Don from Taiwan: January 2008

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Research to Policy

Key words: research will inform the policy makers, transformational research

Monday, January 28, 2008

Objectives from last meeting

Complete the application

Human subject
CV (short and long)
Variable list
Updated research description

Analysis plan
More literature /significance

Application for the grant
Prospectus


Hi Diana,

I'll re-write the application form and research proposal to incorporate
these changes and also more literature reviews. It might take a couple of
days, so I'm not going to send you the documents today.
The next review committee will be held 2 weeks from today.
I think we can take our time to catch that one.

I'll try to organize our analytic strategies. The attached is the document
from yesterday.

Don

> I think they want you to check off the needed variables in the table on
> the
> DAC website -- I think I have that... Yes. I've attached it. The yellow
> highlighting is mine, to indicated suppressed/confidential variables. I
> think you should be able to do this pretty easily from the list of
> variables
> you gave me today.
>
> Bummer about the not getting a file. Maybe we should strategize about
> which
> analyses you should do first so that (1) we're not held up and (2) when/if
> we get to give them code to run, we have a good idea of all the stuff we
> want. Can you send me the variable/analysis list you gave me today
> electronically? Or, better yet, outline the analysis steps you're going to
> take in what order -- e.g.,:
>
>         1. Descriptive statistics of all variables
>                 - (list the variables)
>
>         2. Bivariate tables of all above with the following column/outcome
> variables:
>                 - Kessler score
>                 - Self reported need for MH services
>                 - (list the rest of your desired dependent / outcome
> variables here)
>                 - (state what you will be looking for in these tables? E.g.,
> confounders, collinear variables, time dependent variables, funky sample
> sizes, etc.?)
>
>
>         3. Multivariate analyses with outcome variables as in #2
>                 - (for each outcome, list the independent / covariates you
> anticipate being in the model; this may or may not be the same for all
> outcomes)

DAC application
Description of the research.doc

DAC datasets

Question 1: Are they remotely available?

Source files at UCLA Data Access Center (the “DAC”)

Secure site at UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
All CHIS data items except direct identifiers available, including:

Detailed demographics
Small geographic identifiers
Highly sensitive items (e.g., sexual orientation, ER visits due to mental health)

On-site or remote access available
More than 80 researchers have used or are using the DAC

Question 2: Are the data structure the same as the PUF or AskCHIS?

AskCHIS uses design information in the inference while PUF is supported by the replicate weights.

2008 Data Users Conference Postcard - N C H S

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Evidence-based Public Health

Evidence-Based Practice for Public Health
http://library.umassmed.edu/ebpph/

Pre-Formulated and Filtered Searches of Published Studies

Healthy People 2010 Information Access Project

Mental Health and Mental Disorders

Increase the proportion of adults with mental disorders who receive treatment. (Objective 18-09)

Cochrane

AAPI MRP grant

Joel as the director of CFCH has previous experience and expertise in AAPI related issues
GSR in the DrPH program has a focus of translational research
Previous work and extended focus, need for funding data use
Mental health as critical issue and the policy brief would bring attention the the neglected issue