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An informatician conducts data assessments of public health information. They are responsible for organizing, synthesizing, and interpreting data and transforming it into pertinent information that may be used to identify implications for public health program planning and development.

In this assignment, you will continue to use your pre-intervention asthma surveillance data set from the CDC in the Excel spreadsheet to analyze your database from a summary perspective. You will calculate various statistical means of the asthma data in your Excel spreadsheet using Pivot Table reports. You will then answer the following questions in a 3–4-page paper, and embed your pivot tables in your report to explain the summary results.

What statistical mean results do your Pivot Tables demonstrate about this grade school population of students?

Data Means Statistical Questions

• What was the most frequent number of missed days?
• What is the mean (average) number of missed days because of asthmatic conditions?
• Which school had the highest average of missed days? 
• Was the school with the highest average of missed days for males the same as the school with the highest average of missed days for females?
• Is the average number of missed days higher among those who answered yes to asthma than the overall average?
• What is the average age of the student population?

In a summary, explain how an informatician can use an outcome measurement of missed school days to monitor and evaluate population health; in this situation, asthma cases in elementary school children. Refer to the following article by Moonie, Sterling, Figgs, and Castro (2006):

Moonie, S. A., Sterling, D. A., Figgs, L., & Castro, M. (2006). Asthma status and severity affects missed school days. The Journal of School Health, 76(1), 18–24. Retrieved from

http://search.proquest.com.southuniversity.libproxy.edmc.edu/docview/215674744?accountid=87314

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• Give reasons and examples in support of your responses. Cite all sources using APA format.
• Submit a 3–4-page report in a Microsoft Word document to the Submissions Area  by the due date assigned.
• Name your document SU_PHE6203_W3_A2_LastName_FirstInitial.doc.

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In Week 4, you will continue to assume the role of the public health informatician and use your pre-intervention asthma surveillance data set from the CDC to calculate risk/odds ratios and prevalence/incidence rates. Review the data set from a population perspective and calculate various population ratios and rates for the asthma data in your Excel spreadsheet. You will then answer the following questions in a short application paper of 3–4-pages, explaining your results. You may refer to the suggested readings for this week.

Ratios and Rate Questions

[Note: School populations: Asthma elementary student count in this study is 800 for this school year. School’s population (A + B + C + D) = 7,200 students for this school year.]

• Does one school have a higher number of students with asthma?
• Which school has the highest number of students with wheezing?
• How many students had both asthma and wheezing?
• If you have asthma, what are the odds that you also have wheezing?
• Is the odds ratio for bronchitis and RAD lower or higher than asthma and wheezing?
• How many children with wheezing were prescribed medication? From those results, what is the risk ratio?
• Is the risk ratio for being prescribed medication for asthma higher or lower than being prescribed medication for wheezing?
• Are the risk ratios for asthma and wheezing higher for children under the age of 10 than they are for the survey population as a whole?
• What is the student asthma prevalence for the school district, i.e., A, B, C, D based on total student population as shown above?
• What is the student asthma incident rate for the school district, i.e., A, B, C, D based on total student population as shown above?

In a summary, provide your interpretation of what your statistical ratio and rate calculations results demonstrate about this grade school population of students’ asthma risk and odds ratios, prevalence, and incidence rates. Explain how you may use this data in supporting the need and development of a public health asthma prevention program. You may use the prevalence resources in the links provided for your summary response.

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• Give reasons and examples in support of your responses. Cite all sources using APA format.
• Submit a 3–4-page paper in a Microsoft Word document to the Submissions Area by the due date assigned.
• Name your document SU_PHE6203_W4_A2_LastName_FirstInitial.doc.

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Points: 100

Complete the “Article Critique.”

use this article found in The New York Times: https://drc.bmj.com/content/6/1/e000496

APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

You are not required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.

4HLT515.v1ArticleCritique.doc

                                             Article Critique

Directions: For this assignment, you will select and critique one article from a popular media source (e.g., newspaper, magazine, news journal, etc.) that provides information regarding a health disparity within a population group and complete the questions below. Please make sure to use complete sentences when answering each question. Make sure the health disparity is different from your research assignment. In addition, the article must have been published within the last 2 years.

1) Provide the article reference and link. (1point)

2) What health disparity is the article highlighting? (1point)

3) Why is this information newsworthy? How would it benefit the public health community? (3 points)

4) What causes and factors contributed to the health disparity? (2 points)

5) How does the health disparity affect health outcomes? (3 points)

6) Does the article make any recommendations or suggest resources that could benefit the public? If not, what suggestions or recommendations would you suggest? (2 points)

7) Was the article well-written? Justify your rationale? (3 points)

8) Did it include all pertinent information? Justify your rationale? (2 points)

9) Was there information or a perspective that the article should have included? If so, what? What else would you have like to have seen? (3 points)

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Public health economists are at the forefront in optimizing limited resources to advance health outcomes. They offer assistance to local, state, and federal governments and organizations by conducting economic research such as the evaluations of burden of disease, cost effectiveness, and effectiveness of interventions to prevent or treat specific diseases. This helps them compare the costs of various interventions and make decisions about the effective and efficient use of resources.

Considering this, respond to the following:

• Do you believe we should strive for a well-regulated society that deters harmful commercial activities in order to keep healthcare costs down? Why or why not?
• How should it be determined which commercial activities are harmful and whether they have an economic impact?

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