Chapter three is a depiction of health surveillance. Surveillance is an important part of public health that monitors diseases, epidemics, and the overall wellness of a population. Although great strides are made to provide the most accurate data on a population there are some errors, such as selective under counting of certain groups in a population (ex: young ethnic minority males.) Or how hospital data can be inaccurate due to incomplete or subjective records due to the nature of that data being collected to cater to an individual patient's care and not in terms of surveillance alone.
The chapter also discusses how morbidity is measured and the effects morbidity had on individuals and society. The picture I drew is essentially a cycle where an issues arises in the public, then trickles down to a health care providers who combine their data with other doctors in an agency, which is then complied into reports that can see trends like new cases of diseases or possible outbreaks, which then goes back into society to be implemented and make aware of possible health issues that people should be mindful of to protect themselves.
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Mortality is different from morbidity in that mortality measures the rate of death, while morbidity measure the conditions of disease. Mortality data can be useful in many ways. Comparing different populations and what different population die from, and why, can be useful to determine how to resolve the problem. For instance, black men are more likely to die from heart attack than white men. Morbidity can be used to determine that the problem exists and what the cause of this may be. Is it because black men are more likely to live in poverty compared to white men and therefore have worse
The chapter also discusses how morbidity is measured and the effects morbidity had on individuals and society. The picture I drew is essentially a cycle where an issues arises in the public, then trickles down to a health care providers who combine their data with other doctors in an agency, which is then complied into reports that can see trends like new cases of diseases or possible outbreaks, which then goes back into society to be implemented and make aware of possible health issues that people should be mindful of to protect themselves.
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Mortality is different from morbidity in that mortality measures the rate of death, while morbidity measure the conditions of disease. Mortality data can be useful in many ways. Comparing different populations and what different population die from, and why, can be useful to determine how to resolve the problem. For instance, black men are more likely to die from heart attack than white men. Morbidity can be used to determine that the problem exists and what the cause of this may be. Is it because black men are more likely to live in poverty compared to white men and therefore have worse