Informatics and Population Health
Public Health Core Science
A public health department is collecting data regarding how many people participate in childhood
vaccination programs every year. This data collection is part of which public health core science?
Select all that apply.
Laboratories
Informatics
Surveillance
Epidemiology
Prevention Effectiveness
Public Health Surveillance monitors the impact of control measures like vaccinations.
Public Health Informatics collects, compiles, and communicates vaccination information.
Epidemiology determines where diseases originate, the spread through populations, and possible
preventive measures, but do not monitor vaccine use.
Public Health Laboratories perform tests to confirm disease diagnoses and conducts research and
training. They do not monitor vaccine usage.
Prevention Effectiveness provides economic information for decision makers to assist them in selecting
the best solutions when there is a disease outbreak.
Public Health Approach Components
Place the four components of the public health approach in the correct order.
Surveillance
Risk factor identification
Plan intervention
Implementation
The first step is identifying the problem. Informatics are used by surveillance systems to collect data
about a health event.
The second step is identifying the cause. Informatics investigate factors, environmental or personal
behaviors, that might make certain populations more susceptible to a health event.
The third step is looking at possible interventions. Data from the past help guide proposed interventions.
The fourth step is implementing the intervention. This takes a lot of collaboration between different
agencies and informatics is key in communication.
Reference
,Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (2014). Introduction to public health [PowerPoint
slides]. In: Public Health 101 Series. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
https://www.cdc.gov/publichealth101/informatics.html
eHealth Technologies and Public Health
In what ways do electronic health (eHealth) technologies promote public health?
Provide remote self-testing laboratories
Prevent all outbreaks
Collect data on a yearly basis
Provide consultations to rural clients
Electronic health (eHealth) technologies can communicate through phones, mobile devices, and
computers help clients receive timely consultations, appointments, and resources especially in remote
areas and within vulnerable populations. eHealth technologies do not provide remote self-testing, data
collection yearly, and prevent all outbreaks.
Decision-making
A public health system in a remote area needs to decide about how to educate the public about food
safety. What would be the best informatics to use?
Collect data about current food safety practices
Analyzing the population's preference on education
Surveying the population's current knowledge
Distribute pamphlets on food safety
Data collection, analysis, and dissemination of information drive quality decision-making in public health
systems across states and territories. However, analyzing how they would like to be educated would help
the public health system's decision. Data about current food safety practices, surveying current
knowledge, and just distributing pamphlets will not help decide how to educate the public.
Public Health Approach
A public health department examines past disaster relief data to plan for upcoming hurricane
response. Which part of the public health approach is this?
Implementation
Surveillance
Intervention evaluation
Risk factor identification
Intervention evaluation includes examining data from the past help guide proposed interventions.
, Surveillance systems to collect data about a current health event.
Risk factor identification is where informatics investigate factors, environmental or personal behaviors,
that might make certain populations more susceptible to a health event.
Implementation is putting the solution into action.
Public Health Core Sciences
Public Health
Surveillance
Laboratories
Epidemiology
Informatics
monitors a public health situation.
Public Health
Surveillance
Laboratories
Epidemiology
Informatics
collects, compiles, and communicates that health information.
Surveillance
Laboratories
Epidemiology
Informatics
determines where diseases originate, the spread through populations, and possible preventive
measures.
Public Health
Surveillance
Laboratories
Epidemiology
Informatics
perform tests to confirm disease diagnoses and conducts research and training.
Public Health Core Science
A public health department is collecting data regarding how many people participate in childhood
vaccination programs every year. This data collection is part of which public health core science?
Select all that apply.
Laboratories
Informatics
Surveillance
Epidemiology
Prevention Effectiveness
Public Health Surveillance monitors the impact of control measures like vaccinations.
Public Health Informatics collects, compiles, and communicates vaccination information.
Epidemiology determines where diseases originate, the spread through populations, and possible
preventive measures, but do not monitor vaccine use.
Public Health Laboratories perform tests to confirm disease diagnoses and conducts research and
training. They do not monitor vaccine usage.
Prevention Effectiveness provides economic information for decision makers to assist them in selecting
the best solutions when there is a disease outbreak.
Public Health Approach Components
Place the four components of the public health approach in the correct order.
Surveillance
Risk factor identification
Plan intervention
Implementation
The first step is identifying the problem. Informatics are used by surveillance systems to collect data
about a health event.
The second step is identifying the cause. Informatics investigate factors, environmental or personal
behaviors, that might make certain populations more susceptible to a health event.
The third step is looking at possible interventions. Data from the past help guide proposed interventions.
The fourth step is implementing the intervention. This takes a lot of collaboration between different
agencies and informatics is key in communication.
Reference
,Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (2014). Introduction to public health [PowerPoint
slides]. In: Public Health 101 Series. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
https://www.cdc.gov/publichealth101/informatics.html
eHealth Technologies and Public Health
In what ways do electronic health (eHealth) technologies promote public health?
Provide remote self-testing laboratories
Prevent all outbreaks
Collect data on a yearly basis
Provide consultations to rural clients
Electronic health (eHealth) technologies can communicate through phones, mobile devices, and
computers help clients receive timely consultations, appointments, and resources especially in remote
areas and within vulnerable populations. eHealth technologies do not provide remote self-testing, data
collection yearly, and prevent all outbreaks.
Decision-making
A public health system in a remote area needs to decide about how to educate the public about food
safety. What would be the best informatics to use?
Collect data about current food safety practices
Analyzing the population's preference on education
Surveying the population's current knowledge
Distribute pamphlets on food safety
Data collection, analysis, and dissemination of information drive quality decision-making in public health
systems across states and territories. However, analyzing how they would like to be educated would help
the public health system's decision. Data about current food safety practices, surveying current
knowledge, and just distributing pamphlets will not help decide how to educate the public.
Public Health Approach
A public health department examines past disaster relief data to plan for upcoming hurricane
response. Which part of the public health approach is this?
Implementation
Surveillance
Intervention evaluation
Risk factor identification
Intervention evaluation includes examining data from the past help guide proposed interventions.
, Surveillance systems to collect data about a current health event.
Risk factor identification is where informatics investigate factors, environmental or personal behaviors,
that might make certain populations more susceptible to a health event.
Implementation is putting the solution into action.
Public Health Core Sciences
Public Health
Surveillance
Laboratories
Epidemiology
Informatics
monitors a public health situation.
Public Health
Surveillance
Laboratories
Epidemiology
Informatics
collects, compiles, and communicates that health information.
Surveillance
Laboratories
Epidemiology
Informatics
determines where diseases originate, the spread through populations, and possible preventive
measures.
Public Health
Surveillance
Laboratories
Epidemiology
Informatics
perform tests to confirm disease diagnoses and conducts research and training.
