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  • Population health surveys: An introduction to basic concepts

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    Waghorn, Geoffrey
    Lloyd, Chris
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    Lloyd, Chris A.
    Year published
    2009
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    Abstract
    Background: Population health surveys are a subset of general survey research methods that overlap with epidemiology, a research domain that has been defined as the study of the distribution of disease in populations, rather than the study of disease processes in affected individuals. Population-based surveys in health, therapy or rehabilitation differ in fundamental ways from other research methods which may involve interventions, experimental designs or non-representative surveys. Content: This article introduces some basic concepts in population survey design so that health professionals can better assess and use information ...
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    Background: Population health surveys are a subset of general survey research methods that overlap with epidemiology, a research domain that has been defined as the study of the distribution of disease in populations, rather than the study of disease processes in affected individuals. Population-based surveys in health, therapy or rehabilitation differ in fundamental ways from other research methods which may involve interventions, experimental designs or non-representative surveys. Content: This article introduces some basic concepts in population survey design so that health professionals can better assess and use information from this source. The different types of population-based survey designs are described, and an overview of sampling methods is provided. The concepts of prevalence and incidence are examined, and methods of diagnostic assessment, reliability estimation, and of survey and data set evaluation are described. Conclusions: Population surveys need to be methodologically sound and reported in sufficient detail for close replication. The strengths and limitations of the design need to be critically discussed with reference to the population in scope and the aims of the study. This article can be used by health professionals to classify the potential strength of a particular population survey with respect to its intended purpose and population in scope.
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    Journal Title
    International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation
    Volume
    16
    Issue
    4
    Publisher URI
    http://www.ijtr.co.uk/cgi-bin/go.pl/library/article.cgi?uid=41189;article=IJTR_16_4_191_198
    Copyright Statement
    © 2009 MA Healthcare. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Clinical Sciences not elsewhere classified
    Clinical Sciences
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/40529
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