Program Evaluation, Meta-Analysis, and Outcomes Research
The Statistical Research and Applications Branch has provided statistical collaboration and support for numerous program evaluation studies, meta-analyses, and outcomes research studies.
Some examples of SRAB-supported projects in this area are:
- evaluating the population impact of nationwide programs such as the Fruits & Veggies More Matters
campaign to increase fruit and vegetable intake and the ASSIST program to decrease tobacco use; - using meta-analysis techniques to combine results from multiple studies of interventions to increase the use of breast and cervical cancer screening;
- methods for studying population-based morbidity outcomes for prostate cancer treatment in the Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study (PCOS).
