Improving Health Research on Small Populations Proceedings of a Workshop

The increasing diversity of population of the United States presents many challenges to conducting health research that is representative and informative. Dispersion and accessibility issues can increase logistical costs; populations for which it is difficult to obtain adequate sample size are also...

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Main Authors: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division, Health and Medicine, Services, Board on Health Care, Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and, Statistics, Committee on National, White, Jordyn, Kirkendall, Nancy
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C National Academies Press 27.06.2018
Edition:1
Subjects:
Health surveys
Health surveys-United States-Statistical methods-Congresses
Public health
Public health-Research-Congresses
ISBN:0309476097, 9780309476096
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Summary:The increasing diversity of population of the United States presents many challenges to conducting health research that is representative and informative. Dispersion and accessibility issues can increase logistical costs; populations for which it is difficult to obtain adequate sample size are also likely to be expensive to study. Hence, even if it is technically feasible to study a small population, it may not be easy to obtain the funding to do so. In order to address the issues associated with improving health research of small populations, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a workshop in January 2018. Participants considered ways of addressing the challenges of conducting epidemiological studies or intervention research with small population groups, including alternative study designs, innovative methodologies for data collection, and innovative statistical techniques for analysis.
ISBN:0309476097
9780309476096
DOI:10.17226/25112