Statistics for Public Health Assessment 1: Survey Design and Analysis

This assignment is a draft of a short survey focusing on public health. It begins by discussing the deteriorating state of public health due to lifestyle changes, emphasizing the need for effective data collection. The survey utilizes video calls for data collection, highlighting its accuracy and validity while acknowledging potential disadvantages like internet connectivity issues. The assignment details the use of random sampling and its limitations. It includes a questionnaire with questions on gender, age, education, marital status, health checkup frequency, self-perceived fitness, chronic diseases, family history of disease, physical activity, and self-medication practices. The document also provides a list of references including books and journals related to the topic.

Statistics for Public
Health

ASSESSMENT 1 Short survey: Draft a short survey
PART 1
Public Health
Public Health in the economy is deteriorating because of the living standards of
individuals. Today individuals are not focused on what they are eating and their routine is also
hampered. This has made it an issue and it is required to be resolved at utmost.
Survey
The use of means of communication for collecting data is required to be very effective.
The method of data collection is required to be very accurate so that there is no bias and
information delivered is authentic and reliable (Berens and et. al. (2016). The data collected is
through surveys which was conducted through video calls. This is an accurate and valid method
where respondents are asked and their reply is true and valid. In the survey there are three age
groups and are asked questions which are according to their individuality. The draft will further
mention advantages and disadvantages that is faced by the interviewers while they are asking the
questions. There is also a discussion on sampling methods on which data is selected with their
limitations.
Advantages
There are a lot of benefits of video call surveys and can be seen as:
 They are cost effective.
 They saves time.
 They makes sure the reliability and authentication of data.
Disadvantages
 There was an issue of internet connection from the respondent side.
 There requires a person who needs to be well efficient with communication skills to
interact and take answers.
Sampling Method
The sampling method used for the data collected is random sampling. In video call
interview session, the data collected were segregated through random basis. In this there are 20
respondents to which (Harris and et. al. (2018) 5 interviewers were assigned on the basis of their

age groups. Random sampling is the most easy and efficient method of sampling. The focus of
choosing respondents was totally equal and fair.
Limitations
The random sampling method can sometimes be considered as unfair as samples which
are selected can be any as which is picked by the interviewer. The techniques can be considered
unfair as selection of samples can (Lee and et. al.(2017)be any by simply picking, irrespective of
the groups made or not.
PART 2
Questionnaires
1. GENDER
a) Male
b) Female
c) Others
2. AGE
a) Below 20 years
b) 20- 40 years
c) 40 years and above
3. EDUCATION
a) Metric
b) Post Graduation
c) Diploma
d) Graduation
4. MARITAL STATUS
a) Married
b) Unmarried
5. How frequently do you visit for health check ups?
a) Once in 3 months
b) Whenever required
c) Never
6. What do you consider yourself as?

a) Overall Fit
b) Moderately Fit
c) Not Fit
7. Are you suffering with any chronic diseases?
a) Yes
b) No
c) Maybe
8. Do our family suffer any kind of disease line?
a) Yes
b) No
c) Maybe
9. Do you perform physical activities?
a) Yes
b) No
c) Sometimes
10. Do you ever take medicines by your self, without prescription of doctors?
a) Yes
b) No
Suggestions

REFERNCES:
Books and Journals:
Berens and et. al. (2016). Health literacy among different age groups in Germany: results of a
cross-sectional survey. BMC public health, 16(1), 1-8.
Harris and et. al. (2018). Public health surveillance of multidrug-resistant clones of Neisseria
gonorrhoeae in Europe: a genomic survey. The Lancet Infectious diseases, 18(7), 758-
768.
Lee and et. al.(2017). Relationship between Mobile phone addiction and the incidence of poor
and short sleep among Korean adolescents: a longitudinal study of the Korean Children
& Youth Panel Survey. Journal of Korean medical science, 32(7), 1166.