Measuring Health in Populations - Lecture Fourteen

Question 1

Epidemiology

Answer 1

The study of the occurrence and distribution of health-related events, states or processes in specified populations

Question 2

Population health

Answer 2

The health outcomes of a group of individuals including the distribution of such outcomes within the group

Question 3

Two important patterns of health distribution in NZ

Answer 3

Ethnicity and socioeconomic status

Question 4

What things contribute to socioeconomic status

Answer 4

Occupation, income and education

Question 5

Occupation

Answer 5

A job or profession

Question 6

Income

Answer 6

Gross or net and individual or household

Question 7

Deprivation

Answer 7

Individual or area based

Question 8

Education

Answer 8

Highest qualification, easy to remember, relatively stable

Question 9

How do we measure living standard measures

Answer 9

Economic Living Standard Index (ELSI) and surveys

Question 10

NZDep

Answer 10

An area (~100 people) based measure of deprivation that is calculated using deciles (1 being the least deprived and 10 being the most deprived)

Question 11

Absolute poverty

Answer 11

Income level below which a minimum nutritionally adequate diet plus essential non-food requirements is not affordable. The amount of income a person, family, or group needs to purchase an absolute amount of the basic necessities of life

Question 12

Relative poverty

Answer 12

The amount of income a person, family, or group needs to purchase a relative amount of basic necessities of life; these basic necessities are identified relative to each society and economy

Question 13

Social gradient

Answer 13

Deprivation is related to poor health

Question 14

Social determinants of health

Answer 14

Conditions people are born, grow, live, work and age in

Question 15

What does Population data tell us about an individual

Answer 15

Doesn’t tell us about the individual but can tell us about risk or the likelyhood of health events happening