PUB HLT 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Chi-Squared Distribution, Null Hypothesis, Regression Analysis
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Public health is the science and art of protecting and improving the health of communities through education, promotion of healthy lifestyles, and research for disease and injury prevention. - The mission of public health is defined as: assuring the conditions in which people can be healthy. Assessment: identify problems related to the public"s health, and measure their extent. Policy setting: prioritize problems, find possible solutions, set regulations to achieve change, and predict effect on the population. Assurance: provide services as determined by policy, and monitor compliance. Evaluation is a theme that cuts across all these functions, i. e. , how well are they. Statistics: the art and science of making decisions in the face of uncertainty. Biostatistics: statistics as applied to the life and health sciences. _make the best summary description of the population and associated problems. _assist scientists in estimating the extent of health problems and associated risk factors: policy setting.
