Question

Imagine that you are a public health nurse, and you and your colleagues have determined that the threat of a deadly new strain of influenza indicates a need for a mass inoculation program in your community. What public health data would have been used to determine the need for such a program? Where would you locate public health data? What data will be collected to determine the success of such a program? How might you communicate this to other communities or internationally?

Answer 1

The public health data that are useful for mass inoculation are the age group of population,health issues among them.Since the influenza risk will be more in particular age group like young children and old senior citizens. Pre existing diseases can be risk factors.

Public health data can be obtained from the health centre register.

The incidenence of the influenza should be collected, their age group should be categorized then effectiveness of the inoculation can be measured.

This inoculation program and its effectiveness can be published in national or international journals to convey the study to others.