Teresa Barnett

Saturday, March 4th 2006
9:00 am – 1:30 pm
3258 Franz Hall
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563

PROGRAM

9:00 am -1:30 pm–Workshop

ABOUT THIS WORKSHOP

Oral traditions in racial/ethnic minority communities often result in many important sources of information and/or knowledge being left unrecorded. Oral history taking becomes critical to preserving everything from memories of health traditions to critical community incidents. Oral histories are often used by a variety of disciplines.  The workshop promises to be an excellent opportunity for participants to increase their knowledge of how to utilize oral history methodologies in their work with racial/ethnic minority populations.  The Center also looks forward to increasing the numbers of individuals who can contribute to the Katrina rebuilding efforts through the collection of oral histories from Hurricane Katrina survivors.

Training: GIS for Research on Health Disparities

May 4: Internet-Based Mapping.

Become familiar with key mapping concepts and valuable online mapping tools, especially those that are useful for health researchers. And, then use these new tools with health data that can be downloaded. Focus will be on web-mapping systems that enable users to quickly produce maps with overlapping thematic layers (e.g. demographic and vital statistics), and with point-based data (e.g. local community health services).

This lab-based training will take participants through more sophisticated features of online GIS (Geographic Information Systems). These include creating personal accounts, saving maps and data for easy access, creating customized geographies for focus or study areas, & uploading datasets–both point and polygon–using Excel files. No background training in using GIS software or data management is required.

This training is open to graduate students, post docs, faculty and researchers who are actively engaged in research in which this particular methodology would be most relevant. If you are interested in participating in this GIS training please send an e-mail to cmhd@ucla.edu. Include in it your name, whether you are a graduate, post doc or faculty member and your department. Please include the research question/topic which you would like to work on during the workshop, tell us whether this is a funded research project, your dissertation, master’s or independent project that you are working on alone. You must register for each workshop separately. So please let us know whether you are registering for the beginning only, the advanced only or both. Your response for the beginner’s workshop is needed by 12pm, May 2nd. Your response for the advanced workshop is needed no later than May 14th by 3pm. We will let you know on these days whether or not you have been admitted to the workshop.

Steven P. Reise, PhD

Item Response Theory (IRT) is a model that will facilitate the description, in probabilistic terms, of the relationship between a person’s response and his or her standing on the construct being measured by the scale. IRT is a very valuable method to be employed by those interested in looking at differences in response by racial/ethnic minorities and so this workshop is an excellent opportunity for participants interested in investigating health disparities in minority populations.

This introductory workshop includes a discussion of the basics of item response theory (IRT) modeling, including discussions of defining model parameters, model assumptions, item and test characteristic and information curves, frequently-used IRT models, and differences between traditional methods and IRT methods. Also included are discussions of the role of IRT modeling in health outcomes research of evaluating and developing questionnaires, identifying differential item functioning, linking instruments, developing item banks, and assessing change and critical issues for applying this methodology in health outcomes research.

The workshop is open to graduate students, post docs, faculty and researchers who are actively engaged in research in which this particular methodology would be most relevant. If you are interested in participating in this Item Response Theory workshop on Friday May 11th from 12-4:30 please send an e-mail to cmhd@ucla.edu. Include in it your name, whether you are a graduate, post doc or faculty member and your department. Please include the research question/topic which you would like to work on during the workshop, tell us whether this is a funded research project, your dissertation, master’s or independent project that you are working on alone. Your response is needed by noon on Wednesday May 2nd.

Staff of the Advanced Policy Institute

May 18: Desktop GIS
Learn how to turn data into visual maps, using the most widely available desktop system! This second laboratory session provides hands-on training to familiarize participants with the basics of ESRI’s core mapping software –ArcMap. Students will learn more about the fundamental principles of GIS through applied instruction on managing, processing and interpreting spatial data. Specifically, students will learn the basics of ArcMap, create maps based on GIS data provided by the instructor, and perform spatial overlays using statistical data.

This training is open to graduate students, post docs, faculty and researchers who are actively engaged in research in which this particular methodology would be most relevant. If you are interested in participating in this GIS training please send an e-mail to cmhd@ucla.edu. Include in it your name, whether you are a graduate, post doc or faculty member and your department. Please include the research question/topic which you would like to work on during the workshop, tell us whether this is a funded research project, your dissertation, master’s or independent project that you are working on alone. You must register for each workshop separately. So please let us know whether you are registering for the beginning only, the advanced only or both. Your response for the beginner’s workshop is needed by 12pm, May 2nd. Your response for the advanced workshop is needed no later than May 14th by 3pm. We will let you know on these days whether or not you have been admitted to the workshop.

Date: Saturday, May 31, 2014

Time: 10AM-1PM

Where: Mar Vista Gardens Community Center

Prizes! Fun for the whole family! Learn to train your dog! Raffles!

Come learn how to live a more positive and healthy lifestyle while also being visited by some very cute lovable, and highly trained therapy animals.

The UCLA BRITE Center for Science, Research & Policy in collaboration with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is offering an opportunity for volunteers ages 12 and up, and from all backgrounds, to engage with communities and increase COVID-19 vaccination rates in LA County. Volunteers will assist with current efforts to improve access to vaccines in disproportionately affected communities as well as areas that are struggling with vaccine hesitancy. By choosing to volunteer with our program, you will be making a difference in the fight against COVID-19 as a vaccine warrior!

For more information, please visit the Vaccine Warriors website.