University
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| Noon – 1:00
PM |
Lunch (On your own) |
| 1:00 PM –
5:00
PM |
Training: Household-Level and Child-Level Weighting for
BRFSS Datasets
- Dr. Donna Brogan, Professor Emeritus of Biostatistics, Emory University
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| 1:00 PM –
5:00
PM |
Training: CATI Users Group
- Mr. Claude Comeau, President, Comeau Associates
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| 7:00 PM – 9:00
PM |
Poster/Exhibit Setup |
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Monday, March 7, 2005 |
| 7:00 AM –
9:00
AM |
Poster/Exhibit Setup |
| 7:00 AM –
2:00
PM |
Conference Registration
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| 8:30 AM –
10:15
AM |
Opening Plenary Session
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8:30 – 8:40 |
Welcome and
Introductions
- Dr. Ali Mokdad, Branch Chief, Behavioral Surveillance Branch,
CDC
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| 8:40 –
8:50 |
Welcome
- Dr. Karen Steinberg, Acting Senior Science Advisor,
Coordinating Center for Health Promotion
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| 8:50 –
9:00 |
Welcome
- Dr. Stuart T. Brown, Acting Director, Division of Public
Health, Georgia Department of Human Resources
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9:00 – 9:40 |
Usefulness of BRFSS to Chronic Division Programs at the National,
State, and Local Levels
- Dr. Barbara Bowman, Acting Associate Director for Science,
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion,
CDC
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9:40 –10:15 |
Addressing Public Health Emergencies — BRFSS Supplying Critical Data
During Crisis Situations
- Dr. Donna Stroup, Acting Associate Director, Coordinating
Center for Health Promotion,
CDC
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| 10:15 AM – 10:30
AM |
Break |
| 10:30 AM
– Noon |
Exhibits and Posters |
| 10:30 AM
– Noon |
New State Coordinators Orientation
- Ms. Evelyn Dunn, Public Health Advisor, Behavioral Surveillance
Branch, CDC
- Mr. Ron Goodson, Public Health Advisor, Behavioral Surveillance
Branch, CDC
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| Noon – 1:30
PM |
Lunch on Your Own |
| Noon – 1:30
PM |
State Representatives Working Group Luncheon (Provided)
- Dr. Ali Mokdad, Branch Chief, Behavioral Surveillance Branch,
CDC
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| 1:30 PM – 2:15
PM |
2006 CDC Questionnaire Proposals
- Ms. Gloria Colclough,
Public Health Advisor, Behavioral Surveillance Branch, CDC
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| 2:15 PM –
3:15
PM |
2006 Roundtable Discussion |
| 3:15 PM – 3:30
PM |
Break |
| 3:30 PM –
5:00
PM |
State Coordinators' Meeting |
| 3:30 PM –
5:00
PM |
Contractors'/Supervisors' Meeting |
| 6:00 PM –
9:00
PM |
Reception |
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Tuesday, March 8, 2005 |
| 9:00 AM –
10:20 AM |
Concurrent Session I — Not Just
for Academia: Data Uses for Media and Public Policy
Moderator: Stephanie Ramsey, Acting Associate Director for Program
Development, NCCDPHP, CDC
- Michael P. Fierro, Manager, Health Services Research & Management
Group, BearingPoint, Inc.
- Debra Lightsey, Senior Manager, Health Services Research &
Management Group, BearingPoint, Inc.
- Ted Vigodsky, Health and Science Editor, WABE-FM 90.1 Public Broadcasting Atlanta
Concurrent Session II — Evaluating Health Behaviors of Targeted
Populations
Moderator: Umed Ajani, Epidemiologist, CDC
- Health Risks and Conditions Among American Indians in North
Carolina
- Ziya Gizlice, Sara Huston
- Lack of English Proficiency as a Determinant of Stroke and Heart
Attack Awareness Among U.S. Latinos
- Annette Dubard, Ziya Gizlice
- French-Americans in Maine: A Disparate Population?
