2009 ARM Agenda: Sessions by Theme
The Annual Research Meeting agenda is organized around 21 themes in health services research and policy. See the full agenda for details on other conference themes.
Public Health
MONDAY, JUNE 29
9:45 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
Regulation, Allocation & Efficiency in Public Health: Estimating Policy Implementation & Impact
Chair: Timothy Van Wave, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Panelists:
Nancy Baum, University of Michigan
Understanding Resource Allocation Decisions of Public Health Officials in the United States
Peggy Honoré, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Examining Local Board of Health Practices in Financial Issues of Local Public Health Agencies
Jeroen van Meijgaard, University of California, Los Angeles
Assessing & Forecasting Population Health
Bin Xie, University of Western Ontario
Cost-Effectiveness of Universal Predischarge Serum Bilirubin Screening in the Birthing Hospital to Reduce Kernicterus & Jaundice-Related Readmission
Decentralization Versus Recentralization: What Works Best in Health Systems?
Chair: Richard Saltman, Emory University
Panelists: Jon Magnussen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology; Greg Marchildon, University of Regina; Kenneth Thorpe, Emory University; Karsten Vrangaek, University of Copenhagen
Roundtable: Decentralization has long been a key strategy in many health care systems. Policymakers believed that it better met differing local needs, and thus improved both clinical and financial outcomes. Yet recently a number of governments have implemented major reforms that re-centralize key elements of health sector decision-making, citing exactly the same reasons. Who's right? What lessons are there to be learned from this apparent contradiction, especially for health reform proposals in the United States?
3:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
Public Health Systems & Services Research: Perspectives from Practice & Academia
Chair: Paul Cleary, Yale School of Public Health
Panelists: E. Richard Brown, University of California, Los Angeles; Virginia Caine, Marion County Health Department; Shelley Hearne, Pew Charitable Trusts; Steven Huleatt, West Hartford-Bloomfield Health District
Roundtable: The goal of this session is to discuss the impact of Public Health Systems and Services Research (PHSSR) on the public health field from the perspectives of public health practitioners and researchers. PHSSR examines how organization, financing, and performance of public health systems can help identify optimal structures, practices and resources so that public health agencies can deliver highly effective public health services to communities. This session will provide attendees with the opportunity to experience two didactic perspectives about how PHSSR is utilized to influence practice, research, and policy.
4:45 p.m.-6:15 p.m.
Addressing Disparities Through Public Health System Research and Adaptations to Public Health Practice
Chair: Debra Perez, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Panelists: Harold Cox, Boston University; Marsha Gold, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.; Claudia Schur, Social and Scientific Systems
Special Session: Eliminating health disparities is one of the overarching goals of Health People 2010; however, early estimates predict that disparities in health have not experienced the same improvements that overall population health has since the creation of these goals nearly a decade ago. This panel will address the role of public health systems research in addressing disparities and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's investments in this area. Panelists will discuss ongoing research, data available to design interventions, and promising strategies to better address health disparities. They will also discuss the relationship between research and practice, as well as research and policy questions that still remain.
Sponsored by: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
TUESDAY, JUNE 30
8:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m.
Paying for Population Health: Multisectoral Perspectives
Chair: David Kindig, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Panelists: Jo Ivey Boufford, New York Academy of Medicine; Daniel Fox, Milbank Memorial Fund; Jim Hester, Vermont Health Reform Commission; Andrew Webber, National Business Coalition on Health
Roundtable: Since broad population health improvement requires investments from the many determinants of health, decision makers from multiple sectors will need to be working together towards this goal. Panelists will discuss the opportunities and challenges for such collaboration.
9:45 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
Structure & Performance in Public Health Delivery Systems
Chair: Glen Mays, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Panelists:
LLi-Wu Chen, University of Nebraska Medical Center
The Relationship Between County Composition & Public Health Performance for Regional Public Health Systems: A Nebraska Study
Justin Hall, Queen's University
Organizational Connectivity & Public Health Preparedness in Alberta
Sergey Sotnikov, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Investigating the Effects of Partnerships on Local Health Department's Preparedness
Douglas Wholey, University of Minnesota
Public Health Systems: Community Networks for Risky Youth Behavior, Elderly Care & Emergency Preparedness
Susan Zahner, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Structural Capacities, Processes & Performance in Small Local Public Health System
11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Quality Improvement in Public Health
Chair: Brenda Joly, University of Southern Maine
Panelists: Leslie Beitsch, Florida State University; Joe Kyle, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control; William Riley, University of Minnesota
Special Session: The Multi-State Learning Collaborative (MLC) is a national initiative designed, in part, to advance quality improvement efforts in public health departments across 16 participating states. Members of the Collaborative will discuss their experiences and lessons learned related to implementing quality improvement collaboratives in public health. The presentation will also focus on preliminary evaluation data used to assess features of an organization that are thought to enhance or impede change and quality improvement. Discussants will highlight some of the challenges and opportunities for implementing, managing and evaluating quality improvement efforts in public health.
