Estimating the contributions of lifestyle-related factors to preventable death : a workshop summary / Planning Committee on Estimating the Contributions of Lifestyle-Related Factors to Preventable Death.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Planning Committee on Estimating the Contributions of Lifestyle-Related Factors to Preventable Death, Corporate Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health risk assessment.

Medicine, Preventive.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (80 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This report is the summary of a workshop held by The Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Science December 13-14, 2004 to estimate the contributions of lifestyle-related factors to preventable death. The summary of this workshop includes presentations from experts in statistical design, epidemiology, quality-of-life measures, communication, and public policy and discussions among the participants. Panels of experts addressed the following topics: methodological issues when estimating the public health burden of lifestyle factors; estimating "attributable risk" in practice; alternative ways of measuring the health burden; and public policy issues.

Contents:

""FRONT MATTER""; ""CONTENTS""; ""ESTIMATING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF LIFESTYLE-RELATED FACTORS TO PREVENTABLE DEATH� A WORKSHOP SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""SETTING THE STAGE FOR DISCUSSION""; ""METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES WHEN ESTIMATING LIFESTYLE FACTORS""; ""ATTRIBUTABLE RISK IN PRACTICE: EXAMPLES FROM THE FIELD""; ""ALTERNATIVE METRICS OF BURDEN""; ""PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES""; ""DISCUSSION OF LESSONS LEARNED AND NEXT STEPS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""APPENDIX A WORKSHOP AGENDA""; ""APPENDIX B SPEAKER BIOSKETCHES""; ""APPENDIX C WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS""; ""APPENDIX D ACRONYM LIST""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-309-18179-8

1-282-08345-7

9786612083457

0-309-55160-9

OCLC:

923274497