10th Conference on Health Survey Research Methods

描述（由申请人提供）：此R13应用程序的目的是请求部分支持的组织和第10届会议上的健康调查研究方法，暂定于2011年举行的行为。自1975年以来，这一系列会议已成功举行了9次，这是已知的唯一一个专门侧重于改善健康调查数据收集专题的研究论坛。每次会议的记录都已公布。对于第十次会议，我们建议编写一本经过编辑的书，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。已经组织了一个正式的指导委员会，由关于这一专题的学术界和政府专家组成，并定期举行会议，规划会议议程。到目前为止，一些公共和私人研究机构已承诺提供的财政捐款总额约占会议估计费用的40%。如果美洲人权协商会提供更多的支持，将使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：调查研究是关于我们国家健康的经验数据的最重要来源之一。 该项目与保健服务研究有关，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.