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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Hauptverfasser: 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: E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Washington, D.C National Academies Press 27.06.2018
Ausgabe:1
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Health surveys
Health surveys-United States-Statistical methods-Congresses
Public health
Public health-Research-Congresses
ISBN:0309476097, 9780309476096
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  • Intro -- FrontMatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Introduction and Background -- 2 What Do We Mean by "Small Populations"? -- 3 Challenges in Using Available Data for Small Population Health Research -- 4 Techniques Used in Survey Research to Identify and Find Small Populations for Health Research -- 5 New and Emerging Designs for Intervention Studies -- 6 Recruitment, Retention, and Collection of Data -- 7 Analysis Techniques for Small Population Research -- 8 Closing Remarks -- Appendix A: Agenda and List of Participants -- Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Steering Committee and Speakers -- Committee on National Statistics