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Improving health research on small populations proceedings of a workshop

"The increasing diversity of population of the United States presents many challenges to conducting health research that is representative and informative. Dispersion and accessibility issues can increase logistical costs; populations for which it is difficult to obtain adequate sample size are...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kirkendall, Nancy J.
Corporate Authors: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.) Committee on National Statistics, Improving Health Research on Small Populations (Workshop) (2018, Washington, D.C.)
Other Authors: White, Jordyn ([rapporteur])
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC the National Academies Press 2018, [2018]©2018
Subjects:
United States
Data Collection / Methods
Research Design
Population Groups
Public Health
Health Surveys / Methods
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Collection: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction and background
  • What do we mean by "small populations"?
  • Challenges in using available data for small population health research
  • Techniques used in survey research to identify and find small populations for health research
  • New and emerging designs for intervention studies
  • Recruitment, retention, and collection of data
  • Analysis techniques for small population research
  • Closing remarks
  • Appendixes
  • Includes bibliographical references

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