Abstract #302219

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JSM 2003 Abstract #302219
Activity Number: 87
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Monday, August 4, 2003 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
Sponsor: Section on Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences
Abstract - #302219
Title: Historical Bibliographies and Health Statistics Reports: Applications in Epidemiology and Related Courses
Author(s): Mark C. Fulcomer*+ and Rose Marie Martin and Monica Sass and Jenny L. Clayton and Michael W. Holton and S. David Kriska and Katherine Chung
Companies: and New Jersey and University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and Richard Stockton College and Richard Stockton College and Restat Systems, Inc. and University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Address: 32 Rebecca Ct., Trenton, NJ, 08628-3343,
Keywords: bibliographies ; teaching ; epidemiology ; discriminant functions ; infant mortality ; health policy
Abstract:

Based on three large historical bibliographies, this presentation describes how the resulting information can be used in courses in epidemiology and applied statistics. Developed earlier, two of the collections continue to expand. The first bibliography now includes 990 citations on discriminant functions, classification, and related topics up until 1978. Benefiting from students' projects, a second collection related to infant mortality exceeds 300 titles. A third and newer historical bibliographic project incorporates annual health statistics reports for New Jersey dating back to 1877. Among the first published population-based reports of health statistics in the United States, the third collection offers fascinating, early glimpses into treatments of health issues such as smallpox and anthrax that have recently re-emerged as global concerns. Beyond providing many "real" examples (e.g., time series of mortality rates), these historical collections also give students valuable perspectives on the emergence of health policy and planning, including early references to health disparities and surprisingly detailed descriptions of events across geographic areas.

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