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10/10/2015 |
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM
| Andrew Foster Auditorium
Thinking locally and globally. Fresh perspectives on applying three decades of research into epidemiology into permanent childhood hearing loss.
Epidemiology is the study of patterns of disease, but it is also a means of deciding priorities and identifying possible solutions. Starting with the Trent Study in the 1980s, right up to the reports from the global burden of disease 2010, we have generalised from the epidemiology of PCHI found in discrete studies in small geographical areas to make estimates of need and policy recommendations nationally and internationally. While this has had its successes, there are clear indicators that this is overly simplistic. Through analysis of newborn hearing screening results and other studies, we show where there is evidence of variations between countries and communities, the gaps in our knowledge, and how the next generation of epidemiologists should take up the legacy of current knowledge.
- There is massive inequality in the disease burden of permanent childhood hearing loss globally.
- Policy makers, commissioners and health workers need to have knowledge of local patterns of disease
- We show why local knowledge is required by the global community to find the right solutions and reduce inequalities.
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Adrian Davis (Co-Presenter), Public Health England / A.D Cave Solutions, adriancjdavis@me.com;
hon professor ear institute UCL, founder AD cave solutions, former director of the newborn hearing screening programme and lead for population health research in Public Health England. He has been honoured with an OBE for his contribution to healthcare.
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Katrina Davis (POC,Primary Presenter), Kings College London, kasd_2@yahoo.co.uk;
Thirty years after being recruited into hearing research aged four, she still contributes, despite officially being an old age psychiatrist. Her special interests are the effect of hearing loss on cognition in older adults and the epidemiology of permanent childhood hearing impairment.
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