National Research Council

Green Building

Washington, D.C.

September 8-9, 1994

Thursday, September 8, 1994

Mortality Levels and Trends, Quality of Data

Assessing Trends and Levels in Working Age Mortality in the Newly Independent States

Barbara A. Anderson, Population Studies Center, University of Michigan Brian D. Silver, Department of Political Science, Michigan State University

Mortality in the New Independent States: Quality of Data, Demographic Patterns and Possible Explanations

W. Ward Kingkade and Eduardo E. Arriaga, Center for International Research, U.S. Bureau of the Census

Russia Focus

Recent Trends in Life Expectancy and Causes of Death in Russia (1970-1993)

Vladimir M. Shkolnikov, Institute for Forecasting the National Economy,

Russian Academy of Science

France Meslé and Jacques Vallin, Institut National d'Études

Démographiques, Paris

Spatial Differences in Life Expectancy and Cause of Death Structure in Russia

Sergei A. Vassin, Institute for Forecasting the National Economy,

Russian Academy of Science

Regional Focus

Epidemiological Transitions in the Former Socialist Economies: Divergent Patterns of Mortality and Causes of Death

Christopher J.L. Murray, Harvard University

José Luis Bobadilla, The World Bank

Quality of Data

Mortality Levels and Quality of Data

Kenneth H. Hill, The Johns Hopkins University

Cause of Death Patterns (Focus on Infant and Child Mortality) and Quality of Data

Victoria Velkoff, Center for International Research, U.S. Bureau of the Census

Cause of Death Patterns (Focus on Adult Mortality) and Quality of Data

Harry M. Rosenberg, National Center for Health Statistics

Friday, September 9, 1994

Health Statistics and the Substantiation of Priority Problems in Countries of the CIS

Yuri M. Komorov, Director, Research Public Health Institute,

MedSocEconomInform, Ministry of Health of Russia

Discussant: Focus on Regional Differences

Murray Feshbach, Georgetown University

Injuries in the Newly Independent States: Mandate for Prevention

Timothy D. Baker and Paul H. Grundy, The Johns Hopkins University

School of Public Health

Discussant: Focus on Injury Issues

Phillip Graitcer, Emory University

Disability

Age, Disability and Functional Status in the Ukraine

Yuri V. Pakin, Institute of Gerontology, Kiev

Discussant: Beth J. Soldo, Georgetown University

Epidemiology of Disability in the New Independent States

Yuri M. Komarov, S.A. Leonov, A.S. Kiselev, A.E.Ivanova, S.P Ermakova,

A.S. Kiselev, and E.A. Savostina, Research Public Health Institute

MedSocEconomInform, Ministry of Health, Moscow

Discussant: Elena Gurvich, Consultant to USAID/Moscow

Epidemiological Study Insights

Mortality and Other Outcomes, Risk Factors, and Links with Death

Registration Data in NIS Epidemiological Study Sites (MONICA and others)

O. Dale Williams, School of Public Health,

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Ingrid G. Martin, Cardiovascular Disease Unit,

World Health Organization

Years of Life Lost and Policy Implications of Mortality, Disability and Injury Patterns for Health Priorities

Commentary: Peter Berman, Harvard University, Data for Decision Making Project

Commentary: Henry Mosley, The Johns Hopkins University

National Research Council

Green Building

Washington, D.C.

November 17-18, 1994

Thursday, November 17, 1994

Determinants of Adult Health

Proximate Determinants of Adult Health in the NIS

Pieter G.N. Kramers, L. W. Niessen, et al., Center of Public Health Forecasting, The Netherlands

Discussant: Risk Factors as Determinants of Adult Health in the NIS

Alan D. Lopez, Programme on Substance Abuse, World Health Organization

Discussant: Broader View of Determinants of Adult Health

Nicholas Eberstadt, American Enterprise Institute and Harvard University

Chronic Disease Prevention in the New Independent States: Experiences from the North Karelia Project in Finland and from Collaboration with Estonia and Republic of Karelia

Pekka Puska, Division of Health and Chronic Diseases, National Public Health Institute, Finland

Discussant: Millicent Higgins, Epidemiological and Clinical Applications,

National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health

Discussant: Risk Factors in the NIS—Incidence of Bad Habits Among the Adolescents in Urban Areas of the Russian Federation

Yuri Komarov, Research Public Health Institute, MedSocEconInform, Ministry of Health of Russia

Tobacco

Mortality from Tobacco in the NIS

Alan D. Lopez, Programme on Substance Abuse, World Health Organization

What Can the Newly Independent States Do To Control Tobacco Usage?

John P. Pierce, University of California San Diego Medical Center, Cancer Center Prevention and Control

Discussant: Priorities for Tobacco Control in the NIS

Alexander Prokhorov, Department of Behavioral Science, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas

Diet and Obesity

Nutritional Risk Factors in the Former Soviet Union

Barry Popkin, Namvar Zohoori, et al., Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Food Policy, Obesity, Diet Modification Strategies: What Works?

Thomas A. Pearson and Rajesh V. Patel, Mary Imogene

Bassett Research Institute, Columbia University

Discussant: O. Dale Williams, University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Public Health

Friday, November 18, 1994

Alcohol

Consumption of Alcohol in the NIS

Vladimir Treml, Duke University, Department of Economics

The Anti-Alcohol Campaign and Variations in Russian Mortality

Vladimir M. Shkolnikov, Institute for Economic Forecasting of the Russian Academy of Sciences; and Alexander Nemtsov, Institute of Psychiatry of the Health Care Ministry of the Russian Federation

Alcohol Related Policies for the NIS: Applying Lessons from the U.S.

Jody L. Sindelar, Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health

Injury and Violence

Injury Prevention and Control in the NIS: What Do We Need and What Would Work'?

Philip L. Graitcer, Emory University

Discussant: Terence Chorba, Injury, Prevention and Control & International Health Programs Office, Centers for Disease Control

Cost-Effectiveness

The Cost-Effectiveness of Strategies to Prevent Premature Death in the Former USSR: Is U.S. Data Relevant?

Tammy Tengs, Duke University, Center for Health Policy Research and Education

Discussant: Christopher Murray, Harvard University, Center for Population and Development

Discussant: Constance Nathanson, Department of Population Dynamics, The Johns Hopkins University

Role of Health Care

Health Care Finance and Trade-offs

Howard Barnum, The World Bank

Tertiary Prevention Strategies Under Constrained Resources

Robert Wallace, University of Iowa, Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health