Epidemiology of Health Promotion

Epidemiology of Health Promotion

Health Statistics and Populations Directions This Assignment requires you to select 1) a population of interest (e.g. older adults, women of reproductive age) and 2) a health condition or event (e.g. hysterectomy, breastfeeding, unintended pregnancy), and then locate health statistics for your selections. Please search for data at the national, state, and local levels. Input your responses using a table similar to the one below. A Word document version of this table is available in Doc Sharing.

Data Search Directions Summarize Your Findings

1. Identify the population of interest and health condition/event to your practice.

Specify how you define the population (e.g. age, gender, health status, etc.).

2. Summarize your search process.

Specify what sources of health statistics were searched to find relevant health statistics.

3. Provide the health information obtained in the search.

4. Interpret your findings and determine if there is any evidence of health disparities based on the population examined.

Required Reading

Required Web Reading

The Role and Mission of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Retrieved from

http://www.cdc.gov/about/organization/mission.htm

Definition of Epidemiology

Definition of Epidemiology: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved from

http://www.cdc.gov/ophss/csels/dsepd/ss1978/lesson1/section1.html

Epidemiological Core Functions

Epidemiological Core Functions: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved from

http://www.cdc.gov/ophss/csels/dsepd/ss1978/lesson1/section4.html

Uses of Epidemiology

Introduction into Epidemiology: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved fromhttp://www.cdc.gov/ophss/csels/dsepd/ss1978/lesson1/section3.html

Measuring Risk: Ratios, Proportions and Rates

Measures of Risk: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Retrieved from

http://www.cdc.gov/ophss/csels/dsepd/ss1978/lesson3/section1.html

Morbidity Measures

Morbidity Frequency Measures: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/ophss/csels/dsepd/ss1978/lesson3/section2.html

Mortality Measures

Mortality Frequency Measures. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved from

http://www.cdc.gov/OPHSS/CSELS/DSEPD/SS1978/Lesson3/Section3.html

Examples Mortality Data

Mortality Data: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved from

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/deaths.htm

Natality Measures

Natality (Birth) Measures: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

http://www.cdc.gov/ophss/csels/dsepd/ss1978/lesson3/section4.html

Examples of Natality Data

Birth Data: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved from

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/births.htm

PowerPoint Presentations

The following presentations will provide an overview of the Basics of Epidemiology and Web of Causation.

What is Epidemiology?

Basic Epidemiology: Web of Causation

Answer Preview

Statistics conducted by the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention Board has been able to gather information on women and the number of women that are reproductive in America are about 98.7 million. This statistics was conducted and it was discovered that not all women in America are reproductive but only 62% of them can be able to get pregnant. In the state of…

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