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<h2 class="hd hd-2 unit-title">Module Overview</h2>
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<h4>Module summary</h4>
<p class="MsoNormal">This module explores fundamental concepts in health and measurement. We begin by examining key concepts including health status, health outcomes and health indicators. We’ll discuss measurement of health outcomes and the different levels of a measurement, as well as how to assess the quality of a measurement.<o:p></o:p></p>
<h4>Additional resources</h4>
<p style="font-size: 16px;">Below are some additional resources for this module that you might find useful:</p>
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<li><a href="/assets/courseware/v1/279731558c1d2da16052825eb71b65d4/asset-v1:MITx+JPAL350x+3T2020+type@asset+block/M3_-_ToC.pdf" target="[object Object]">Table of Contents</a></li>
<li><a href="/assets/courseware/v1/2192fee7822b3e4bf1885cffdc3ed428/asset-v1:MITx+JPAL350x+3T2020+type@asset+block/M3_-_Glossary.pdf" target="[object Object]">Glossary</a></li>
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<h2 class="hd hd-2 unit-title">Reading List</h2>
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<h3>Module 3: Additional reading + references</h3>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Health:</strong></span></p>
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<li><strong><a href="https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/268691" target="_blank">WHO Definition of Health</a></strong><a href="https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/268691" target="_blank"></a>. Grad FP. The preamble of the constitution of the World Health Organization. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 2002 Jan;80(12):981.</li>
<li><strong><a href="https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.d4163" target="_blank">How should we define health?</a> </strong>Huber M, Knottnerus JA, Green L, van der Horst H, Jadad AR, Kromhout D, Leonard B, Lorig K, Loureiro MI, van der Meer JW, Schnabel P. How should we define health? BMJ. 2011;343.</li>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Determinants of health:</strong></span></p>
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<li><a href="http://dcp-3.org/sites/default/files/dcp2/DCP01.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Multi-sectorial determinants of health</strong></a>. Page 11 of Chapter 1: Summary and Cross-Cutting Themes in Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries (DCP2), 2006</li>
<li><strong><a href="https://www.who.int/social_determinants/sdh_definition/en/" target="_blank">Social Determinants of Health – WHO.</a></strong></li>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Health status:</strong></span></p>
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<li><strong><a href="https://www.cambridge.edu.au/go/titles/Cambridge-VCE-Health-and-Human-Development-Second-Edition-Units-34-print-and-digital/25521" target="_blank">Chapter 1: Measuring Health Status. Pages 2-9.</a> </strong>In Cambridge VCE Health and Human Development Units. Goodacre S, Collins C, Slattery C. Cambridge University Press, 2013.</li>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Levels/scales of a measurement:</strong></span></p>
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<li><strong><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ebn.2.4.100" target="_blank">The fundamentals of quantitative measurement.</a> </strong>Ciliska D, Cullum N, Dicenso A. The fundamentals of quantitative measurement. Evidence Based Nursing. 1999 Oct;2(4):100-1.</li>
<li><strong><a href="https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/the-practice-of-research-in-social-work/book244027" target="_blank">Levels of a measurement.</a> </strong>In The Practice of Research in Social Work. Chapter 4. Page 89-95.</li>
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<p><strong>Reliability + validity:</strong></p>
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<li><strong style="font-size: 1em;"><a href="https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/the-practice-of-research-in-social-work/book244027" target="_blank">Levels of a measurement.</a> </strong>In The Practice of Research in Social Work. Chapter 4. Page 96-104.</li>
<li><strong><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26776330/" target="_blank">Principles and methods of validity and reliability testing of questionnaires used in social and health science researches.</a> </strong>Bolarinwa OA. Niger Postgrad Med J 2015;22:195-201.</li>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Sensitivity + specificity:</strong></span></p>
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<li><strong><a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/bjaceaccp/mkn041" target="_blank">Clinical tests: sensitivity and specificity.</a> </strong>Lalkhen AG, McCluskey A. Clinical tests: sensitivity and specificity. Continuing Education in Anaesthesia, Critical Care & Pain. 2008 Dec 1;8(6):221-3.</li>
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