BIOE: WEEK 5 Flashcards

1
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  • Tools used to measure objectively a specific
    health concept of interest
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Health Indicators

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2
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  • Usually numeric measures which help
    compare the targeted or expected results of
    health programs
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Health Indicators

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3
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– measure health outcomes and/or their risk factors

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  • Health status indicators
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4
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– measure aspects of the performance of health
services or public health programs

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Health service performance indicators

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5
Q

– describes the total population which is used as the
denominator in the computation

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  • Crude rates
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6
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– describes only a specific sub-group of the total
population being considered

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  • Specific rates
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7
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– occurred during the specific point in time being
considered

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  • Point in time
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8
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– occurred over a period of time

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  • Period of time
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9
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– resources needed to deliver the essential services to the
population or to achieve project objectives

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Input indicators

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10
Q

– direct products of project activities. Generally in the form
of activities and processes undertaken

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  • Output indicators
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11
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– immediate result of the services or activities implemente

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  • Outcome indicators
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12
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– intended or unintended long-term
organizational/community changes

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Impact indicators

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13
Q

-Number of posters and brochures on family
planning

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Input

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14
Q

-Number of couples who have seen or received the
posters-Number of health education classes conducted

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Output

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15
Q

-% increase in the level of knowledge amongcouples
on family planning

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Outcome

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16
Q

-decrease in the average number of children per
family

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Impact

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17
Q
  • Measures of Morbidity
  • Measures of Mortality
  • Measures of Fertility
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Conventional Health Status Indicators

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18
Q
  • Absolute numbers
  • Ratios
  • Proportions
  • Rates
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Computing Indicators

19
Q
  • simple count of the number of persons,
    houses or events being considered
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Absolute Numbers

20
Q
  • result of dividing one number by another
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RATIO

21
Q
  • special kind of ratio wherein the numerator is part of
    the denominator
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Proportion

22
Q
  • measures how fast an event occurs over time
    or space
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Rate

23
Q

“Study of the size, territorial distribution, and
composition of the population, changes therein, and
the components of such changes”

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Hauser and Duncan (1959:2)

24
Q
  • The scientific study of human populations– Population size– Population structure/composition
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DEMOGRAPHY

25
Q
  • Affected by:– Natality– Mortality– migratio
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A. Population Size

26
Q

2 Methods of Population Allocation:
people are counted or
allocated to the area where they were physically
present at the time of the census

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De Facto Method

27
Q

2 Methods of Population Allocation:
people are counted or
allocated to the place of their usual residence

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De Jure Method

28
Q

Determines the number of percentage of the
population according to the categories of
important socio-demographic-economic
variables

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Population Composition

29
Q

the age below which we have 50%
of the population

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Median Age

30
Q

indicator of age-induced
economic drain on human resources– Children (0-14yo)– Elderly (≥65yo)

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Age dependency ratio

31
Q

computed by dividing the number of
males by the number of females using a factor
of 100

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Sex ratio

32
Q
  • Graphical presentation of the age and sex
    structure of a population
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The Population Pyramid

33
Q

Description of how people are distributed in a
specified space or geographic area

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Population Distribution

34
Q

Computation of future changes in population
numbers, given certain assumptions about
future trends in the rates of fertility, mortality
and migration

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Population Estimation

35
Q
  • For analysis of various trends
  • For measuring shifts in population
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Purposes of Population Estimates

36
Q

A. Natural increase
B. Rate of natural increase
C. Relative increase

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Measures of Changes in Population
Size

37
Q

______ in a specific place and time
= number of births – number of deaths

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Natural increase

38
Q
  • Actual difference between 2 census counts
    expressed in percent relative to the population
    size of the prior census
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Relative Increase

39
Q

Measures the average number of people
added to the population per year

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Absolute Increase per year (b)

40
Q

Also utilize results of 2 censuses to quantify
the amount of change in population size

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Annual Rates of Growth (r)

41
Q
  • Take into account all the operations that can
    affect population size
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Method of Estimation

42
Q
  • Also known as inflow-outflow or balancing
    equation method
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Component Method

43
Q

assumes a constant rate
of change (r) and population is increasing
continouosly

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Exponential method

44
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