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From: "Patricia Crowley" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 11:45 AM
Subject: Seminar 12/6 . Perceptions of risk
> International Centre for Health and Society 2002 Seminar
> Series
> 12 June, 5pm
>
>
> Thomas B. Newman, MD, MPH
> Visiting Professor, Centre for Evidence-based Child Health, Institute
> of Child Health Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and
> Pediatrics University of California, San Francisco
>
> 'The Power of Stories over Statistics: Illustrations from
> Neonatal Jaundice and Infant Airplane Safety'
>
> All welcome. RSVP attendance essential
> Abstract
> If our goal in making health policy is to optimize health outcomes at a
> reasonable cost, our approach will necessarily be probabilistic and
> statistical -- using available data to estimate numbers of people
> benefiting various amounts from various courses of action. On the
> other hand, another source of input to policy makers is stories --
> narratives of what happened to particular people, often told by the
> people themselves or their representatives. In this talk I'll contrast
> stories and statistics in two areas: guidelines for treatment of jaundice
> in newborns and proposed regulations requiring that infants less than 2
> years old be restrained in safety seats during airplane travel. I'll
> conclude with a discussion (with attendees) of the power of stories
> and possible ways it might be more effectively channelled or diffused.
>
> End
> Patricia Crowley
> Centre Administrator
> International Centre for Health and Society
> Dept of Epidemiology & Public Health, UCL
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> London WC1E 6BT
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