PHC 4101 Final Project: Biostatistics Concentration Snapshot
Now that you have selected your concentration (i.e., Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Social & Behavioral Sciences, Health Policy and Management, or Environmental Health) using Healthy People 2030 (https://health.gov/healthypeople) in which you will be considered the “expert” in that concentration area. Each expert will provide a thorough analysis of their public health topic.
For this assignment, you will be required to answer the following questions related to your disease and targeted population. Important: Please upload your responses as a Microsoft Word document so that feedback can be provided using track-changes.
- Please identify three public health data sites where you can access public health data for your chosen disease and targeted population.
Important: Briefly describe the type of data available on the website. You may choose local, state, or federal websites including, the health department, CDC, NIH, WHO, etc. Please be as specific as possible.
- Please use one of the following public health websites mentioned in question 1 to provide the mortality (death) rate of the disease in your study population:
- Briefly discuss an example of the cost-benefit analysis and/or cost-effective analysis method to prevent the disease in your study population.
Tip: You can find this information by doing a google search using the following words, “cost-benefit analysis of (insert disease topic and/or study population).” You may access this information on the CDC website or by using any scholarly articles related to your disease and study population. If there is no specific information related to your study population, you may provide a general cost-benefit analysis and/or cost-effective analysis of the prevention of the disease.
