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Conferences Presentations


Conferences Presentations

 

“Perverse Perceptions of the Impact of Pay for Performance on Healthcare Disparities,” 9th International Conferences on Health Policy Statistics, Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 5-7, 2011: Abstract, PowerPoint Presentation,Oral Presentation.

 

“Measuring Healthcare Disparities,” 3rd North American Congress of Epidemiology, Montreal, Canada, June 21-24, 2011: PowerPoint Presentation.

 

“The Emerging European Acceptance of ‘Scanlan’s Rule’ in Health Disparities Research: Will the United States Be Left Behind?” to be presented at American Public Health Association 138th Annual Meeting & Exposition, Denver, Colorado, Nov. 7-10, 2010: Abstract, PowerPoint Presentation.   

 

“Measuring Health Inequalities by an Approach Unaffected by the Overall Prevalence of the Outcomes at Issue,” Royal Statistical Society Conference 2009, Edinburgh, Scotland, Sept. 7-11, 2009: Abstract, PowerPoint Presentation.

 

“Interpreting Differential Effects in Light of Fundamental Statistical Tendencies,” 2009 Joint Statistical Meetings of the American Statistical Association, International Biometric Society, Institute for Mathematical Statistics, and Canadian Statistical Society, Washington, DC, Aug. 1-6, 2009: Abstract, Oral Presentation, PowerPoint Presentation.

 

“Approaches to Measuring Health Disparities that are Unaffected by the Prevalence of an Outcome,” American Public Health Association 136th Annual Meeting & Exposition, San Diego, California, Oct. 25-29, 2008. Abstract, PowerPoint Presentation.   

 

“An Approach to Measuring Differences Between Rates that is not Affected by the Overall Prevalence of an Outcome,” British Society for Populations Studies Conference 2008, Manchester, England, Sept. 10-11, 2008: PowerPoint Presentation. 

                                                                                                                

“Evaluating The Sizes Of Differences Between Group Rates In Settings Of Different Overall Prevalence,” Joint Statistical Meetings of the American Statistical Association, International Biometric Society, Institute for Mathematical Statistics, and Canadian Statistical Society, Denver, Colorado, Aug. 3-7, 2008: PowerPoint Presentation.

“Measures of Health Inequalities that are Unaffected by the Prevalence of an Outcome,” 16th Nordic Demographic Symposium, Helsinki, Finland, June 5-7, 2008: PowerPoint Presentation.

“Measuring Health Disparities,” Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Center for Health Disparities, 2008 Health Disparities Conference, Topeka, Kansas, Apr. 1, 2008:PowerPoint Presentation.

 

“Can We Actually Measure Health Disparities?,” 7th International Conference on Health Policy Statistics, Philadelphia, PA, Jan. 17-18, 2008: Oral Presentation, PowerPoint Presentation.  http://www.jpscanlan.com/images/2008_ICHPS_Oral.pdf

 

“Measurement Problems in the National Healthcare Disparities Report,” American Public Health Association 135th Annual Meeting & Exposition, Washington, DC, Nov. 3-7, 2007: Abstract, Oral Presentation, PowerPoint Presentation, Addendum.

           

“Methodological Issues in Comparing the Size of Differences between Rates of Experiencing or Avoiding an Outcome in Different Settings,” British Society for Populations Studies Conference 2007, St. Andrews, Scotland, Sept. 11-13, 2007. Oral Presentation, PowerPoint Presentation.

 

“Approaches to Measuring Differences in Health That Are Unaffected by the Prevalence of an Outcome, “Roundtable coffee at 2006 Joint Statistical Meetings of the American Statistical Association, International Biometric Society, Institute for Mathematical Statistics, and Canadian Statistical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah, July 29 – Aug. 2, 2007: Abstract. 

           

“Exploring Methods to Measure Health Inequalities that are Unaffected by the Prevalence of an Outcome,” Social, Cultural and Economic Determinants of Health: International Perspectives for Global Action (1st  Conference of the Journal Public Health, Journal of the Royal Institute of Public Health), Lisbon, Portugal, May 9-11, 2007: Oral Presentation, PowerPoint Presentation.

 

“Understanding Variations in Group Differences that are the Results of Variation in the Prevalence of an Outcome,” American Public Health Association 134th Annual Meeting & Exposition, 2006, Boston, MA, Nov. 4-8, 2006: Abstract, Oral Presentation, PowerPoint Presentation. 

 

“The Misinterpretation of Health Inequalities in the United Kingdom,” British Society for Populations Studies Conference 2006, Southampton, England, Sept. 18-20, 2006: Complete Paper, Oral Presentation, PowerPoint Presentation.

 

“Measuring Health Disparities,” Roundtable lunch at 2006 Joint Statistical Meetings of the American Statistical Association, International Biometric Society, Institute for Mathematical Statistics, and Canadian Statistical Society. Seattle, Washington, Aug. 6-10, 2006.

“The Misinterpretation of Health Inequalities in Nordic Countries,” 5th Nordic Health Promotion Research Conference, Esbjerg, Denmark, June 15-17, 2006: Abstract, Oral Presentation.

“Measuring Health Inequalities,” 5th International Conference on Health Economics, Management and Policy, Athens, Greece, June 5-7, 2006: Abstract, Complete Paper.

 “Understanding Increasing Racial Differences in Mortality (and Declining Differences in Survival),” First Annual Health Disparities Conference, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York, Mar. 19, 2006. 

 

“The Difficulties of Interpreting Changing Racial and Socioeconomic Differences in Health Outcomes," International Conference on Health Policy Research, Boston, MA, Dec. 9, 2001: Abstract.

           

“The Misunderstood Relationship Between Declining Mortality and Increasing Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Mortality Rates, presented at the conference "Making a Difference:  Is the Health Gap Widening?" sponsored by the Norwegian National Institute of Public Health, Oslo Norway, May 14, 2001: Abstract, PowerPoint Presentation.

 

"Affirmative Action for Women," Women and the Constitution Conference sponsored by the Carter Center of Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia (December, 1987).