RCMAR Analysis Core Conference Minutes – Draft #3
June 17, 2014 8:00 A.M. to 9:00 A.M. (Pacific)
Call in information is 888 921-8686 (3103120536#)
Pin code for moderator: 6769
I. Roll call, availability, and role assignments for next teleconference
Name
Hays, Ron (UCLA)
Kapteyn, Arie (USC)
Moore, Mignon (UCLA)
Mungas, Dan (UC Davis)
Schwartz, Steve (U Wash/U Colorado)
Stewart, Anita (UCSF)
Templin, Tom (WSU/U Mich)
Teresi, Jeanne (Columbia U)
Wallace, Steve (UCLA Coord Center)
Weech-Maldonado, Rob (Deep South)
Facilitator
Recorder
Present June 17
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Available July 15
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Arie Kapteyn
Ron Hays
Ron Hays
Mignon Moore
II. Review and approval of minutes from May call
The minutes from the May call were approved. They will be forwarded for posting on the
password restricted area of the RMCAR web site (http://www.rcmar.ucla.edu/). Use rcmar,
rcmar-II (capitol I’s).
III. Additional/deletions to agenda
Dropped the “Methods of Analysis of Longitudinal Datasets” topic.
Ron and Rob asked participants about whether they knew of information about associations of
patient evaluations of health care and race/ethnic concordance between health care providers
and patients. This issue was raised by someone outside of RCMAR who felt that the
Affordable Care Act and value-based purchasing might disadvantage minority providers. Arie
noted that Ken Wells mentioned a study in the early 80’s that showed patients in general
tended to have negative stereotypes of black doctors manifested in greater distrust of them
than white doctors. He also referred Ron to Cleopatra Abdou for suggestions about relevant
work. Steve W. noted that Kaiser Northern California has a certification program for
providers related to ability to communicate with non-English language patients. Rob suggested
that minority providers tend to be more likely to provide care at sites with a higher proportion
of minority patients and evaluations of care tend to be less positive by minority patients.
Ron suggested we make a list of available webinars/presentation series relevant to our mission,
such as http://cmore.med.ucla.edu/ and the VA HSR&D Cyberseminars (cyberseminar@va.gov).
Steve W. said we could post this information on the RCMAR measurement website.
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IV. Announcements
None.
V. Annotated Reference Lists
We reviewed the outstanding reference lists to build positive intentions for moving them
forward:
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Qualitative methods in minority aging research (Mignon Moore, UCLA)
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Moderator and Mediator Analyses for Investigating Determinants of Health Disparities
(Tom Templin, MCUAAAR)
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Measuring and Modeling cognitive function (Dan Mungas, UC Davis)
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Online panels (Ron Hays to first draft, cleaned up by Arie Kapteyn, UCLA/USC)
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Secondary Datasets on Minority Aging Issues (UAB unnamed scholar)
VI. RCMAR Preconference Workshop – 2015 – Use of Well-Being Measures in Minority Aging
Research
GSA is November 18-22, 2015 (November 18 is the day of the workshop). Arie reiterated
Arthur Stone’s commitment to speak. He may ask him to join the next call. Arie indicated
that he could speak on the topic of how income related to happiness and life satisfaction. He
mentioned that studies do not necessarily show a linear association. Tom referred to positive
psychology and meaning and purpose in life concepts. Carol Ryff is listed as a potential
speaker to address these issues. Ron mentioned his personal interest in hearing about and
perceived importance of how subjective well-being and health-related quality of life intersect
and diverge from one another (Anita is listed as the speaker). Steve W. referred to use of
well-being measures in national datasets (Jacqui Smith is the listed speaker). Steve also said
that NIA really likes written products to come out in association with the workshop and that
there is a $1000 in the workshop budget to pay for an RA to help.
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Post Call Details
2014 RCMAR Measurement and Methods Conference Call Assignments
Recorder
Month
January 21
February 18
March 18
April 15
May 20
June 17
July 15
August 19
September 16
October 21
November 18
December 16
Anita Stewart
Dan Mungas
No March Call
Steve Schwartz
Tom Templin
Ron Hays
Mignon Moore
Facilitator
Rob Weech-Maldonado
Anita Stewart
No March Call
Dan Mungas
Rob Weech-Maldonado
Arie Kapteyn
Ron Hays
Summary of 2014 completed conference call participation
Name
Ron D. Hays
Arie Kapteyn
Mignon Moore
Dan Mungas
Steve Schwartz
Anita Stewart
Tom Templin
Rob Weech-Maldonado
# Recorder
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
# Facilitator
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
Total count
1
1
0
2
1
2
1
2
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Email Addresses
Ron D. Hays
Arie Kapteyn
Mignon Moore
Dan Mungas
Steve Schwartz
Anita Stewart
Tom Templin
Jeanne Teresi
Steven P. Wallace
Rob Weech-Maldonado
drhays@ucla.edu
kapteyn@usc.edu
moore@soc.ucla.edu
dmmungas@ucdavis.edu
stevesch@u.washington.edu
anita.stewart@ucsf.edu
ac0410@wayne.edu
teresimeas@aol.com
swallace@ucla.edu
rweech@uab.edu
Agenda for Next RCMAR Analysis Core Conference Call
July 15, 2014 11:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. (Eastern)
Call in information is 888 921-8686 (3103120536#)
