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Qlt1 Task 4

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The advantages of the use of secondary data in needs assessment, design and implementation of intervention measures, and policy changes are numerous. Secondary data are less expensive, this implies that time, money and other resources are saved (Healey & Zimmerman, 2010). My focus for this discussion is Case Study 2, which addressed the health needs assessment of the Waupaca County. Waupaca County, Wisconsin is a rural community of over 50,000 residents (Gilmore, 2012). Given that, it is a popular tourist location, and the survey given had a clause of “do not complete if you are not a city resident”, there exists a chance that all data obtained by primary sources might not be without errors, as tourists might erroneously fill out the survey. Consequently, the secondary method I will apply to collection of data is the use of the American Fact Finder from the United States Census Bureau (n.d.). …show more content…

The rationale behind my choice of this website for a source of secondary data is its user friendliness. It offers a wide array of data, resources and information about Waupaca County, as well as other areas (States, Counties, Cities, Towns or Zip codes). It offers a search button, with which you can input the county you want data for, offering you data comparisons for three years: 2010, 2015 and 2016 (I am sure other years would be obtainable as well, with careful advanced search). The information contained and obtainable from the U.S. Census Bureau for the Wisconsin County include: Population, Age, Business and industry, Education, Housing, Income, Race, Origins, and Language, and Poverty level. This offers a summary of the primary data collected and offers an overview of the needs assessment of the Waupaca

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