Unit IV Case Study
While public health surveillance has traditionally focused on infectious diseases, public health officials are now targeting environmental issues, occupational matters, injuries, chronic diseases, birth defects, risky health behaviors, and genetics. It is for this reason that statistical data has become vital for public health officials, and why for public health officials, it is important to be able to use and interpret data.
For the Unit IV Case Study, research the sources of data in your community (Atlanta), and address the following points.
1. Briefly describe your local sources of data used by public health officials.(I research this and I think Atlanta’s sources of data used is Online Analytical Statistical Information Systems (OASIS), and Public Health Information Portal (PHIP). *Please double check this!
2. Discuss one strength and limitation of collecting data in your community.
3. Describe an intervention or program to address a public health issue in your community. Provide an example of how data was interpreted to the local community in the intervention or program. Please provide a link to the intervention or program.
Your case study must be a minimum of two pages in length, excluding the title and reference pages. To support your ideas, use a minimum of three outside sources; one may be the textbook. Additionally, use a source that focuses on your community, such as a newspaper or journal article.
Remember that all written assignments must be formatted using APA style, including in-text citations and references.
Rubic:
Analysis
Points Range:0 (0.00%) – 20 (20.00%)
Presents an account containing little analysis or relevant argument; interpretation is not well supported. Course concepts and analytical tools are not applied appropriately.
Points Range:21 (21.00%) – 24 (24.00%)
Presents an account that is descriptive but contains little analysis or relevant arguments; interpretation is not well supported. Course concepts and analytical tools are not applied appropriately.
Points Range:25 (25.00%) – 27 (27.00%)
Presents an analysis containing relevant arguments; interpretation is not thoroughly supported and not compelling. Course concepts and analytical tools are sometimes applied appropriately.
Points Range:28 (28.00%) – 31 (31.00%)
Presents a thorough analysis with effective arguments; interpretation is both reasonable and compelling. Course concepts and analytical tools are often applied appropriately.
Points Range:32 (32.00%) – 35 (35.00%)
Presents an insightful and thorough analysis with strong arguments and evidence; interpretation is both reasonable and compelling. Course concepts and analytical tools are expertly applied.
Content
Points Range:0 (0.00%) – 14 (14.00%)
Content is often irrelevant; information may be noticeably incorrect and/or off-topic.
Points Range:15 (15.00%) – 17 (17.00%)
Content is somewhat relevant and informative; may stray off topic a few times.
Points Range:18 (18.00%) – 19 (19.00%)
Content is mostly relevant and informative; may stray off topic one or two times.
Points Range:20 (20.00%) – 22 (22.00%)
Content is relevant and informative; may stray slightly off topic one time.
Points Range:23 (23.00%) – 25 (25.00%)
Content is highly relevant and informative; remains on topic.
Accuracy
Points Range:0 (0.00%) – 5 (5.00%)
Most of the assignment is clearly inaccurate and lacks attention to detail.
Points Range:6 (6.00%) – 6 (6.00%)
Several areas of the assignment may be slightly lacking in accuracy and/or attention to detail.
Points Range:7 (7.00%) – 7 (7.00%)
Most of the assignment is fairly accurate and shows fair attention to detail.
Points Range:8 (8.00%) – 8 (8.00%)
Most of the assignment is accurate and shows good attention to detail.
Points Range:9 (9.00%) – 10 (10.00%)
Accuracy is excellent and close attention to detail is clearly evident in all parts of the assignment.
Writing Mechanics
Points Range:0 (0.00%) – 5 (5.00%)
Writing lacks clarity and conciseness. Serious problems with sentence structure and grammar. Numerous major and/or minor errors in punctuation and spelling.
Points Range:6 (6.00%) – 6 (6.00%)
Writing lacks clarity and/or conciseness. Contains minor problems with sentence structure and some grammatical errors as well as several minor errors in punctuation and spelling.
Points Range:7 (7.00%) – 7 (7.00%)
Writing is mostly clear and concise. Sentence structure and grammar are strong and mostly correct. There may be three or four minor errors in punctuation and/or spelling.
Points Range:8 (8.00%) – 8 (8.00%)
Writing is clear and concise. Sentence structure and grammar are strong. There may be one or two minor punctuation errors and/or spelling errors.
Points Range:9 (9.00%) – 10 (10.00%)
Writing is clear and concise. Sentence structure and grammar are excellent. Correct use of punctuation. No spelling errors.
Citations and References
Points Range:0 (0.00%) – 5 (5.00%)
The majority of sources used are not academically reliable. Most of the articles used are not relevant to the topic.
Points Range:6 (6.00%) – 6 (6.00%)
Some peer-reviewed papers are used along with non-academically reliable sources. Some of the articles used are relevant to the topic.
Points Range:7 (7.00%) – 7 (7.00%)
Most sources used are peer-reviewed papers, though two or more sources are not academically reliable. The majority of articles used are relevant to the topic.
Points Range:8 (8.00%) – 8 (8.00%)
The number of sources meets the assignment requirements, and all but one source is a peer-reviewed paper. Most or all articles are relevant to the topic.
Points Range:9 (9.00%) – 10 (10.00%)
The number of sources meets or exceeds any expressed assignment requirements. Every source used is peer-reviewed or academic in nature. All articles are relevant to the topic.
Style and Formatting
Points Range:0 (0.00%) – 5 (5.00%)
APA guidelines are barely followed if at all. If in-text citations and references are included, they contain major errors. Several in-text citations are missing references and vice versa.
Points Range:6 (6.00%) – 6 (6.00%)
APA guidelines are loosely followed. Several major errors in in-text citations or references may be present. Some in-text citations are missing references and vice versa.
Points Range:7 (7.00%) – 7 (7.00%)
APA guidelines are somewhat followed. Several errors in in-text citations or references may be present. Most in-text citations are referenced and vice versa.
Points Range:8 (8.00%) – 8 (8.00%)
APA guidelines are mostly followed correctly. Reference entries and in-text citations follow APA formatting guidelines and are usually correct. All in-text citations are referenced and vice versa.
Points Range:9 (9.00%) – 10 (10.00%)
APA guidelines are correctly followed. Reference entries and in-text citations follow APA formatting guidelines and are free of errors. All in-text citations are referenced and vice versa.
