From Katrina.Simmons@DOH.WA.GOV Mon Nov 20 16:11:37 2000 Received: from mxu1.u.washington.edu (mxu1.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.05/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id QAA387834 for ; Mon, 20 Nov 2000 16:11:35 -0800 Received: from mail1.doh.wa.gov (mail1.doh.wa.gov [192.230.11.132]) by mxu1.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.02/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id QAA11364; Mon, 20 Nov 2000 16:11:35 -0800 Received: by mail1.doh.wa.gov with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2652.35) id ; Mon, 20 Nov 2000 16:10:07 -0800 Message-ID: <213895AE8149D3118D9500508B0F20A001E1BD82@mail2.doh.wa.gov> From: "Simmons, Katrina" To: "'ph-assess@u.washington.edu'" , "Abad, Ruth" , "Baggs, James" , Cc: "Diane C. Gordon (E-mail)" , "Gayle Reiber (E-mail)" Subject: BRFSS Conference 2001: Call for Abstracts - due 5 pm EST, 1/5/00 Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 16:10:05 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2652.35) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Go to the CDC Web Site for the full official version of the BRFSS 2001 Call for Abstracts: http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/brfss/2001conf-callabstracts.htm Here is a text version: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 18th Annual BRFSS Conference March 12-15, 2001 Sheraton Atlanta Atlanta, GA Call for Abstracts Abstracts must be received by 5:00 PM on January 5, 2001. Notification of the Abstract Review Committee's decision will be made on January 26, 2001. Paper sessions: Paper presentations will be approximately 15 minutes in length, with additional time allowed for discussion. Several papers addressing the same issue or theme will be grouped together to form a session. Papers should report recently completed work. Abstracts for papers should include a short statement of the specific problem or topic, a description of the methods or approaches, as well as briefly stated results and conclusions. Poster sessions: Poster sessions are display presentations consisting of an exhibit of material that the author personally attends for assigned period of time (1-1.5 hours). Results are summarized in the form of graphs, tables, pictures, etc. Copies of a written report or handout may be distributed. Abstracts should follow the same instructions as for paper presentations. All abstract submissions should adhere to the following instructions and checklist. Please review guidelines carefully and submit abstracts in the required format. All abstracts must be received by 5:00 PM on January 5th, 2001. Abstract Content: - Describe briefly the objective(s) of the study or nature of the problem. - Include a statement on methods used. - Summarize results or outcome. - Include a statement of conclusion(s) reached. Abstract Text: - TYPE ABSTRACT TITLE IN UPPERCASE LETTERS. - Type authors' names and affiliation of the presenting author using upper and lower case letters. - List all authors by last name, first name, and middle initial. Underline the presenting author's name. - Type text double-spaced, using a standard size font (no smaller than 12pt). - Limit the body of the abstract to 250 words or less (abstracts that go over this limit will be returned to the authors). Abstract Information: - Include presenting author's full name, organization, mailing address, E-mail address, and voice and fax numbers. - Select the topic that best corresponds to your abstract: - Survey Operation or Methodology - Operational and technical issues related to BRFSS design, data collection, and analysis. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, quality control, validity, small area analyses, and combining BRFSS data with data from other sources. - Epidemiologic Studies - Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, subgroup analyses, state added modules, and trend analyses. - Program Planning and Health Promotion - Use of BRFSS data in development, implementation, or evaluation of health promotion programs and policy decisions. - Choose preferred presentation format: Poster, oral presentation, or poster or oral presentation. - Specify audio visual requirements: Slide projector, overhead projector, or specify other. Abstract Submission: * Complete Abstract Checklist below * Submit abstract and checklist via e-mail or on diskette in WordPerfect or Microsoft Word format. E-mail: kim9@cdc.gov Mailing Address (when using U.S. Postal Service): Karin A. Mack, Ph.D. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 4770 Buford Highway, NE, MS/K-47 Atlanta, GA 30341 Courier Address: Karin A. Mack, Ph.D. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2877 Brandywine Road, Room 5511 Chamblee, GA 30341 Abstract Checklist Attach completed checklist to each abstract submission. (Printer-friendly Abstract Checklist) 1. __ Abstract is 250 words or less and follows other guidelines. 