Principal uses of epidemiology: o Historical use- study of historical cases within a population to determine patterns of mortality and morbidity. [Diseases shape history; speculation of the plague leading to the fall of the Roman Empire] (http://duncansepidemiology.tripod.com/id8.html)
o Community health use- study and diagnosis of health within certain communities to identify problem areas that need special treatment. [Chronic pain was found in different levels within a community based on factors such as age, sex, and employment.] (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673699030573)
o Health services use- study of health services to examine proficiency and cost effectiveness of different areas of care. [A study conducted …show more content…
To remove differences in socioeconomic status composition between the populations being compared
(Friis R.H. (2010). Epidemiology 101: Essential Public Health Series. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc)
(3) Identify one disease or health condition of your choice. You may NOT select obesity or lung cancer.
Identify four different health-based websites where you can obtain statistical information related to the selected disease or health condition.
From each website, select and provide one interesting statistic.
Provide the Name and URL of the website where you found statistical information on the selected disease or health condition.
Format
Statistic 1, website where found
Statistic 2, website where found (and so on)
The websites should be valid sources (such as used in H311 to complete the group assignments).
Diabetes
1. 1/3 of the 25.4 million Americans with diabetes are undiagnosed, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/hearttruth/downloads/pdf/HT_Facebook_Infographics_diabetes-LARGE.pdf)
2. Risk of death is 50% higher for adults with diabetes when compared to those without diabetes, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
o Community health use- study and diagnosis of health within certain communities to identify problem areas that need special treatment. [Chronic pain was found in different levels within a community based on factors such as age, sex, and employment.] (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673699030573)
o Health services use- study of health services to examine proficiency and cost effectiveness of different areas of care. [A study conducted …show more content…
To remove differences in socioeconomic status composition between the populations being compared
(Friis R.H. (2010). Epidemiology 101: Essential Public Health Series. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc)
(3) Identify one disease or health condition of your choice. You may NOT select obesity or lung cancer.
Identify four different health-based websites where you can obtain statistical information related to the selected disease or health condition.
From each website, select and provide one interesting statistic.
Provide the Name and URL of the website where you found statistical information on the selected disease or health condition.
Format
Statistic 1, website where found
Statistic 2, website where found (and so on)
The websites should be valid sources (such as used in H311 to complete the group assignments).
Diabetes
1. 1/3 of the 25.4 million Americans with diabetes are undiagnosed, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/hearttruth/downloads/pdf/HT_Facebook_Infographics_diabetes-LARGE.pdf)
2. Risk of death is 50% higher for adults with diabetes when compared to those without diabetes, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention