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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):

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Public health informatics is the application of information science and technology to public health practices, medical research, and planning. The Internet plays a key role in the continued evolution of health informatics and is closely tied to the planning, development, and implementation of public health systems.

Research public health informatics using the assigned readings, the South University Online Library, and the Internet. Respond to the following:

Explain why knowledge of traditional public health disciplines such as epidemiology, biostatistics, or toxicology, in itself, is insufficient to plan, develop, and implement information systems in public health practice? Support your answer with appropriate scholarly references.

Compare and contrast epidemiology and public health informatics.

Explain how informatics augments the practice of improving the public’s health. Refer to available CDC informatics data programs and Healthy People 2000, 2010, and 2020.

Submission Details:

• Write your response in a minimum of 300–400 words, providing relevant references. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Respond to at least two students’ postings.
• By the due date assigned, respond to the assigned discussion question and submit your responses to the appropriate topic in the Discussion Area.
• By the end of the week, review and respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings. Participate in the discussion by analyzing each response for completeness and accuracy and by suggesting specific additions or clarifications for improving the discussion question response. Your responses should clarify your understanding of the topic. The responses should be your own, original, and free from plagiarism. Follow the APA format for writing style, spelling and grammar, and citation of sources.

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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?

Submission Details:

• Give examples and reasons in support of your responses.

 

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You have been hired as an assistant to the public health officer for the state. The budget deficit has impacted your state, and with elections high on the list of worries, legislators are concerned about their public image and are contemplating reducing the public health budget for the state. You are being asked to prepare a presentation to persuade legislators not to cut public health spending.

Select a public health program/service that will be impacted by a recently proposed state budget cut.

Prepare a PowerPoint presentation to persuade legislators not to cut public health funding. Present the cost/benefit of the public health program/service, the expected impact of the proposed cut, and conclude with an alternative proposal.

The presentation should have a minimum of 15 slides (not including the reference slides).

Notes should be present with each slide describing the information on the slide.

Provide supporting information. Use charts, graphs, and other visuals.

Please make sure to present some state and local data of the community that will be impacted by the cuts.

Assignment Expectations

Length: Case Assignment should be at least 15 slides, not counting reference slides.

 

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