EPIDEMIOLOGY & STATISTICS
POPULATION STUDY GUIDE
KeyPoints- Canyou answerthesequestions?
1. How does social justice and health inequities influence population health care
provision? Why is this critical information for the provision of evidence-based care?
Social justice theory-
Health disparities refers to thedifferences in health status between various groups
(populations). For instance, the difference in childbirth mortality between African Americans
and other populations.
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2. Are you able to both define and apply key terms, such as:
Vital statistics- quantitative dataconcerning the population, such asthe
number of births, marriages, and deaths. Morbidity- the condition of
being diseased; the rate of disease in a population.
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Mortality- the state of being subject to death; death rate, or the number of deaths in a certain
group of people in a certain periodof time.
Cases-
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