Question

Visit the Healthy People 2020 website, Topics and Objectives page. Discuss how epidemiological methods are used to evaluate Healthy People 2020 objectives with examples.

Answer 1

Epidemiology capacity assessment examines the state capacity to perform four of the essential services of the public. They are:

• monitoring health status to identify and solve community problems
• Diagnosing and investigating health problems and health hazards in the community
• Evaluating the effectiveness, accessibility and quality of personal and population based health services
• Conducting and evaluating research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems.

Goals of healthy people 2020 are;

• Attain high quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability, injury and premature death
• Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities and improve health of all groups
• Create social and physical environment that promote good health for all
• Promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviour across all life stages.

example:

cancer registries collect and report new cases of cancer, and follow up informations on previously reported cases, to the National Cancer institute.

​​​​​​​patient demographics, primary tumor site, morphology, stage at diagnosis, first course of treatment and follow u for vital signs.