Research and describe the importance of big data in public health practice.

Research and describe the importance of big data in public health practice. Also describe how big data relates to your future career goal and/or possible research interest.

What is Big Data?
Large amounts of data sets that are analyzed to reveal patterns, relationships, characteristics, trends, etc
Used to predict human behaviors, such as health outcomes or disease

Where is Big Data in Health?
Every time there is a clinical point of contact
Insurance companies to predict risky patient behaviors
Electronic Health Records (EHR)
Publicly available (Not necessarily free)

Examples of how big data is being used in Health:
Hospitals in Paris combined 10 years of data to predict what times to expect most patients and thus create better work shifts.
EHR system: includes patient-specific data and demographics, medical history, laboratory tests results, allergies, etc. Kaiser uses EHR across all facilities and saved $1 Billion in healthcare costs
Asthmapolis: tracks asthma attacks through GPS tracking and looks for triggers and created improved treatments for specific subgroups.
Many more…
You assignment is to answer the following questions

1) Research Big Data in the Inland Empire.

Identify a current social determinant of health that is affecting a particular community within the Inland Empire.

Example: African-American MSM, Latinx MSM, and Women of color have most recently been impacted by HIV new infections in the Coachella Valley.

Provide what was identified based on the needs of the community.

In the United States, open access to higher education is an accepted fact. The idea is that anyone can obtain a degree, as long as they work hard. Is this true?

What could be done to make it easier for a student to obtain a higher degree?In the United States, open access to higher education is an accepted fact. The idea is that anyone can obtain a degree, as long as they work hard. Is this true? Are there barriers in the way of obtaining a degree for some students that aren’t there for others? What are these barriers? Should higher education cost less, i.e. should the state (the public) pay more of the cost? What could be done to make it easier for a student to obtain a higher degree?

In the 19th century, China and Japan both encountered the coming of the West (The Opium War and the Coming of Perry). Describe the reasons for the coming of the West and articulate the two countries’ different and similar responses to these challenges

In the 19th century, China and Japan both encountered the coming of the West (The Opium War
and the Coming of Perry). Describe the reasons for the coming of the West and articulate the two
countries’ different and similar responses to these challenges

Examine racial and ethnic inequalities in **two** distinct time periods (as covered in the various chapters in Ronald H. Bayor’s book Race and Ethnicity in America: A Concise History (2003) by focusing on the experiences of **two** different ethnic or racial populations.

American history is replete with many types and instances of racial inequality endured by various ethnic and racial groups. From the colonial era to the contemporary era, African Americans, some European immigrants, Latinos/as, Asian Americans, and Native Americans have experienced different forms racial exclusion, violence, economic and land dispossession, among other forms of ethnic and racial injustice. Write an essay which offers a comparative-historical analysis of racial and ethnic inequality in the United States. Your task is to examine racial and ethnic inequalities in **two** distinct time periods (as covered in the various chapters in Ronald H. Bayor’s book Race and Ethnicity in America: A Concise History (2003) by focusing on the experiences of **two** different ethnic or racial populations.