Pin code for moderator: 6769
I. Roll call, availability, and role assignments for next teleconference
II. Review and approval of minutes from last call
III. Additions/deletions to agenda
IV. Announcements
V. Annotated reference lists
VI. 2015 Preconference: Use of Well-Being Measures in Minority Aging Research.
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Annotated Reference Lists
Methods for Developing, Adapting, and Testing Measures for Minority
Populations
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Overviews of Measurement Issues
Using Focus Groups in the Development of Structured Surveys (UCSF)
Using Cognitive Interviews to Develop Structured Surveys (UCSF - updated June 2010)
IRT & DIF Readings (UCLA - updated July 2010)
Guidelines for Translating Surveys in Cross-Cultural Research (UCSF - updated May 2010)
Qualitative methods in minority aging research (Under development by UCLA)
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Best Practices for Mixed Methods Research in the Health Sciences - NIH Office of Behavioral
and Social Sciences Research (also relevant to the next topic listed directly below)
Quantitative Analytic Methods
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Strengthening Causal Inference in Nonrandomized Health Disparity Designs
Moderator and Mediator Analyses for Investigating Determinants of Health Disparities (Under
development by MCUAAR)
Concepts and Measures of Race/Ethnicity and Ethnic Identity
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Ethnic Identity References
Race/Ethnicity - Conceptualization
Race/Ethnicity - Data Quality
Racial/Ethnic Discrimination Measurement
Specific Measures in Minority Populations
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SF-36 in Older Minority Populations
Measuring and Modeling Cognitive Function (Under development by UC Davis)
Measuring Depression
Measuring Health Literacy
Methods for Collecting Data
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Online Panels, American Association of Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) Report, 2010
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Online panels issues (Under development by USC & UCLA)
Available Datasets
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Secondary Datasets on Minority Aging Issues (Under development by UAB)
Methodological Issues Conducting Interventions to Reduce Disparities
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Methodological Resources for Translating Evidence-Based Behavioral Interventions (EBI) to
Reach Disparity Populations in Ethnically Diverse Communities (UCSF)
Depression (development TBA)
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APPENDIX II: 2015 PRECONFERENCE WORKSHOP
Use of Well-Being Measures in Minority Aging Research
January 21, 2014 Updates
Funding has been received for this full-day workshop (November 18, 2015) based on the
following abstract:
2015: Use of Well-being Measures in Minority Aging Research. As the interest in healthy
aging has grown, measuring subjective well-being has become part of identifying trends in aging
and evaluating the impacts of policy on health. A NIA/Brookings 2011 workshop concluded that
subjective well-being measures could be useful and appropriate for targeted populations and
policies, although the usefulness for the general population was uncertain. Key issues included
variations in how behavior is influenced by well-being in different groups, how to account for
adaptation to objectively bad circumstances, how different groups interpret survey questions on
well-being, and how to include equity considerations. The goals of this conference are to
introduce minority aging researchers to the usefulness and impact of research on well-being, to
connect leading researchers in the measuring well-being to scholars in minority aging, to
stimulate new research using state of the art measures on well-being relevant to minority
elderly populations, and improve the utility of research on well-being among elders of color in
policy and practice. The objectives are for participants to improve their understanding of wellbeing theory, methods, and application so that they are better able to incorporate well-being in
their research questions, analysis, and dissemination. The morning will be devoted to
presentations from leaders in the field of well-being measures reviewing key domains in wellbeing as they apply to minority aging. The afternoon will focus on practice skills and include a
small group breakout session led by the speakers to discuss incorporating well-being measures
into minority aging research agendas.
Additional topics raised on January call: Are they differences in the meaning of SWB by
race/ethnic group?
The only confirmed speaker is Arthur Stone. We need to discuss the draft content and
speakers.
Topics
Keynote: State of the Art in
Measuring Subjective Wellbeing
Economic Approaches
Speaker
Arthur Stone, PhD,
CONFIRMED
Psychological Approaches
Cross national/cross cultural
perspectives
Carol Ryff, PhD
Carol Graham, PhD
Arie Kapteyn, PhD
Affiliation
Distinguished Professor, Stony Brook
University.; Chair, NAS panel on Measuring
subjective well-being
Prof., Econ.; Assoc. Dir. USC RCMAR; Former
Dir., Roybal Center, Financial Decisionmaking, RAND
Professor, Psychology, Univ. of Wis.-Madison
College Park Professor, Univ. of Maryland
School of Public Policy
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Topics
Integrating minority aging
issues, Discussion by RCMAR
directors
Speaker
James S. Jackson, PhD
Spero Manson, PhD
Eliseo Pérez-Stable,MD
Testing measurement
equivalence
Subjective well-being vs.
health-related quality of life
Ron Hays, PhD
Measurement of well-being
in national datasets
Jacqui Smith, PhD
Anita Stewart, PhD
Affiliation
Professor, Univ. of Michigan & RCMAR
Distinguished Prof., U Colorado-Denver &
RCMAR
Professor, UC-San Francisco & RCMAR
Professor, GIM/HSR, UC-Los Angeles &
RCMAR
Professor, Institute on Health & Aging, UCSan Francisco & RCMAR
Professor, Psychology; Co-I, Health &
Retirement Study, Univ. of Michigan &
RCMAR
In December, Arie Kapteyn circulated by email a copy of “Subjective Well-Being: Measuring
Happiness, suffering, and other dimensions of experience” (authored by Kapteyn, Lee, Tassot,
Vonkova, and Zamarrow) and a National Research Council of the National Academies report,
“Panel on measuring subjective well-being in a policy-relevant framework” (edited by Arthur A.
Stone and Christopher Mackie). Arie also noted that Arthur Stone has moved to USC from
Stony Brook to head the Center for Self-Report Science.
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