Behind the Numbers: Your Health, Your Data a Focus on the STEPS to a Well Bermuda Survey

Dear Listeners,

Have you ever wondered how public health and chronic disease NGOs health organizations develop programs to help the community? Many times this is done using population health surveys. The World Health Organization emphasizes that "Information about health, health risks and population distribution is a cornerstone of disease and disability prevention. It enables evidence-informed planning evaluation of health policies and preventive activities, which in turn help to keep the workforce fit while minimizing the level of health care required by an ageing population." Often times taking surveys may be daunting and feel invasive but participating in population health surveys can save lives, help people manage illness, and prevent chronic disease.

This episode of Bermuda Health-Abets, a podcast where we discuss everything from A to Z on healthy living, is dubbed Behind the Numbers: Your Health, Your Data a Focus on the STEPS to a Well Bermuda Survey #empoweringinformingandmotivating Bermuda residents to live well.

Our guest this episode is Dy-Juan DeRoza, Public Health Epidemiologist at the Department of Health. During the episode Dy-Juan talks about what population health surveys are, the importance of collecting date to inform health programmes, provides insight on the STEPS to a Well Bermuda Survey, spells out what's involved in the 3 steps of the STEPs to a well Bermuda survey, what kind of data is collect, and why it is important for Bermuda residents to participate. Bermuda, if you are selected to take part in the survey, please say, Yes and help us build helpful evidence informed health programs for you!

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Thank you for listening!!

Empowering, Informing and Motivating Bermuda Residents to Live Well