2010 ARM Agenda: Sessions by Theme
The Annual Research Meeting agenda is organized around 20 themes in health services research and policy. See the full agenda for details on other conference themes.
Public Health
Monday, June 28
9:45 a.m.–11:15 a.m.
Public Health: Measurement and Quality Improvement
Chair: Michael Stoto, Georgetown University
Panelists: Bridget Booske, University of Wisconsin, Madison
County Health Rankings: Mobilizing Action Toward Community Health
Sheryl Davies, Stanford University
Measuring Hospital Preparedness for Pandemic and Mass Casualty Events: What Is most Important?
Alycia Infante, National Opinion Research Center
Strengthening Public Health Departments Through Process Improvement: Findings from the Common Ground Evaluation
Brenda Joly, University of Southern Maine
Quality Improvement in Local Health Departments: The Development of a Classification System
11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Using Microsimulation Models to Examine Public Health Investments
Chair: Glen Mays, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Panelists: Erika Martin, SUNY Albany
Expanded HIV Screening: What Will It Cost, and Who Will Pay? A Budget Impact Analysis
Jeroen van Meijgaard, University of California, Los Angeles
Assessing and Forecasting the Impact of Air Quality on Health Outcomes for a Local County Health Department
Wenya Yang, The Lewin Group
Who Pays the Costs? Who Realizes the Benefits? Using a Microsimulation Approach to Inform the Business Case for Smoking Cessation
Yiduo Zhang, The Lewin Group
Projected Lifetime Cost of Excess Weight among TRICARE Prime Plan Beneficiaries: the Business Case for Weight Loss Interventions
3:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
System Response to H1N1: Methodological Implications
Chair: Patricia Sweeney, University of Pittsburgh
Panelists: Glen Mays, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; Michael Stoto, Georgetown University
Methods Workshop: This panel will explore rigor in public health services research (PHSR) by highlighting two recent studies on the H1N1 outbreak. Panelists will compare, contrast, and critique alternative methodological approaches for studying variation in system response. In doing so, they will address analytical and measurement challenges in PHSR, pointing to additional methodological implications to be considered.
Sponsored by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
4:45 p.m.–6:15 p.m.
A Research Agenda for Public Health Accreditation
Chair: William Riley, University of Minnesota
Panelists: Leslie Beitsch, Florida State University; Stephen Davidson, Boston University School of Management; Mary Davis, North Carolina Institute for Public Health; Dennis Lenaway, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Special Session: The national accreditation program for governmental public health agencies is preparing to launch in 2011. This national voluntary accreditation effort is intended to ensure the quality of service provided by state, local, tribal, and territorial public health departments. This panel will provide an overview of accreditation in public health, present research findings from a study examining the influence of accreditation in North Carolina, and provide lessons public health can learn from the accreditation of health care organizations.
Sponsored by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Tuesday, June 29
8:00 a.m.–9:30 a.m.
Research Informing Policy: The Potential of Health Impact Assessments
Chair: Aaron Wernham, The Pew Charitable Trusts
Panelists: Dolores Acevedo-Garcia, Northeastern University; Keshia Pollack, Johns Hopkins University; Arthur Wendel, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Special Session: The growing field of health impact assessment (HIA) is showing promise as a holistic approach to addressing public health impacts and considerations to the decision-making process for plans, projects, and policies. By uncovering previously unrecognized health issues, translating complex health data into practical information to inform policymakers, and analyzing costs, HIA promotes practical policy alternatives that are responsive to health concerns and priorities and lead to long-term health benefits.
Sponsored by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
9:45 a.m.–11:15 a.m.
Systems Analysis of Service Delivery
Chair: Peter Jacobson, University of Michigan School of Public Health
Panelists: Tina Anderson-Smith, Georgia Health Policy Center
From Anecdotes to Archetypes: A Systems Analysis of the Sustainability of Community-Based Interventions
Betty Bekemeier, University of Washington
Local Health Department Changes in Service: Relationships to Health Disparities
Judith Keagy, University of Arizona
Network Structures and Research Collaboration in a Statewide Cancer Coalition
Glen Mays, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Local Variation in Public Health Responses to H1N1: A Role for Accreditation?
11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Childhood Obesity: Effectiveness of Prevention and Treatment Strategies
Co-Chairs: William Dietz, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Lisa Simpson, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Panelist: Elsie Taveras, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Roundtable: This session will address the evidence base and promising practices for the prevention and control of childhood obesity. The session will focus on clinical, public health, and health policy initiatives.
