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Activity Number:
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185
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Type:
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Roundtables
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Date/Time:
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Monday, August 3, 2009 : 12:30 PM to 1:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Survey Research Methods
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| Abstract - #303517 |
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Title:
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Health Surveys and the Survey Statistician
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Author(s):
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Novie Younger*+
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Companies:
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Tropical Medicine Research Institute, Jamaica
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Address:
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P.O. Box 25580, Miami, FL, 33102-5580,
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Keywords:
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health survey ; survey ; survey statistician ; execution of survey ; multi-stage sample surveys
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Abstract:
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Health surveys should yield useful and valid estimates of disease burden and morbidity, with the ultimate goal of providing policy makers with data that can be used to guide appropriately targeted policy decisions and development of culturally appropriate interventions. Health surveys are faced with several challenges and a survey statistician is invaluable to successful execution of a complex health survey. Using examples from national health surveys carried out in Jamaica, West Indies, and elsewhere our discussion will examine the role of a survey statistician in the important stages of a health survey---from sample size determination and sample selection through data gathering to successful dissemination of results---and steps that can be taken to overcome the associated challenges.
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