health surveillance Flashcards
what is health survelliance
it is the continues, systematic collection, analysis and interpretation of health-related data needed for the planning, implementation and evaluation of public health practice
what is health surveillance is used for
1) serve as early warnings for impending public health emergencies
2) track the impact of an intervention
3) monitor and clarify the epidemiology of health problems to allow priorities to be set and inform public health policies and strategies
what is population health surveillance
one of the key areas of public health practice which uses descriptive epidemiology in terms of person, time and place
what elements does health surveillance incorporates
health informatics ( COLLECTION AND COALITION OF DATA)
and health intelligence (INTERPRETATION OF DATA)
what is a health intelligence
the interpretation of raw data into something more meaningful in terms of trend analysis
what is health informatics
it is interested in any data source that provides health to health-related information. data sources like Census and civil registration data are useful as they help to build a picture of the population’s health.
what are the main types of national datasets
demography data (GRO,Census)
healthcare data
lifestyle/public health data
what does a dead certificate do
it provides all the data for mortality data analysis it also includes the events or conditions that lead to the individual’s death. they are generally valid and reliable ways to record the cause of death.
