concepts and principles to Public Health problems. Select meaningful indicators and rates. 2 READINGS There are three readings in this Study Session. You will use them mainly as references for clarifying your understanding of key concepts. Author/s Publication Details Bonita, R., (2006). Ch 2 Measuring Health and Disease In Basic – Beaglehole, R. & Epidemiology. 2nd Ed.Geneva: WHO: 17-32. Kjellstrom, T. Joubert, G., Ehrlich (2007). Ch 2 Key Concepts in Epidemiology. – R., Katzenellenbogen, In Epidemiology: A Manual for South Africa. 2nd Ed. Cape J. M. & Abdool Karim, Town: Oxford University Press: 12–29. S. S. Centers for Disease (2006) Lesson Three: Measures of Risk. Principles of Control and epidemiology in public health practice; an introduction to Prevention (U.S.). applied epidemiology and biostatistics. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: 3-1 3-8, 3-9 – 3.38. – 3 DEFINE KEY TERMS Earlier when you looked at a district health problem (Unit 1 Study Session 2), you encountered several questions about how many people are affected by a health condition and how often a condition occurs in the population. To arrive at answers to these questions and to enable us to compare settings and measure change or progress, several forms of health measurement are required. Before embarking on this session read the following section about frequency measures, this will be a reminder about the differences between the primary measurements that you will calculate in this module. READING Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). (2006) Lesson Measures of Risk. Principles of epidemiology in public health practice; an introduction to applied epidemiology and biostatistics. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: 3-1 3-8. – Some examples of indicators include various types of mortality rates, disease frequency measures, immunisation coverage, per capita income, literacy levels, birth rates and others. It is important to establish a set of precise definitions or descriptions
concepts and principles to Public Health problems. Select meaningful indicators and rates. 2 READINGS There are three readings in this Study Session. You will use them mainly as references for clarifying your understanding of key concepts. Author/s Publication Details Bonita, R., Beaglehole, R. & Kjellstrom, T. (2006). Ch 2 – Measuring Health and Disease In Basic Epidemiology. 2nd Ed.Geneva: WHO: 17-32. Joubert, G., Ehrlich R., Katzenellenbogen, J. M. & Abdool Karim, S. S. (2007). Ch 2 – Key Concepts in Epidemiology. In Epidemiology: A Manual for South Africa. 2nd Ed. Cape Town: Oxford University Press: 12–29. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). (2006) Lesson Three: Measures of Risk. Principles of epidemiology in public health practice; an introduction to applied epidemiology and biostatistics. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: 3-1 – 3-8, 3-9 – 3.38. 3 DEFINE KEY TERMS Earlier when you looked at a district health problem (Unit 1 Study Session 2), you encountered several questions about how many people are affected by a health condition and how often a condition occurs in the population. To arrive at answers to these questions and to enable us to compare settings and measure change or progress, several forms of health measurement are required. Before embarking on this session read the following section about frequency measures, this will be a reminder about the differences between the primary measurements that you will calculate in this module. READING Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). (2006) Lesson Measures of Risk. Principles of epidemiology in public health practice; an introduction to applied epidemiology and biostatistics. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: 3-1 – 3-8. Some examples of indicators include various types of mortality rates, disease frequency measures, immunisation coverage, per capita income, literacy levels, birth rates and others. It is important to establish a set of precise definitions or descriptions
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