International Conference on Outcomes Measurement

描述（由申请人提供）： 成果衡量国际会议将分享和建立在世界各地发展起来的IRT/Rasch的知识和专长基础上。本次会议将回顾物质使用和行为健康研究中重要结构测量背后的科学。它还将探索利用心理测量学中的新工具来改善该领域的机会。会议的主题是“物质使用和行为健康的现代测量”。“药物滥用治疗涉及多个领域，其中许多活动难以直接观察，例如，物质使用，犯罪和服务利用从许多系统。此外，许多措施显然是样本依赖性的-需要使用现代IRT/Rasch方法来评估其在人群，条件/护理水平和时间中的使用。最近，美国国立卫生研究院的路线图倡议，特别是NIDA的蓝丝带小组对卫生服务研究呼吁提高质量的测量在我们的领域。显然，该领域需要这样一次会议。会议之前，将提供入门和高级培训研讨会。论文将重点介绍现代测量中的关键问题，重点是物质使用和行为健康应用。测量技术将提出，显着减少受访者的负担，同时提高测量精度。IRT/Rasch测量的优点，如减轻负担，增加隐私，提高公平性，并监测整个护理连续的医疗保健状态。论文将重点介绍正在进行的方法应用测量领域的重点是物质使用和行为健康。这包括使用计算机自适应测试，以改善评估和照顾的人谁遭受物质使用障碍，抑郁症，创伤，多动症，最后，在卫生保健政策领域的领导者将探讨如何在测量这些进步可能会改变行为卫生保健的提供，研究和政策。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The International Conference on Outcomes Measurement will share and build on the base of knowledge and expertise in IRT/Rasch that has been developed around the world. This conference will review the science behind the measurement of important constructs in substance use and behavioral health research. It will also explore opportunities to improve the field with the new tools available in psychometrics. The conference theme will be, "Modern Measurement in Substance Use and Behavioral Health." Substance abuse treatment involves multiple domains in which many activities are difficult to observe directly, e.g., substance use, crime, and service utilization from many systems. Moreover, many measures are clearly sample-dependent - requiring the use of modern IRT/Rasch methods to evaluate their use across populations, condition/level of care, and time. Recently, NIH's road map initiative in general and specifically NIDA's Blue Ribbon panel on health services research have called for improving the quality of measurement in our field. Clearly, the field needs such a conference. Prior to the conference, introductory and advanced training workshops will be offered. Papers will be presented that highlight the critical issues in modern measurement with a focus on substance use and behavioral health applications. Measurement technology will be presented that significantly reduces respondent burden while increasing measurement precision. Advantages of IRT/Rasch measurement such as reducing burden, increasing privacy, improving fairness, and monitoring healthcare status across the continuum of care will be presented. Papers will highlight ongoing methodological applications of measurement in areas focusing on substance use and behavioral health. This includes the use of computerized adaptive testing to improve the assessment and care of persons who suffer from substance use disorders, depression, trauma, ADHD, and so on. Finally, leaders in the area of health care policy will explore how these advances in measurement may change behavioral health care delivery, research, and policy.