10:832:302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: National Health Interview Survey, National Cancer Institute, Blood Lead Level

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Public Health
• Course: 10:832:302
• Professor: M.Berger

Document Summary

Lecture #2: data, epidemiology, and emergency preparedness (chapters 3 and 14) (* = from the textbook) (*** = important: overview, data, types, uses, epidemiology basics, the backbone of public health, emergency preparedness, hurricane katrina. Uses of data: assess the health of a community, raw material for research, collected by all levels of government. Population at risk during this period: ***prevalence, prevalence- the total number of existing and new cases at a given time, number of existing cases + new cases. Person: age, gender, race, socioeconomic status, education, religion, occupation, marital status, medications, vaccination status, underlying disease, leisure activities, event attendance, and lifestyle, 2. ) Place/geographic variation: residence, employment, school, town, county, state, and country, urban versus rural, industrial, topography, climate, altitude, latitude, and travel, 3. ) Widespread involvement: state and local responders: state health departments, state environmental departments, emergency management services, law enforcement and public safety, transportation agencies, local front line responders, hospitals and private providers, preparedness is primarily local.