2. __ Presenting Author's Identification: Name: _______________________________________ Organization: _______________________________________ Mailing Address: _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ E-mail Address: _______________________________________ Phone number: _______________________________________ Fax number: _______________________________________ 3. Select the topic that best corresponds to your abstract: [ ] A. Data Collection, Sampling, and Analysis [ ] B. Epidemiologic Studies [ ] C. Program Planning and Health Promotion 4. Choose preferred type of presentation: [ ] Oral Presentation If Oral Presentation slot is not available, a poster presentation is [ ] acceptable [ ] not acceptable [ ] Poster 5. Specify audio/visual requirements: [ ] Slide Projector [ ] Overhead Projector [ ] Other (please specify): _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Katrina Wynkoop Simmons, BRFSS Coordinator Center for Health Statistics Washington State Department of Health 1112 Quince St. SE MS/PO Box 47814 Olympia, WA 98504-7814 Telephone Voice: 360-236-4322 FAX: 360-753-4135 E-mail: katrina.simmons@doh.wa.gov ____________________________________ Required Message from the Department of Health: This message may be confidential. If you received it by mistake, please let me know right away and delete the message. All messages to and from the Department of Health may be disclosed to the public. -----Original Message----- From: Spice, Christie L [mailto:Christie.Spice@DOH.WA.GOV] Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 12:08 PM To: Washington public health assessment coordinators Subject: FW: AHRQ newsletter Here's the latest newsletter from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Christie Spice Community Assessment Liaison Department of Health 1112 Quince Street PO Box 47812 Olympia, WA 98504-7812 P: (360) 236-4345 F: (360) 236-4088 E: christie.spice@doh.wa.gov Required message from the Department of Health: This message may be confidential. If you received it by mistake, please notify the sender and delete the message. All messages to and from the Department of Health may be disclosed to the public. > AHRQ Electronic Newsletter > > November 15, 2000, Issue #17 > > Today's Headlines: > > 1. Centers of excellence RFA > 2. Developmental centers for evaluation and research in patient safety > RFA > 3. Medical errors grants awards > 4. National health care quality report > 5. AHRQ awards nine new grants to study health disparities > 6. Article on racial and ethnic differences in children's health care > 7. Web chat on medical errors and patient safety research summit > 8. Domestic violence grant awards > 9. Domestic violence new scholar > 10. Medical errors summit with providers in Chicago on November 30 > 11. Report on characteristics of long-term care users > 12. New evidence report on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease > 13. AHRQ to co-sponsor ISTAHC 2001 > 14. Articles in Medical Care Research and Review > 15. Guidelines added to the National Guideline Clearinghouse(tm) (NGC) > 16. Highlights from the most recent edition of our monthly newsletter > 17. Fac*Toid > > > 1. Centers of Excellence RFA > > AHRQ issued a press release on October 26 to announce a Request for > Applications (RFA) for our Patient Safety Centers of Excellence. These > centers will conduct research on areas relating to patient safety and > medical errors. The press release also outlines AHRQ's agenda for medical > errors research in FY 2001. Go to > http://www.ahrq.gov/news/press/pr2000/excellpr.htm to see the press > release > and http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HS-01-002.html to see > the RFA. > > > 2. Developmental Centers for Evaluation and Research in Patient Safety > RFA > > AHRQ announced on November 13 our second patient safety Request for > Applications (RFA). We are seeking applications from nonprofit > organizations, universities, clinics, and federal, state, and local > agencies > to establish as many as 10 new Developmental Centers for Evaluation and > Research in Patient Safety (DCERPS). AHRQ expects to award up to $2 > million > in exploratory grants. The new DCERPS are expected to include > multidisciplinary teams of researchers, direct ties to medical delivery > systems through formal data-sharing agreements, and patient safety > education > programs. Letters of intent are due January 3, 2001; applications are due > January 24, 2001. Visit > http://www.ahrq.gov/news/press/pr2000/dcerpspr.htm > to see our press release and the NIH Guide at > http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HS-01-007.html to see the > RFA. > > > 3. Medical Errors Grant Awards > > AHRQ awarded six new projects designed to improve the safety of health > care > through the identification and prevention of avoidable systems-related > medical errors. Go to http://www.ahrq.gov/news/press/pr2000/bestawpr.htm > to > see our November 9 press release. > > > 4. National Health Care Quality Report > > AHRQ announced on November 3 plans to develop a national report on the > quality of health care in the United States. An interagency workgroup > will > develop the final content and design of the report. The project is being > led by AHRQ with collaboration from the National Center for Health > Statistics. Other members of the workgroup include the Office of the > Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, the CDC, HCFA, NIH, > NCI, > and