You have been asked to review and improve a specific category of health indicators for the Illinois Department of Public Health. Go to the IPLAN web site and select one of seven indicator categories.
The categories are listed below and on the web site:
- Demographic and Socioeconomic Characteristics
- General Health and Access to Care
- Maternal and Child Health
- Chronic Disease
- Infectious Disease
- Environmental, Occupational and Injury Control
- Sentinel Events
Each of these categories has several indicators. Specify your chosen category and: (a) Identify a problem in measurement (accuracy and completeness) with at least one of the existing indicators; (b) Identify and justify three indicators you would add to this list; ( c) List limitations and /or measurement issues (accuracy and completeness) for each indicator you selected; and (d) How could some of these issues be overcome or dealt with effectively?
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PH 422 Conferencing Exercises last updated April 12, 2004 (epowell)