Workshop on Estimating the Contribution of Lifestyle-Related Factors to Preventable Death

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On Dec 13-14, 2004, the IOM held a workshop that engaged expert scientists, methodologists, policymakers, and others on issues related to methods for estimating the contribution of lifestyle-related factors to preventable deaths and other metrics for assessing disease burden.

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Following are the presentations given at the workshop.

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Related Reports
		Estimating the Contributions of Lifestyle-Related Factors to Preventable Death: A Workshop Summary Jun 2, 2005

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	Welcome and Introduction--Dr. Julie Gerberding
	Setting the Stage For Discussion: Attributing Risk in Preventable Deaths--Dr. George Mensah
	Setting the Stage for Discussion: Causality--Dr. Richard Scheines
	Setting the Stage for Discussion: Attributable Risk in Epidemiology--Dr. Steve Goodman
	Methodological Issues When Estimating Lifestyle Factors: Partial Adjustments--Dr. Katherine Flegal
	Methodological Issues When Estimating Lifestyle Factors: Calculating the Number of Deaths Attributable to a Risk Factor using National Survey Data--Dr. Barry Graubard
	Methodological Issues When Estimating Lifestyle Factors: Caveats in Using Estimation of Deaths Attributable to Lifestyle Factors--Dr. Mitchell Gail
	Methodological Issues When Estimating Lifestyle Factors: Estimating Population-Attributable Risk: A Simulation Model Based on the NHANESI Follow-up Study and NHANES III--Dr. Louise Russell
	Attributable Risk in Practice–Examples from the Field Overview of Actual Causes of Death, 1993--Dr. J Michael McGinnis
	The Numbers are the Easy Part: Questions of interpretation and usefulness of population --Dr. Beverly Rockhill
	Atributable Risk in Practice-Examples from the Field: Alcohol Use--Dr. Robert Brewer
	Attributable Risk in Practice-Examples from the Field: Alcohol Use: Dr. Michael Thun
	Attributable Risk in Practice-Examples from the Field: Tobacco Use--Dr. Corinne Husten
	Attributable Risk in Practice-Examples from the Field: Tobacco Use--Dr. Graham Colditz
	Attributable Risk in Practice-Examples from the Field: Obesity--Dr. David Allison
	Attributable Risk in Practice-Examples from the Field: Physical Activity--Dr. Steven Blair
	Alternative Metrics of Burden: QALYs--Dr. Allison Rosen
	Alternative Metrics of Burden: Comparative Risk Assessment (DALYS)--Dr. Christopher Murray
	Alternative Metrics of Burden: Economic Costs--Dr. Erik Finkelstein
	Alternative Metrics of Burden: Using Population-attributable Risk Estimates to Allocate Resources--Dr. Louise Russell
	Public Policy Issues: A State Policy Perspective--Dr. Georges Benjamin
	Public Policy Issues: Ethical Issues--Dr. Daniel Wikler
	Public Policy Issues: Communication--Dr. Katherine Rowan
	Iom Workshop on Deaths Attributable To Lifestyle--Dr.J. Michael McGinnis
	Discussion: What have we learned; where do we go from here?--Dr. Michael Stoto


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Agenda. Workshop on Estimating the Contribution of Lifestyle-Related Factors to Preventable Death