Carla M. Bann

Expertise

Program Evaluation
Maternal-Child Health
Psychometric Analysis
Statistical Analysis of Behavioral Data

Biography

Carla Bann, PhD, Fellow (appointed November 2009) in statistics and psychometrics, is director of the Program Evaluation and Outcome Measurement program within RTI's Statistics and Epidemiology unit. She has over 12 years of experience in psychometric analysis, scale and index development, program evaluation, and statistical analysis of behavioral data. Her research interests include maternal and child health and she has served as a psychometrician for several large-scale data coordinating centers focused on improving maternal and child outcomes. Dr. Bann also has participated in numerous studies focused on the areas of health-related knowledge, quality of life, and informed decision making. Her statistical skills encompass a variety of techniques, including structural equation modeling, latent growth curve analysis, item response theory, and factor analysis. She has published her research findings in several peer-reviewed journals, including Medical Care, Pediatrics, Quality of Life Research, PharmacoEconomics, Depression and Anxiety, Journal of Applied Gerontology, and Health Care for Women International.

Education

PhD, Quantitative Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; MA, Quantitative Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; BA (summa cum laude), Mathematics, Arizona State University; BS (summa cum laude), Psychology, Arizona State University.

Selected Publications

Da Costa, D., Bann, C.M., Hansen, N.I., Shankaran, S., & Delaney-Black, V. (Jul 2009). Validation of the Functional Status II questionnaire in the assessment of extremely-low-birthweight infants. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 51 (7):536-544.

Stephens, B.E., Bann, C.M., Poole, W.K., & Vohr, B.R. (Nov 2008). Neurodevelopmental Impairment: Predictors of Its Impact on the Families of Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants at 18 Months. Infant Mental Health Journal, 29 (6):570-587.

Williams-Piehota, P.A., McCormack, L.A., Treiman, K., & Bann, C.M. (June 2008). Health information styles among participants in a prostate cancer screening informed decision-making intervention. Health Education Research, 23 (3):440-453.

McClure, E.M., Carlo, W.A., Wright, L.L., Chomba, E., Uxa, F., Lincetto, O., & Bann, C. (August 2007). Evaluation of the educational impact of the WHO Essential Newborn Care course in Zambia. Acta Paediatrica, 96 (8):1135-1138.

McClure, E.M., Goldenberg, R.L., & Bann, C.M. (2007 Feb). Maternal mortality, stillbirth and measures of obstetric care in developing and developed countries. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 96 (2):139-146.

Karmaliani, R., Bann, C.M., Mahmood, M.A., Harris, H.S., Akhtar, S., Goldenberg, R.L., & Moss, N. (Jan 2007). Measuring antenatal depression and anxiety: Findings from a community-based study of women in Hyderabad, Pakistan. Women & Health, 44 (3):79-103.

Ambalavanan, N., Carlo, W.A., Shankaran, S., Bann, C.M., Emrich, S.L., Higgins, R.D., Tyson, J.E., O'Shea, T.M., Laptook, A.R., Ehrenkranz, R.A., Donovan, E.F., Walsh, M.C., Goldberg, R.N., & Das, A. (2006). Predicting outcomes of neonates diagnosed with hypoxemic-ischemic encephalopathy. Pediatrics, 118 (5):2084-2093.

Bann, C.M., Parker, C.B., Bradwejn, J., Davidson, J.R.T., Vitiello, B., & Gadde, K.M. (2004). Assessing patient beliefs in a clinical trial of Hypericum perforatum in major depression. Depression and Anxiety, 20 (3):114-122.

Bann, C.M., Berkman, N., & Kuo, T.M. (2004). Insurance knowledge and decision-making practices among Medicare beneficiaries and their caregivers. Medical Care, 42 (11):1091-1099.

Bann, C.M., Fehnel, S., & Gagnon, D.D. (2003). Development and validation of the diabetic foot ulcer scale-short form (DFS-SF). Pharmacoeconomics, 21 (17):1277-1290.

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