Assume the role of
the public health informatician and use your pre-intervention asthma
surveillance data set from the CDC to calculate risk/odds ratios and
prevalence/incidence rates (DATA SET IS ATTACHED).
FIRST: Review the data
set from a population perspective and calculate various population ratios and
rates for the asthma data in your Excel spreadsheet.
NEXT: You will then
answer the following questions in a short application paper of 3–4-pages
(Not including cover/reference/any imbedded data), explaining your
results. Must use APA7 referenced INTEXT CITATIONS where necessary!!!!
Ratios and Rate Questions
[Note: School populations: Asthma elementary
student count in this study is 800 for this school year. School’s population (A
+ B + C + D) = 7,200 students for this school year.]
Does one school have a higher number of students with asthma?
Which school has the highest number of students with wheezing?
How many students had both asthma and wheezing?
If you have asthma, what are the odds that you also have
wheezing?
Is the odds ratio for bronchitis and RAD lower or higher than
asthma and wheezing?
How many children with wheezing were prescribed medication?
From those results, what is the risk ratio?
Is the risk ratio for being prescribed medication for asthma
higher or lower than being prescribed medication for wheezing?
Are the risk ratios for asthma and wheezing higher for
children under the age of 10 than they are for the survey population as a
whole?
What is the student asthma prevalence for the school
district, i.e., A, B, C, D based on total student population as shown
above?
What is the student asthma incident rate for the school
district, i.e., A, B, C, D based on total student population as shown
above?
FINALLY: In a summary, provide your interpretation of what your statistical ratio and
rate calculations results demonstrate about this grade school population of
students’ asthma risk and odds ratios, prevalence, and incidence rates. Explain
how you may use this data in supporting the need and development of a
public health asthma prevention program. You may use the prevalence resources
in the links provided for your summary response.
If necessary, you may Reference the following article
by Moonie, Sterling, Figgs, and Castro (2006): (ATTACHED): Moonie, S. A., Sterling, D. A.,
Figgs, L., & Castro, M. (2006). Asthma status and severity affects missed
school days. The Journal of School Health, 76(1), 18–24.
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