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21/08/2025

SPSS, R, or Python? The Public Health Analyst’s Dilemma

In public health analytics, the real question isn’t which software is best, but which is best for you.

🔹 SPSS – User-friendly, great for survey data and quick stats. Perfect for beginners, but limited for advanced, customizable work.
🔹 R – Built for statisticians. Excellent for epidemiology, survival analysis, and visualization. Steeper learning curve, but unmatched depth.
🔹 Python – More than stats. Ideal for machine learning, big data, and automation. Best for scale and predictive analytics.

🔹 A smart pathway?
Start with SPSS for the basics, move to R for academic depth, add Python when your work demands scale and intelligence.

We’re currently running an SPSS training at Pelstat Consulting. Interested? Reach us at pelstatconsulting@gmail.com.

13/08/2025

Many public health research projects fail, not because the idea is bad, but because the foundation isn’t strong.

To avoid common pitfalls, start by setting SMART objectives and framing your research question using the PICO framework (P: Population, I: Intervention, C: Comparison, O: Outcome).

Conduct a thorough literature review to ensure your work addresses a clear gap rather than duplicating existing studies. Select a study design that aligns with your objectives, and choose the appropriate statistical test, making sure you’ve considered the assumptions behind it. This ensures your findings are valid, reliable, and truly impactful.

Here’s a practical guide to choosing the right statistical test: https://lnkd.in/dwZP6ja6

Question for you: What’s the most common mistake you’ve seen in public health research?

11/08/2025

When Internal Consistency (Cronbach Alpha) Goes Wrong

"Can I use Cronbach's alpha on ALL my survey items?"

This question pops up constantly in research circles, and we see the same mistake repeatedly. Let’s break it down with a real example:

The Common Error

Researchers often throw ALL survey items into one reliability analysis, expecting high internal consistency. But here's the problem: internal consistency assumes your items measure ONE underlying construct.

Take this dietary diversity survey measuring "barriers to eating varied foods":
• Item 1: "I lack money for healthy foods" (Economic barrier)
• Item 2: "Healthy foods aren't available in my area" (Access barrier)
• Item 3: "I don't know which foods are healthy" (Knowledge barrier)
• Item 4: "I worry about food-medication interactions" (HIV-specific barrier)

Why This Fails
These items measure DIFFERENT types of barriers, not a single unified concept. A person could face one type of barrier while not experiencing others. For example, someone might strongly agree with #1 (lacking money for healthy foods) but strongly disagree with #3 (not knowing which foods are healthy) because they're knowledgeable about nutrition but financially constrained.

The Better Approach
Group items by theoretical domains:
• Economic Domain: Money, affordability items
• Knowledge Domain: Nutrition awareness, preparation skills
• Access Domain: Availability, location barriers
• Health Domain: HIV-specific concerns
Calculate internal consistency WITHIN each domain, not across all items.

The Takeaway
Before running reliability analysis, ask yourself: "Do these items truly measure the same underlying construct, or am I mixing apples and oranges?"

Your Cronbach's alpha will thank you, and so will your research validity.

What's the biggest measurement mistake you've encountered in research? Share in the comments!

06/08/2025

Reviving Our Roots: Breastfeeding as Africa’s First Immunization

Breastfeeding was once our pride, a powerful act deeply embedded in African culture, passed down from mothers to daughters with dignity and care.

While traditional practices often included giving neonates water, herbal teas, or other foods alongside breast milk, the foundation of maternal nourishment remained strong.

Today, we're witnessing remarkable progress. Exclusive breastfeeding rates across Africa have improved, with West and Central Africa showing the most significant gains. This represents not a return to old ways, but an evolution toward evidence-based practices that honor our cultural values.

However, as modern influences shift perceptions, we must pause and ask:
Are we losing a vital part of our identity and resilience?

In many parts of the Western world, breastfeeding is now optional, even rare. But in Africa, where access to clean water, safe infant formulas, and resilient healthcare systems is not always guaranteed, breastfeeding remains a frontline defense against infections, malnutrition, and early childhood mortality.

It is Africa’s first immunization.

A priceless, natural, and accessible health intervention.

As health professionals, policymakers, and advocates, we must:
Reclaim breastfeeding as a public health priority
Educate without shame, empower without judgment
Support working mothers with practical workplace policies and community support systems, not just slogans
Let’s not let a life-saving tradition become a lost art.

reminds us that cultural pride can go hand-in-hand with scientific evidence. Let’s protect this practice — for the health of our children and the future of our communities.

06/08/2025

We’re excited to introduce our Practical Training & Mentorship Program: ABCs of Statistical Analysis with IBM SPSS.

Students, healthcare professionals, or aspiring researchers, this course is designed to help you analyze data, interpret results, and make evidence-based decisions—without needing any coding background!

