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May 2007
Item Response Theory Workshop
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.
Find out more »Geographic Information Systems Training Workshop
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.
Find out more »May 2006
Being Multiracial in America: Evidence from the 2000 Census and the 2004 American Community Survey
Much has been made about the introduction of the new race question in the federal statistical system that allowed individuals to choose more than one race. The goal of this talk is to examine some of this data and review the implications for understanding the racial composition of America. Three particularly important issues concern: 1) the growth trajectory of this population; 2) the socioeconomic heterogeneity that exists within subgroups of the multiracial populations; and 3) the significance of this population as it affects denominational estimates of rates in health statistics and other related data. Implications for American Indian/ Alaska Native populations will be discussed.
Find out more »Cultural Competence and Quality of Care: A Roadmap for Reducing Mental Health Care Disparities in Latinos
Racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in access to and quality of health care constitute a major national public health problem that greatly challenge the US health systems of care. The recently published AHRQ's 2005 National Healthcare Disparities Report reported that, while health care disparities (including mental health) seem to be narrowing overall for most ethnic minority populations, disparities have worsened for Latinos in both access to and quality of care measures. This presentation will provide a roadmap to reducing mental health disparities in Latinos by addressing how quality of care is linked to issues of cultural and linguistic competence in the clinical encounter between providers and children, adolescents and their families and to issues of workforce diversity and development. It concludes with some recommendations and a call to action to shore up the widening gap in mental health care disparities in Latinos.
Find out more »March 2006
Oral History Methodology Workshop
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.
Find out more »February 2006
Got Data? Get Results: A Qualitative Methods Workshop
Topics discussed in the workshop included: how to design a functional methods section; how to progress from operational questions to finding answers; how to acquire qualitative tools (observation, interview and participation based methods) and their uses; and how to sharpen your analytic skills.
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