SAMHSA. AHRQ is required under its reauthorization legislation to > produce this report by 2003. Visit > http://www.ahrq.gov/news/press/pr2000/natreppr.htm to see our press > release. > > > 5. AHRQ Awards Nine New Grants to Study Health Disparities > > AHRQ announced on November 9 funding for a major new research initiative > that will improve knowledge of the factors underlying ethnic and racial > inequities in health care, the EXCEED (Excellence Centers to Eliminate > Ethnic/Racial Disparities) initiative. Funding for these nine new > projects > is expected to total $46 million over a 5-year period. The studies will > help identify practical tools and strategies to eliminate these > disparities. > Each project will consist of a group of four to seven studies organized > around a central theme. Projects include access and quality of care for > the > vulnerable black population; racial and ethnic variation in medical > interactions; and improving the delivery of effective care to minorities. > These research projects will be funded by AHRQ in partnership with the > Office of Research on Minority Health, the National Cancer Institute, and > the National Institute of General Medical Sciences at the National > Institutes of Health. Go to > http://www.ahrq.gov/news/press/pr2000/dispawpr.htm to see our press > release. > > > 6. Article on Racial and Ethnic Differences in Children's Health Care > > AHRQ announced on October 31 that the disadvantages that some Hispanic > children experience in their access to health care may be related to their > parents' inability to speak English well enough to interact fully with the > health care system. The study, "Racial and Ethnic Differences in > Children's > Access to Care," is an analysis of data from AHRQ's Medical Expenditure > Panel Survey (MEPS) and is published in the November issue of the American > Journal of Public Health. Go to > http://www.ahrq.gov/news/press/pr2000/weinickpr.htm to see our press > release. > > > 7. Web Chat on Medical Errors and Patient Safety Research Summit > > Web MD has posted the transcript of a live chat on medical errors > featuring > Dr. John Eisenberg and Sue Sheridan, a consumer from Boise, Idaho, who > spoke > at the Medical Errors and Patient Safety Research Summit held on September > 11. Go to http://my.webmd.com/content/article/1700.50906 to see the > transcript. > > > 8. Domestic Violence Grant Awards > > AHRQ announced on November 14 the funding of four new research projects as > a > result of the Agency's RFA on domestic violence. Project topics are: > treatment outcomes for abused women in public clinics, computerized > screening for domestic violence victims, comparing and contrasting seven > existing domestic violence interventions located in different hospital > settings, and outcomes for intimate partner violence. Go to > http://www.ahrq.gov/news/press/pr2000/domviolpr.htm to see our press > release. > > > 9. Domestic Violence New Scholar > > AHRQ announced the selection of Jeffery H. Coben, M.D., as the new senior > scholar in residence for domestic violence. This is a 1-year program > developed in consultation with the Family Violence Prevention Fund. Go to > http://www.ahrq.gov/news/press/pr2000/dvschlr2pr.htm to see our press > release. > > > 10. Medical Errors Summit with Providers in Chicago on November 30 > > AHRQ and its partners on the Quality Interagency Coordination (QuIC) Task > Force will sponsor a meeting for representatives of health care provider > organizations on November 30 in Chicago. The purpose of the meeting, > which > is a followup to the national summit on medical errors and patient safety > research held in Washington on September 11, is to seek input on the key > research questions that need to be answered to improve patient safety > throughout the nation's health care system. Visit the QuIC's Web site, > http://quic/summit/resagenda.htm, to see the draft research agenda > developed > as a result of the September 11 summit, as well as the agenda for the > November 30 meeting. > > > 11. Report on Characteristics of Long-Term Care Users > > AHRQ issued a press release on November 8 to announce the availability of > a > new report on the characteristics of long-term care users. This AHRQ study > used information from a number of nationally representative data sets to > provide an overview of the characteristics of adult long-term care users > and > to examine changes over time in the profile of elderly long-term care > users. > Go to http://www.ahrq.gov/news/press/pr2000/ltcpr.htm to see our press > release. Print copies of the report are available from the AHRQ > Publications Clearinghouse, 1-800-358-9295. > > > 12. New Evidence Report on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease > > AHRQ announced on October 30 the availability of a summary of an evidence > report by the Duke University Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) on the > management of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary > disease. > The American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine > and > the American College of Chest Physicians developed a clinical practice > guideline based on this report, which