Holy Name University

Tagbilaran City, Bohol

COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH FOR MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE
DEMOGRAPHY b. Interviews

• “Demo” – means “the people” c. Questionnaires

• “graphy”- means “measurement” d. Diaries

• It is the scientific study of human population, which includes study METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION
of
• Secondary Data Collection
a. changes in population size
a. census
b. composition
b. National survey
c. its distribution
c. Registration of vital events
*** elements of demography (size, composition, distribution)
d. Demographic Studies
IMPORTANCE OF DEMOGRAPHIC DATA
e. Records
• Health status of a community depends upon the dynamic
relationship between number of people, their composition &
distribution

• Planning of health services

ex. How many health units do we need? How to distribute them in

the community? What type of manpower is needed?

SOURCE OF DEMOGRAPHY

• Population Census

• Registration

• Sample Surveys

METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION

• Primary data collection – collection is done by the individual by

using the method such as:

a. Observation