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Lesson 4( Measures Of Disease Frequency) Flashcards

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It makes the data appropriate to use for decision making, planning, monitoring and supervision of project operations and evaluation.

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HEALTH INDICATORS

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What are the different types of indicator?

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Direct Indicator
Proxy Indicator
Direct Individual Observation
Population or Location Based

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What do you call an indicator which directly attribute from the result being measured.

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DIRECT INDICATOR

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What do you call an indicator that cannot be studied or cannot be easily measured required proxy Indicator.

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PROXY INDICATOR

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It can be obtained by measuring or observing the phenomenon of interest at the individual level.

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DIRECT INDIVIDUAL OBSERVATION

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It describes using rates,ratios, proportions and summary measures.

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POPULATION OR LOCATION-BASED

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Which defines healthcare needs and health problem at a specific point in time.

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DESCRIPTION

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It can be used to anticipate result in a population.

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FORECAST OR PROGNOSIS

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It can be use as gathered data which means of improving through filing reports.

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SYSTEM MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT

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It a uses of health indicators which can facilitate an understanding of why some individuals in a population are healthy and others are not.

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EXPLANATION

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It is a uses of health indicators where the assess of the program if the objectives are being reached.

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EVALUATION

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It a uses of health indicators where can serve as a tools that support or oppose particular ideas and ideologies.

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ADVOCATE

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This indicator will have the same value even if its measured by different people at different times.

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RELIABLE

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This indicator reflects the changes in the situation or the phenomenon of interest.

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SENSITIVE

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This indicator reflects the changes ONLY in situations concerned.

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SPECIFIC

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This desirable characteristics of an indicator should be possible to conduct,complex and analyze.

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FEASIBLE

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What do you call of this desirable characteristics of an health indicator that can be broken down into subgroups(gender,ethnic, minority group etc)

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DISAGGREGATED

18
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What are the 2 types of Fertility Indicator?

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Crude birth
General fertility rate

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What are the 2 morbidity indicators?

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Incidence and Prevalence

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Enumerate the 9 Mortality Indicators.

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  1. Crude Death Rate
  2. Specific Mortality Rate
    3.Cause- of- death Rate
  3. Case Fatality Rate
  4. Infant Mortality Rate
  5. Neonatal Mortality Rate
  6. Post- neonatal rate
  7. Maternal mortality ration
  8. Proportional mortality ration
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Tell us the no. Of children born per 1000 population in a given place during a particular time.

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CRUDE BIRTH RATE

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No. Of children born per 1000 women in reproductive age-groups (15-44 yrs old only).

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GFR( GENERAL FERTILITY RATE)

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No. Of children born per 1000 women in a particular age group; it measures the fertility level of each subgroup of women accdg. To age.

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ASFR( AGE SPECIFIC FERTILITY RATE)

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It is refers to the onset of the disease (how many develop the disease?)

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INCIDENCE

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It is refers to the state of the disease( how many people the disease?)

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PREVALENCE

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What is the difference between Incidence and Prevalence?

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Incidence tell us the no. Of new cases in a given location at a given period of time while prevalence tell us the no. Of existing cases ( old or new) in a given location at given period of time.

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Tell us how many people develop the disease in a portion population (new cases only) .Can be expressed as percentage.

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IP-( INCIDENCE PROPORTION )

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Tell us how many people developed the disease in a portion of a population ( new + old cases)

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POINT PREVALENCE

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Defined as the ratio of the no. Of deaths in a population at specified period of time.

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CDR( CRUDE DEATH RATE)

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Measures proportion of total deaths occuring in a particular population group or from a particular cause.

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PMR(PROPORTIONATE MORTALITY RATIO)

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Measures how much afflicted/die from a disease.

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CFR ( CASE FATALITY RATE)

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Tell us the no. Of maternal death while pregnant or within 42 days at the end of pregnancy.

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MMR( MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO)

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Tell us the no. Of infant deaths in a population.

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IMR ( INFANT MORTALITY RATE )

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It is a useful indicator of a country’s level of health and development.

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NMR( NEONATAL MORTALITY RATIO)

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