College of Technology, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, USA.
J Multidiscip Healthc. 2013;6:31-40. doi: 10.2147/JMDH.S34810. Epub 2013 Jan 23.
Good public health ensures an efficient work force. Organizations can ensure a prominent position on the global stage by staying on the leading edge of technological development. Public health and technological innovation are vital elements of prosperous economies. It is important to understand how these elements affect each other. This research study explored and described the relationship between these two critical elements/constructs.
Indicators representing technological innovation and public health were identified. Indicator data from 2000 to 2009 were collected from various US federal government sources, for the four US Census regions. The four US Census regions were then compared in terms of these indicators. Canonical correlation equations were formulated to identify combinations of the indicators that are strongly related to each other. Additionally, the cause-effect relationship between public health and technological innovation was described using the structural equation modeling technique.
The four US Census regions ranked differently in terms of both type of indicators in a statistically significant manner. The canonical correlation analysis showed that the first set of canonical variables had a fairly strong relationship, with a magnitude > 0.65 at the 95% confidence interval, for all census regions. Structural equation modeling analysis provided β < -0.69 and Student's t statistic > 12.98, for all census regions. The threshold Student's t statistic was 1.98. Hence, it was found that the β values were significant at the 95% confidence interval, for all census regions.
The results of the study showed that better technological innovation indicator scores were associated with better public health indicator scores. Furthermore, the study provided preliminary evidence that technological innovation shares causal relation with public health.
良好的公共卫生确保了一支高效的劳动力队伍。通过保持在技术发展的前沿，组织可以确保在全球舞台上的突出地位。公共卫生和技术创新是繁荣经济的重要因素。了解这些因素如何相互影响非常重要。本研究探讨并描述了这两个关键要素/结构之间的关系。
确定了代表技术创新和公共卫生的指标。从 2000 年到 2009 年，从美国联邦政府的各种来源收集了美国四个普查区的指标数据。然后，根据这些指标对美国的四个普查区进行了比较。制定了典型相关方程来识别彼此之间具有很强相关性的指标组合。此外，还使用结构方程建模技术描述了公共卫生和技术创新之间的因果关系。
在具有统计学意义的情况下，美国的四个普查区在这两种类型的指标方面的排名不同。典型相关分析表明，第一组典型变量之间存在相当强的关系，置信区间为 0.65 以上，适用于所有普查区。结构方程模型分析为所有普查区提供了β< -0.69 和学生 t 统计> 12.98。所有普查区的阈值学生 t 统计值为 1.98。因此，发现β值在所有普查区的置信区间内均具有统计学意义。
研究结果表明，技术创新指标得分较高与公共卫生指标得分较高相关。此外，该研究初步证明了技术创新与公共卫生共享因果关系。
