IDSB04H3 Chapter 5: IDSB04 Week 4 Reading
1 Mar 2017
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Chapter 5 data on health: what do we know, what do we need to know, and. Political economy approach to global health requires on health data in order to provide a theoretical framing of the factors underpinning the distribution of health and sickness: this information must be able to be analyzed. Data that is obtained at national and international levels are are believed to be used as the foundation for public health decision making. Some uses and limitations of population data include (table 5-1): uses = to gauge trends and identify emerging problems and needs, planning, to serve information needs of governments. Limitations = political and institutional decision making affects data that is collected, mortality and morbidity data does not provide causal pathways nor do they explain how and why health and disease rates follow patterns. Life expectancy = a calculation of how long people are expected to live given current age-specific mortality rates.
