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Trend Analysis and Interpretation: Key Concepts and Methods for Maternal and Child Health Professionals.

PB2007103604

Publication Date	1997
Personal Author	Rosenberg, D.
Page Count	43
Abstract	Trend data provide a dynamic rather than a fixed view of the health status of the MCH population and of the services and systems that can have an impact on that health status. For trend data to be most useful, it is critical that an analysis be conceptually tied to program and policy issues. The job of the analyst, therefore, is to present graphs, tables, statistical results, and narrative that make these connections. In particular, the ability to appropriately analyze and interpret trends for small geographic areas or for small populations is essential if program intervention strategies are to be more targeted and thus more effective.
Keywords	Maternal and child health population Health status Trend data Program issues Policy issues Key concepts Trend analysis Management planning and control Maternal and child health (MCH)
Source Agency	Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC
Corporate Authors	Illinois Univ. at the Medical Center, Chicago. School of Public Health.; Bureau of Maternal and Child Health, Rockville, MD.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Bureau of Maternal and Child Health, Rockville, MD.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200708
Contract Number	HRSA-240-94-0047

Trend Analysis and Interpretation: Key Concepts and Methods for Maternal and Child Health Professionals.

Trend Analysis and Interpretation: Key Concepts and Methods for Maternal and Child Health Professionals.
PB2007103604

Publication Date	1997
Personal Author	Rosenberg, D.
Page Count	43
Abstract	Trend data provide a dynamic rather than a fixed view of the health status of the MCH population and of the services and systems that can have an impact on that health status. For trend data to be most useful, it is critical that an analysis be conceptually tied to program and policy issues. The job of the analyst, therefore, is to present graphs, tables, statistical results, and narrative that make these connections. In particular, the ability to appropriately analyze and interpret trends for small geographic areas or for small populations is essential if program intervention strategies are to be more targeted and thus more effective.
Keywords	Maternal and child health population Health status Trend data Program issues Policy issues Key concepts Trend analysis Management planning and control Maternal and child health (MCH)
Source Agency	Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC
Corporate Authors	Illinois Univ. at the Medical Center, Chicago. School of Public Health.; Bureau of Maternal and Child Health, Rockville, MD.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Bureau of Maternal and Child Health, Rockville, MD.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200708
Contract Number	HRSA-240-94-0047