Global health is public health. . .

Session goals Review definition of global health Contrast global nutritional dilemmas-

hunger vs obesity, infectious diseases (children) and chronic diseases (adult)

Investigate data sources, pose preliminary problem

Test hypotheses Present short ppt of findings

Global health and nutrition: challenges of hunger/ diabetes

Are there data to help us begin to research relationships?

GLOBAL US Gapminder UNICEF CIA Lots more

USDA, Food Environment Atlas, http://ers.usda.gov/foodatlas/

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey

Local mapping

Gallons of soft drink per capita, by county2008, Source: USDA Food Atlas

Maps and graphs as starting points for problem posing

Maps tell stories, but what are their limits

What statistics are behind the maps and how do we analyze them? (1-3, 16 to end)

Child stunting in Guatemala

Gapminder’s stories: Beware correlation vs causation

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GROWTH IN PER CAPITA INCOME AND INFANT MORTALITY

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NET PRODUCTION OF CROPS PER CAPITA AND INFANT MORTALITY

The challenge of analysisMAKE A GRAPH ANALYZE CORRELATION

Import data into Excel What kinds of graphs

illustrate your findings best

How can you label the graph to communicate your findings?

(IS THIS A TWO-SENTENCE

GRAPH?) Make sure that dependent variable is on Y axis.

Import data into JMP or SAS to analyze relationships