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/
Definition of Epidemiology
Definition of Epidemiology: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved from
http://www.cdc.gov/ophss/
Epidemiological Core Functions
Epidemiological Core Functions: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved from
http://www.cdc.gov/ophss/
Uses of Epidemiology
Introduction into Epidemiology: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved fromhttp://www.cdc.gov/ophss/
Measuring Risk: Ratios, Proportions and Rates
Measures of Risk: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Retrieved from
http://www.cdc.gov/ophss/
Morbidity Measures
Morbidity Frequency Measures: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/ophss/
Mortality Measures
Mortality Frequency Measures. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved from
http://www.cdc.gov/OPHSS/
Examples Mortality Data
Mortality Data: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved from
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
Natality Measures
Natality (Birth) Measures: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
http://www.cdc.gov/ophss/
Examples of Natality Data
Birth Data: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved from
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
PowerPoint Presentations
The following presentations will provide an overview of the Basics of Epidemiology and Web of Causation.
Basic Epidemiology: Web of Causation
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Specialists and physicians have been able to conduct their research and have come up with the conclusion that most reproductive women are usually between the age of 15 years and 44 years. The women between this age and have a good reproductive system have a higher…………………………..
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