1. Unit 2 Seminar Jennifer Wolowitz, DHSc, MPH, CTTS Informatics and Health Communications

2. Reminder for Seminar  There is an 8 second delay.  Questions…  Type ??? before a question so I see it.

3. Unit 2 Assignment  Due Tuesday, May 1 st, by 11:59 PM MST  Dropbox – Unit 2: Assignment basket  Assignment highlights  Any questions?

4. Definitions  Health informatics  Collection  Compilation  Presentation  Health communications  Perception  Combination  Use

5. Collection  Where does public health data come from?  Public health surveillance  Single case or small series  Statistics  Surveys – sampling  Self-reporting  Sentinel monitoring  Syndromic surveillance

6. Collection (continued)  What does this data do?  Helps to:  Describe a problem  Examine etiology  Assist with evidence-based recommendations  Examine the options for implementation  Evaluate outcomes

7. Compilation  There are two measures that are most important for summarizing health:  Infant mortality rate  Life expectancy  Health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE) and health-related quality of life (HRQOL)  Disability-adjusted life year (DALY)

8. Presentation  Where is the information from?  Internet  Overall site quality  Authors  Information  Relevance  Timeliness  Links  Privacy

9. Perception  Three types of effects that greatly influence perception  Dread effect  Unfamiliarity effect  Uncontrollability effect

10. Combination  Decision analysis  Questions to ask  Expression of outcomes  Utility scale

11. Use  How do we use the data?  Inform of decision  Informed consent  Shared decision-making

12. Questions?  AIM: DrWolowitz  Can contact any time I am online.  Email: JWolowitz@kaplan.eduJWolowitz@kaplan.edu