Session 106:
Using Biomarkers to Validate Alternative Measures of Health in Developing Countries
Chair: Douglas Ewbank, University of Pennsylvania
Discussant: Howard Goldberg, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Differences between Self-Reported Diabetes and Clinical Test Results: The Usefulness of Bio-markers in Research in Developing Countries • Gilbert Brenes, University of Wisconsin at Madison and Central American Center for Population
Measuring the Burden of Malaria in West Africa: Are Levels of Childhood Anemia a Good Proxy? • K. Fern Greenwell, ORC Macro ; Melissa Neuman, ORC Macro
Using STI Biomarkers to Validate the Reporting of Sexual Behavior within an Experimental Evaluation of Interviewing Methods • Paul C Hewett, Population Council ; Manoel Ribeiro, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Santa Casa de São Paulo ; Sheri A Lippman, University of California, Berkeley ; Heidi Jones, Population Council ; Janneke van de Wijgert, International Antiviral Therapy Evaluation Center
Magnitude and Factors Affecting Anemia in West Bengal (India): A Multi Method Approach • Sayeed Unisa, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)
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