Statistics are used to monitor and recognise the patterns of ill health throughout the UK. Once statistics are collected they are published on the National Statistics website. It is important to monitor patterns of ill health and recognise where there is a dramatic increase or increase as then the health and social funding can be spent in areas which need more help. For example, if there is a rising problem with obesity, then funds can be spent to help those who are unable to control their weight, more services will be able to be provided to those who are obese. Illnesses such as obesity are on the rise but also illnesses associated with smoking, drinking and drugs are also, funding is targeted at providing help for those who suffer from these illnesses. Ill health is monitored through statistics, reports and patterns of ill health. It is observed through the use of statistics; this information can be collected through questionnaires, experiments, surveys or observation, and is presented in four different ways: • Textular method- Acquiring information through reading the data collected • Tabular method- Providing a more accurate, systematic and orderly presentation of data in rows or columns • Semi-tabular method- Using textual and tabular methods • Graphical method- visually presenting the statistical results through the use of graphs Data and statistics is able to be collected through a number of different ways to gather information, the majority of people have taken part
It is usually presented in the form of a report in tables, charts, statistics, and graphs or on spread sheets etc. This data may be used to arrive at important decisions within the organisation or with external organisations. So the data report has to be produced in such a way that it meets the aims and
Biostatistics. I applied basic informatics techniques with vital statistics and public health records in the description of public health characteristics and in public health research and evaluation. [A.8] I used my knowledge of basic biostatistics to compare positive cases, test submissions, and human population to see if there was any correlation. Understanding biostatistics allowed me to make a valid and meaningful comparison of this data. The information gathered from the biostatistics gives a limited estimate of risk, and should be further evaluated to quantify this risk. The main goal of my project was to interpret the results of statistical analyses in terms of epidemiological human risk factors. [A.9]
Public health is concerned with improving the health of population, rather than treating the diseases of individual patients. If a condition has been discovered -they want to make sure they live longer by promoting and preventing diseases and complications. Public health is everyone around you and the involvement of the community. If public health is really effective then it will also help the NHS save money.
There are many ways but I’m going to talk about four of them which are ways we monitor health in the UK these are….
(D1) Evaluate the influence of government on factors that contribute to the current patterns of health and illness in the UK –
Family up bringing/background: If a child or person (adult) has a poor upbringing or background, they may be at risk of certain diseases, if they lived in a house where it was poor condition (damp, mould on the walls or floors, the mother or father not washing the child’s clothes, leaving a baby in a dirty nappy) all these can cause problems, also if the family live in a high crime rate area, the child/children may be influenced by older peers/friends to commit crimes and offences, the influenced children may become criminals, and give the impression when they have children of their own that stealing
M2 – Discuss the factors likely to influence current and future patterns of health in the UK
In this activity you will collect data and then perform statistical analyses to determine measures of central tendency and variation of the data. You will also represent
Merit 2 – Use different sociological perspectives to discuss patterns and trends of health and illness in two different social groups.
d how routine data collected in health and social care informs the planning of care for individuals
Data collection methods are the third process. Data can be collected in many ways such as: observation, surveys, focus groups, and reanalysis of existing data, questionnaires, and interviews (Hagan, 2010, p. 19). Data collection is a vital portion of any kind of research. Inaccurate data collection will affect the results of a study and inevitably lead to invalid results.
There are a number of methods of collecting data, some of them are – questionnaire, surveys, checklists, interviews, observations, focus group etc (Cordray, 1986; Einhorn and Hogarth, 1986).
Health statistics is used to refer to numbers about certain aspects of health. There are some health care statistics that these professionals are concerned with. As an HIM professional I would be interested in some health statistics, these would include the number of people who have visited the hospital in a given period. In this case, the details recorded would help in coming up with a summation of the people who have sought
I have looked at the organisations sickness over the last twelve months and taken the figures from the
Data collection is the process of gathering and measuring information on variables of interest, in an established systematic fashion that enables one to answer stated research questions, test hypotheses, and evaluate outcomes.