HLTH 222 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Comorbidity, Focus Group, Impact Evaluation
18 Oct 2017
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Assessment of quality of life and social factors surrounding one or more health problems; ranking or positioning the health problems in context. Sources of information: social indicators like employment, rates, availability, of health care services, education, crime, housing, parks, recreation, facilities and so on. What this tells you: from an ecological perspective, provides an overview of the connection between health and other factors, as well as potential social or quality of life outcomes for your program. May also give you an indication of the importance placed on a particular health issue in the community. Assessment of prevalence/ incidence of a health condition, any co-morbid conditions and affected populations. Specific focus on health issue(s) to be targeted (comorbid meaning more than one disease at the same time relating to each other) Sources of information: local surveillance data from public health sources, or other relevant sources such as schools, emergency rooms and police depending upon the issue)
