International Conference on Outcomes Measurement

描述(由申请人提供)： 成果衡量国际会议将在世界各地发展的IRT/RASCH的知识和专门知识的基础上分享和发展。这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可用的新工具来改进该领域的机会。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，其中许多活动很难直接观察，例如，来自许多系统的药物使用、犯罪和服务利用。此外，许多指标明显依赖于样本--需要使用现代IRT/RASCH方法来评估其在人群、护理条件/水平和时间上的使用情况。最近，NIH的总体路线图倡议，特别是NIDA关于卫生服务研究的蓝丝带小组，呼吁提高我们领域的衡量质量。显然，该领域需要这样一次会议。在会议之前，将举办入门和高级培训讲习班。论文将突出现代测量的关键问题，重点放在物质使用和行为健康应用上。将提出显著减轻应答者负担的测量技术，同时提高测量精度。将介绍IRT/RASCH测量的优势，如减轻负担、增加隐私、改善公平性以及监控整个护理过程中的医疗状况。论文将重点介绍在物质使用和行为健康领域中正在进行的测量方法的应用。这包括使用计算机化的适应性测试来改善对患有药物使用障碍、抑郁症、创伤和ADHD等疾病的人的评估和护理。最后，卫生保健政策领域的领导人将探讨这些测量方面的进步如何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.