Question

Different measures of disease are useful to evaluate and assess public health programs and needs in different situations. For each of the following questions, (a) state which measure would best support your goal and (b) explain why you chose that measure. To demonstrate the amount of children’s exposure to secondhand cigarette smoke.

Answer 1

Answer:

Measures which can used in different situvations

          increase of new cases of car-train crashes at a railroad crossing without warning signal.

                              * INCIDENT RATE (I)

          excisting case of children with asthma due to explosure to secondhand cigarette smoke.

                             * PREVALENCE RATE (P)

         endemic rates of leukemia in towns near industries along the mississipi river.

                            * PREVALENCE RATE (P)

         -Compare number of boys and girls who experience near-death from drowning in a city.