This Month's Feature

Aging

Westat has a reputation for conducting the highest quality research on aging, including studies of health and community-based long-term care.

Driving as We Age

Rain. Snow. Ice. Dark of night. How do we adjust our driving habits for hazardous conditions when we’re in our 60s? 70s? 80s? Westat explored the reported driving strategies of older adults in the context of potentially dangerous driving situations.

MCBS: Tracking Medicare Changes and Effects Over Time

Medicare is at the center of many changes in the Nation’s health care system. The Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) captures Medicare’s effects, not just within the program but in the entire health system, as it informs decisions about health care policy for the elderly and disabled.

NHATS: Examining Late-Life Trends and Trajectories

How does daily life change as we age? The National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS) is a new resource for studying late-life functioning that will help guide efforts to reduce disability, maximize functioning, and enhance quality of life of older Americans.

News

Westat to Support CSAP in Meeting Federal Reporting Requirements

12/12/12

The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention's (CSAP's) Data Collection, Analyses, and Reporting (DCAR) project provides CSAP with a centralized resource for substance abuse prevention data and analyses. Westat will support CSAP in meeting reporting requirements of the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) Modernization Act of 2010 and the National Outcome Measures (NOMs).

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FLASHE Moves Forward with Westat for Parent-Teen Study

12/05/12

For the National Cancer Institute, Westat will administer FLASHE, a national study of parent-teen pairs focusing on the psychosocial, intergenerational, and environmental connections of healthy diet and exercise behaviors.

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Roger Tourangeau to Serve as an Editor of the New Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology

11/29/12

Roger Tourangeau, Ph.D., a Westat Vice President and internationally renowned survey methodologist, will serve as the editor for methodological papers for a new interdisciplinary journal, the Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology. The journal is jointly sponsored by the American Statistical Association (ASA) and the American Association of Public Opinion Research (AAPOR). Oxford University Press will begin publishing the journal in 2013.

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