Editors

Dmitri N. Shalin

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

2006

Publication Title

The Social Health of Nevada: Leading Indicators and Quality of Life in the Silver State

Publisher

UNLV: Center for Democratic Culture Publications

First page number:

1

Last page number:

13

Abstract

Determining the health of a state population is a complex task. It involves knowing at least the prevalence of various diseases and conditions as well as the leading causes of death and disability compared to a national mean or median. The World Health Organization defines health as “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” Since health is affected by numerous social, economic, environmental, and cultural factors, these factors must also be considered when examining the health status of a population. All attempts to rank states in health are limited by the type and quality of available data. A remarkable array of health-related data is collected by federal, state, and local governmental agencies. Meaningful analyses of this data are usually limited to the mission of the collecting agencies and available funding.

Keywords

Community health services; Nevada.--Health Division; Public health--Education; Social indicators--Research

Disciplines

Community-Based Research | Immune System Diseases | Medicine and Health | Sociology | Virus Diseases

Language

English

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