group and public health

Question 1

group health

Answer 1

health of specific groups from within a population e.g roma comunites

Question 2

determinant of PH

Answer 2

1. incidence and prevalence ‘population health’
2. demography ‘information about the population’
3. physical development and activity

Question 3

health indicators

Answer 3

The European Commission aims to produce comparable information on health &
health-related behaviour of the population, on diseases & health systems.

goofle’ The European Core Health Indicators (ECHI), formerly known as European Community Health Indicators, is the result of long-term cooperation between EU countries and the European Commission. Three ECHI projects (1998-2001, 2001-2004, 2005-2008) funded under the EU Health Programmes established the first lists of ECHI indicators, aiming to provide comparable health information and knowledge system to monitor health at EU level.

Question 4

requiremnts for indicators

Answer 4

Easy to read & understand
* Policy relevant
* Mutually consistent
* Available in timely fashion
* Comparable
* Selected from reliable sources
* Not impose too large a burden to Statistical Institutes, Ministry of Health & other
respondents