Change can be hard sometimes, unless you’re used to it. Other times, you forget that there was change in your life all the time because you became complacent to the things around you. Change is not bad… Change is a welcomed, uh, change.
Author: René F. Najera, DrPH
Sample Sizes and Statistical Significance
Some dude said I didn’t know what I was talking about because, in his world, a small sample size with a statistical significance only gets more statistically significant if the sample size increases. He’s also an antivaxxer, so…
The Safe Places We’ll Give You
When I was a child, there was only one place where I fell asleep at night without any problem. Even at my own home, I had a hard time falling asleep. There were a lot of noises coming in from the outside, or some sort of family drama would seep in and take my sleep. But at my paternal grandparents’…
I Can’t Bring Myself to Call Them Christians
I get very confused when Christians say they’re Christians and then go do things that are completely the opposite of what Jesus preached. Case in point: Kevin Sorbo’s xenophobia.
The Parent Ren, Part IX: Ren Returns… To Public Health
Life is all about adjusting. From the moment you are born, you have to adjust to the world and people around you. WIth my new job come some big adjustments, and I find myself missing my baby girl a little more these days.
Preschool Exemptions to Vaccination in Connecticut
I have to work tomorrow, early, so this is going to be quick. I saw a news article about a couple from Connecticut who are suing in state court because the department of health is publishing information on vaccine exemptions. The health department data can be accessed here: https://portal.ct.gov/DPH/Immunizations/School-Survey If you look at those data, it seems like Connecticut would…
The Lies People Tell You About Me
It’s funny to me that people spend time in their days to make up stories about me, living rent-free in their heads because they can’t accept facts.
Some Things I Learned This Week
I’ve been at the annual conference of the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists all this week. The first conference I attended was back in 2008, when I was working at the Maryland Department of Health as an epidemiologist doing influenza surveillance. I remember it being a lot of fun because I got to learn a lot from people who had the same interests as I did. This has not changed much since then, but things around us in the world have. Let me explain…
The World Right Across the Street From You
A lot of knowledge comes out of Johns Hopkins University. Unfortunately, for many different reasons, it doesn’t get translated into wisdom… The wisdom to do something about the most violent city in the United States.
Looking at Unmet Health Needs in Chicago, 2013
When comparing two or more health indicators, it’s important to keep in mind that they might be on a different scale and presenting completely different information. In order to make the comparison more accurately, you can standardize the variables’ values and then create a Health Condition Index. So let’s use R and some open data to see how this can be done.