- Meridith Anderson, Katie Meyer
- Race-Related Issues Measured by South Carolina BRFSS 2003
- Health Behaviors of the Young Adult Population
Concurrent Session III — Chronic Disease Epidemiology: Arthritis,
Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes, and Obesity
Moderator: Bonnie Davis, California
- Cardiovascular Conditions and Disease and Health Lifestyles:
Hawaii Experience
- Obesity and Neighborhood Characteristics
- Hawaii's Diabetes Facts and Figures 2000–2003
- Monitoring Public Health Interventions for Arthritis: Prevalence
of Provider Advice for Weight Loss and and Exercise, and Self-Management Education for
Adults with Arthritis
- Jennifer Hootman, Teresa J. Brady, Julie Bolen, Gary Langmaid
- Overweight/Obesity and Self-Reported General Health: Polynesians
Compared to Other Races in Hawaii 2001–2003
- Margaret Ochner, Florentina R. Salvail, Earl Ford, Ruth Jiles
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| 10:20 AM
– 10:30 AM |
Break |
| 10:30 AM
– Noon |
Posters and Exhibits |
| Noon – 12:30 PM |
Lunch (Provided) |
| 12:30 PM
– 12:40 PM |
Awards
- Dr. Ali Mokdad, Branch Chief, Behavioral Surveillance Branch,
CDC
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| 12:40 PM
– 1:10 PM |
Tribute to Virginia Bales Harris, Retired Director for
the Division of Adult and Community Health, CDC
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1:00 – 1:10 |
Virginia Bales Harris, Retired Director for the Division of Adult
and Community Health, CDC |
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| 1:10 PM
– 1:25 PM |
Break |
| 1:25 PM
– 2:35 PM |
Plenary Session
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1:25 – 1:30 |
Introductions
- Dr. Ali Mokdad, Branch Chief, Behavioral Surveillance Branch,
CDC
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1:30 – 1:55 |
Epidemiological Information for Decision Making in Chronic Disease
Prevention: Examples from State-Based BRFSS
- Dr. Eduardo Simoes, Program Director, Prevention Research
Program, CDC
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1:55 – 2:35 |
Monitoring the Flu Vaccine Shortage: BRFSS and Rapid Response
Surveillance
- Dr. Michael Link, Senior Survey Methodologist, Behavioral
Surveillance Branch, CDC
- Dr. Carolyn B. Bridges, Medical Epidemiologist, CDC
- Dr. Ziya Gizlice, BRFSS Coordinator, North Carolina
- Mr. James Dayton, Senior Vice President, ORC Macro
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| 2:35
PM – 2:50
PM |
Physical Fitness Exercise
- Ms. Sandra Fields, Fitness Specialist, Office of Health and Safety,
CDC
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| 3:00
PM – 4:30
PM |
Concurrent Session IV — Alcohol, Sex, and Violence: Bad Combination,
but Good Science
Moderator: Jana Hesser, Rhode Island
- How Much do Binge Drinkers Really Drink?
- Ernest Sullivent, Tim Niami, Robert Brewer, Jacqueline Miller
- Alcohol-Impaired Driving Among U.S. Adults 1993–2002
- Nicole Flowers, Kyran P. Quinlan, Robert Brewer, Paul Siegel,
David A. Sleet, Ali H. Mokdad, Ruth A. Shults
- Knowledge and Practice of Condom Use in Adults, District of
Columbia BRFSS Survey 2003
- G. Kidane, G. Lum, K. DeHaan, J. O. Davies-Cole, T. Garner
- Sexual Orientation and Sexual Behavior Among a Population-Based
Sample Using the Massachusetts BRFSS
- Susan M. Keyes, Zi Zhang, Emily F. Rothman
- Domestic Violence Among Ohio Adults, 2001–2003
- Robert W. Indian, Patricia Coss
Concurrent Session V — Innovative Approaches to Collecting and
Adjusting BRFSS Data
Moderator: John Hubbs, Missouri
- Accessing the Robustness of the BRFSS Weighting-Class Variable
Adustment
- Henry Roberts, Ziya Gizlice, Elizabeth Hughes, Herbert Stackhouse
- Cell Phones in BRFSS Sample
- Adjusting BRFSS Diabetes Prevalence Estimates for Mis-Classification
- Meridith Anderson, Katie A. Meyer, James F. Leonard
- Use of a Split-Sample Design in Addressing Ever-Increasing Data
Demands: The Massachusetts BRFSS Experience
- Zi Zhang, Susan M. Keys, Christine Macaluso, Bruce B. Cohen
- Sampling for Small Area Analysis of the BRFSS in Utah
- Kathryn Marti, Lois Haggard
Concurrent Session VI — "So That's the Answer; What's the Question?"
Moderator: Becky Rosenblatt, Colorado
- Insufficient Physical Activity: Small Steps from Recommended
Levels
- Judy Kruger, Sandra A. Ham, Michelle M. Yore, Harold Kohl III
- Reliability and Validity of a Survey Question About Television
Viewing
- Sandra A. Ham, Barbara E. Ainsworth, Caroline A. Marcera
- Grapes of Wrath Revisited: Food Insecurity in California
- Holly Hoegh, Sara Cook, Bonnie Davis
- A Comparison of National Estimates of Obesity Prevalence From the
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and the National Health and
Nutrition Examination Survey
- Shumei Yun, Bao-Ping Zhu, Wynona Black
- Decreasing the Number of Questions in Assessing Fruit and Vegetable
Consumption and Achieving Physical Activity Standards
- Gayle Blair, Cynthia Nelson
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| 4:30
PM – 5:30
PM |
Project Officers/State Coordinators Meeting
- Kenneth Laliberte, Public Health Advisor, Behavioral Surveillance
Branch, CDC
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| 5:00
PM – 8:00
PM |
Poster/Exhibit Breakdown |
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Wednesday, March 9, 2005 |
| 9:00 AM –
10:40 AM |
Plenary Session
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9:00 – 9:10 |
Introduction of Speakers
- Dr. Ali Mokdad, Branch Chief, Behavioral Surveillance Branch,
CDC
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9:10 – 9:55 |
GIS Mapping
- Dr. James Holt, Emerging Investigations and Analytic Methods Branch, CDC
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9:55 – 10:40 |
Research and Development Efforts and Expert Panel Meeting Overview
- Dr. Michael Link, Senior Survey Methodologist, Behavioral
Surveillance Branch, CDC
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| 10:40 AM – 10:55
AM |
Summary Statements — State Coordinator |
| 10:55 AM
– 11:10
AM |
Closing Remarks
- Dr. Wayne Giles, Acting Director, Division of Adult and Community
Health, CDC
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| 11:10 AM – 11:25
AM |
Closing Remarks
- Dr. Ali Mokdad, Branch Chief, Behavioral Surveillance Branch,
CDC
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