Estimating the Contributions of Lifestyle-Related Factors to Preventable Death: A Workshop SummaryNational Academies Press, 2005 M06 2 - 80 pages 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. |
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METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES WHEN ESTIMATING LIFESTYLE FACTORS | 11 |
EXAMPLES FROM THE FIELD | 17 |
ALTERNATIVE METRICS OF BURDEN | 33 |
PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES | 43 |
DISCUSSION OF LESSONS LEARNED AND NEXT STEPS | 50 |
REFERENCES | 52 |
APPENDIX A WORKSHOP AGENDA | 55 |
APPENDIX B SPEAKER BIOSKETCHES | 58 |
APPENDIX C WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS | 69 |
APPENDIX D ACRONYM LIST | 71 |
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