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Using Aggregate Data to Help Public Health

John M. Grohol, Psy.D. | November 13, 2008

Public health is different than our personal health. Most people take for granted the role public health agencies play in our lives, but its primary emphasis is tracking disease data across the country in order to prevent a nationwide epidemic or pandemic. Nobody wants another bubonic plague, right? Public health agencies carry out their mission [...]