will be published in CHEST and > Annals > of Internal Medicine, Winter 2001. Visit > http://www.ahrq.gov/news/press/pr2000/copdpr.htm to see our press release > and http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/copdsum.htm to see the summary. Print > copies > of the summary are available from the AHRQ Publications Clearinghouse, > 1-800-358-9295. Copies of the full report will be available in early > 2001. > > > 13. AHRQ to Co-Sponsor ISTAHC 2001 > > The International Society of Technology Assessment in Healthcare (ISTAHC) > will hold its 2001 conference June 3-6, in Philadelphia. The meeting will > be hosted by ECRI, one of AHRQ's 12 Evidence-based Practice Centers. > Examples of topics to be covered include the usefulness of cross-cultural > and cross-national assessments; use of new national and international > clinical guidelines; and the role of government in advancing/slowing > diffusion of new technology. For more information, including information > on > submitting abstracts by December 1 and registering to attend, go to > http://www.ISTAHC2001.org to visit the conference Web site. > > > 14. Articles in Medical Care Research and Review > > Three articles from the AHRQ exploring different aspects of racial and > ethnic disparities in health care are published in a special theme > supplement of the November issue of Medical Care Research and Review. The > articles discuss health insurance status, access to and use of health care > services, and cultural competency. Print copies of the articles are > available from the AHRQ Publications Clearinghouse, 1-800-358-9295. > > > 15. Guidelines Added to the National Guideline Clearinghouse(tm) (NGC) > > Prevention and treatment of tuberculosis among patients infected with > human > immunodeficiency virus: Principles of therapy and revised recommendations > Criteria for knee surgery > Criteria for entrapment of a single lumbar nerve root > Guidelines for clinical use of the antinuclear antibody test and tests for > specific autoantibodies to nuclear antigens > Guidelines for detection of thyroid dysfunction > Criteria for cervical surgery related to entrapment of a single cervical > nerve root > Criteria for ankle/foot > Practice parameters for the assessment and treatment of children, > adolescents, and adults with mental retardation and comorbid mental > disorders > Practice parameters for the assessment and treatment of children, > adolescents, and adults with autism and other pervasive developmental > disorders > Practice parameters for the assessment and treatment of children and > adolescents who are sexually abusive of others > Osteoporosis prevention, diagnosis, and therapy > Allergic rhinitis: clinical practice guideline > National guideline for the management of chlamydia trachomatis genital > tract > infection > National guideline for the management of non-gonococcal urethritis > National guideline for the management of gonorrhoea in adults > National guideline for the management of bacterial vaginosis > National guideline for the management of vulvovaginal candidiasis > National guideline for the management of trichomonas vaginalis > National guideline for the management of genital herpes > National guideline for the management of early syphilis > National guideline for the management of late syphilis > National guideline for the management of donovanosis (granuloma inguinale) > > > 16. Highlights from the Most Recent Edition of our Monthly Newsletter > > The new issue of Research Activities is in the mail. The key articles > are: > > 1. Depending on how it's measured, health plan performance may vary by > enrollee ethnicity, education, and income (see page 1). > 2. Risk of foot amputation may be double for diabetes patients who don't > obtain prescribed footwear and medicines (see page 5). > 3. Followup of low birthweight babies to adolescence reveals many have > learning and behavioral problems (see page 7). > > Select http://www.ahrq.gov/research/oct00/ to get an advance look at these > articles and others. > > > 17. Fac*Toid > > The average charge for a hospital stay is over $11,000, and the average > hospital stay is about 5 days long. Source: Elixhauser A, Yu K, Steiner > C, > and Bierman AS. Hospitalization in the United States, 1997. Rockville > (MD): > Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2000. HCUP Fact Book No. 1 > > > Encourage Your Colleagues to Sign Up for This Newsletter > > Please forward this to others who might be interested in receiving our > electronic newsletter. Here's how to subscribe: > > 1. Send an e-mail message to: listserv@list.ahrq.gov > 2. In the subject line type: Subscribe. > 3. In the body of the message type: sub public_list-L your full name. > Example: sub public_list-L John Doe > 4. You will receive an e-mail confirmation. > > If you are a new subscriber, or would like to reference information in a > previous issue, an archive of the newsletters can be found on AHRQ's Web > site, at http://www.ahrq.gov/news/enewsix.htm, which is located in the > "Newsroom" section of the site. > > > Contact Information > > Please address comments and questions to Nancy Comfort at > ncomfort@ahrq.gov > or (301) 594-6391. > > > > .