Measuring Population Health

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Decks in this class (20)

Introduction
Who definition of health,
Issues with who definition of health,
Leading cause of death in 1948
21  cards
The Theory of Measurement
What is the lowest level of measu...,
What does nominal refer to,
What is the measurement of ordinal
47  cards
Data Sources: Vital Registration and Census
What data do we need to measure p...,
Define vital registration,
List key features of vital regist...
7  cards
Data Sources: Surveys
Define a survey,
List four important uses of surveys,
What is the health survey for eng...
10  cards
Data Sources: Administrative Data
Define administrative data,
Who mainly uses administrative data,
What are the hospital episode sta...
5  cards
Mortality
Define aggregate data,
What are the sources of mortality...,
How is the mortality data classified
31  cards
Life Expectancy - Life Tables
What is a life table,
How does a period life table work,
How does a cohort life table work
23  cards
Healthy Life Expectancy
Define health expectancy,
What is health expectancy also re...,
Which pieces of data do we collec...
5  cards
Mental Health
What two key elements is wellbein...,
What is the who definition of wel...,
How is an individual s mental cap...
27  cards
Covid-19 Social Study
What were the three goals of the ...,
What type of data was collected,
How many participants were involved
18  cards
Measuring Social Functioning
Define social functioning,
List the 4 key concepts in social...,
Define social isolation
40  cards
Measuring Cognition and Dementia
List the two things that impact a...,
How do systems impact an ageing p...,
How does the government impact an...
31  cards
Chronic Diseases
What is the number one cause of d...,
Why is the argument for the inves...,
What are the main chronic non com...
12  cards
Diabetes and Brain Health
What is diabetes,
List a few symptoms of diabetes,
Why is diabetes important
30  cards
Genetic Risks
What are the aims of using geneti...,
What is dna composed of,
What is a chromosome
21  cards
Surveillance of Infectious Diseases
Define surveillance,
List the different types of surve...,
What is active survelliance
11  cards
Neighbourhood, Ethnicity and Health
0  cards
Physical Activity
Define physical activity,
Define exercise,
Define mets
14  cards
Obesity and Adiposity Measures
Define obesity,
How is obesity defined,
List common measures of adiposity
12  cards
Nutrition and Diet
Define diet,
What are individual dietary recom...,
What are dietary reference values...
39  cards

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