The Role of Data in Population Health...

The Role of Data in Population Health

https://healthinformatics.uic.edu/blog/the-role-of-data-in-population-health/

 

How does public health use Big Data?

https://sph.umich.edu/pursuit/2019posts/what_is_public_health_data.html

 

Census count has implications for public health: Health funding, programs depend on accurate enumeration

https://www.thenationshealth.org/content/50/1/1.1

 

The US Census and the People's Health: Public Health Engagement From Enslavement and "Indians Not Taxed" to Census Tracts and Health Equity (1790-2018)

https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJPH.2019.305017

 

Purpose and Characteristics of Public Health Surveillance

https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dsepd/ss1978/lesson5/section2.html

 

Centering Equity In The Design And Use Of Health Information Systems: Partnering With Communities On Race, Ethnicity, And Language Data

https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20210514.126700/full/

 

Telling a Story with Data to Improve Health Equity

https://www.aha.org/news/healthcareinnovation-thursday-blog/2021-03-25-telling-story-data-improve-health-equity

 

A new tool tracks health disparities in the U.S. — and highlights major data gaps

https://www.statnews.com/2021/05/26/health-equity-tracker-disparities-data-covid19/

 

 

 

Reaction Assignment

Let's face it, we live in an age with too much information and way too much data.  It's so easy to get lost in all this information (and misinformation).  One simply just doesn't have the time to sift through it all, let alone learn how to interpret the data.  That's why we rely on experts to analyze the data and (hopefully) show us what they mean.   Journalists and other commentators then further interpret these reports and translate it into a language that we can all understand so that we can make important decisions that impact our daily lives. As members of our own communities, we each have the responsibility to think about the information we are exposed to everyday.  We each have the responsibility to think about the quality, reliability, and accuracy of information.  In addition, we also need to think about the impact of the information that is being shared. We are, after all, part of the same community and responsible for the wellness of each other.

Based on the information above, consider the following questions for your reaction assignment.Consider your current public health discipline...

1.  A) Where would you go to find reliable information pertaining to your field?

    B)Why would you consider this source to be most reliable? Is this a source that all "non-academic" individuals could     utilize? If yes, what makes you think so? If no, what makes you think so?

 

2. What do you believe should be the role of "Big Data"? What are the pros and cons of utilizing it?

 

3. What are some of the guidelines that you believe we should utilize to ensure that the data that we have is used to ensure equitable treatment and behavior?