10th Conference on Health Survey Research Methods

描述(申请人提供)：本R13申请的目的是请求部分支持第十届健康调查研究方法会议的组织和举办，暂定于2011年举行。自1975年以来，这一系列会议已经成功举办了九次，这是已知的唯一一次专门侧重于改进健康调查数据收集这一主题的研究论坛。每一次会议的会议记录都已公开。对于第十届会议，我们提议编写一本经过编辑的书籍，作为会议的最后产品，我们认为这一战略将增加会议的影响。已经组织了一个由学术界和政府专家组成的正式指导委员会，该委员会正在定期举行会议，规划会议议程。迄今为止，一些公共和私营研究组织已认捐了大约40%的财政捐款，估计举办这次会议的费用是多少。AHRQ的更多支持将推动我们更接近于有足够的资金在2011年初如期召开会议。 公共卫生相关性：调查研究是有关我国健康的经验数据的最重要来源之一。该项目与卫生服务研究有关，因为它将专门侧重于改进通过调查研究方法收集的公共卫生信息的战略。

DESCRIPTION (PROVIDED BY APPLICANT): The purpose of this R13 application is to request partial support for the organization and conduct of the 10th Conference on Health Survey Research Methods, tentatively scheduled to be held in 2011. Since 1975, nine successful conferences have been held in this series, which is the only research forum known to focus exclusively on the topic of improving the collection of health survey data. The proceedings from each conference have been made publicly available. For the 10th Conference, we are proposing the development of an edited book as the final Conference product, a strategy that we believe will increase the Conference's impact. A formal Steering Committee, made up of academic and government experts on this topic, has been organized and is meeting on a regular basis to plan the agenda for the conference. To date, financial contributions total about 40 percent of the estimated costs of holding the conference have been pledged by a number of public and private research organizations. Additional support from AHRQ would push us closer to having sufficient funds to convene the conference on schedule in early 2011. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Survey research is one of the most important sources of empirical data regarding the health of our Nation. This project is relevant to health services research as it will focus exclusively on strategies for improving public health information collected by survey research methodologies.