Here’s what you’ll gain:
✅ Hands-on SPSS training
✅ Real-life research scenarios & case studies
✅ Descriptive & inferential statistical tests (T-tests, ANOVA, Regression, etc.)
✅ Lifetime access to all videos & resources
✅ Certificate of completion
✅ 3-month mentorship
✅ BONUS: Free 3-hour Crash Course:"How to Analyse Final Year Projects Using AI (For Undergraduates who need to analyse their projects urgently)

📅 Start Date: August 11th
🎯 Duration: 30 Days (Self-paced)
💰 Fee: ₦30,000 → ₦20,000 (Early Bird ends August 11)
📞 WhatsApp: +234 913 656 3809
📩 Email: pelstatconsulting@gmail.com
To enroll use the details on the flier or send a DM to the Whatsapp handle

🎥 Message “SAMPLE” on WhatsApp to access a free module.

🚀 Don’t just collect data. Learn how to analyze, report, and tell powerful stories with it.
🚀 Let this course be your launchpad to data mastery.

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05/08/2025

Webinar O’Clock: Excel Fundamentals for Healthcare Data Analysis

Whether or not you work directly with data, as healthcare professionals, having a basic understanding of Microsoft Excel is essential.

In this class, one of us — Ayobami (RN, RPHN, BNSc) — will guide you step by step on how to use Microsoft Excel effectively for data analysis.

✨ Important: The session is pre-recorded to ensure a smooth experience despite the internet disruptions many are facing across Nigeria. The video will premiere at the scheduled time.

🔗 Join the closed WhatsApp group to stay updated and receive the video link: https://chat.whatsapp.com/JkEdov51Oxb5W1zTkJjqGL

By the way, you can watch our latest video on excel charts and graphs functions: https://youtu.be/w-CPOhHL2FM?si=TbZ663Ls1PPuG8as

📅 Date: Wednesday, 06-08-2025
⏰ Time: 7 PM WAT

📧 For inquiries: pelstatconsulting@gmail.com

31/07/2025

In 1968, a devastating cholera outbreak hit Bangladesh. Thousands were dying from dehydration. The medical world was stumped.

Then Dr. Dilip Mahalanabis did something revolutionary. Instead of expensive IV drips that required hospitals, he mixed: Salt + Sugar + Water

That's it.

The result? Death rates dropped from 30% to under 3%.

But here's the real lesson for healthcare leaders: The most powerful solutions aren't always the most complex ones. ORS (Oral Rehydration Solution) now saves ~1.5 million children annually at a fraction of IV therapy costs.

Three implementation insights this teaches us:
Complex solutions often fail in real-world conditions. When your target population lacks electricity, trained staff, or infrastructure, sophistication becomes a barrier.

Ask yourself: What assumptions about resources are built into your interventions?

Accessibility trumps sophistication. The best solution is the one people can actually use consistently.

Before adding features, ask: Are we solving for the 5% edge cases or the 95% of users who need something reliable and simple?

Measure impact, not innovation. ORS wasn't groundbreaking science, it was strategic application of existing knowledge. Sometimes the "unsexy" solution that works at scale beats the cutting-edge approach that works in labs.

The data challenge: How do we identify these simple, scalable solutions before crises hit? This requires analyzing real-world constraints, not just clinical efficacy. It means looking at implementation data, not just trial results.

What's one "simple solution" in your field that gets overlooked because it's not sophisticated enough?

Share it below, let's build a thread of practical wisdom.

29/07/2025

“Your baby has been born!”
But not in the way you might expect.

45 years ago, that sentence changed the world forever.

On July 25th, 1978, the world welcomed Louise Brown, the first baby born through In Vitro Fertilization (IVF). It wasn’t just a medical breakthrough, it was hope reborn for millions of families.

IVF isn’t just science.
It’s second chances.
It’s midnight prayers answered in hospital corridors.
It’s joy after years of silence.

As we marked World IVF Day on July 25th, we’re reminded of how far reproductive health has come, and how far we still need to go.

Because while IVF has changed countless lives, many still face:
🔹 The stigma of infertility
🔹 The cost of advanced fertility treatments
🔹 The emotional toll of trying to conceive

At Pelstat Consulting, we believe healthcare isn’t complete without empathy, equity, and innovation. We created this carousel to celebrate IVF’s legacy, and inspire conversation around reproductive justice and access to care.

Share your thoughts:
Do you believe IVF and fertility care should be included in basic health coverage?

How can we better support people on their fertility journeys?

Let’s talk. Let’s learn. Let’s uplift.

28/07/2025

What do you really know about autoimmune conditions?

Most public attention, in research, funding, and awareness, goes toward the most common causes of death like heart disease, cancer, and stroke.

But autoimmune diseases?
They remain misunderstood, underfunded, and under-discussed.

And yet, they change, and often quietly derail lives.

Among them is Sjögren’s Syndrome: a chronic, systemic autoimmune condition that affects the body far beyond dry eyes and dry mouth.

It brings persistent fatigue.
Unrelenting pain.
Damage to the kidneys, lungs, nerves, and more.
And still, many go years without a diagnosis.

World Sjögren’s Day was marked on July 23rd — but awareness doesn’t end with a date.
It continues through conversations like this.

That’s why we’re sharing this important message — even a few days later.

Take a moment to explore the clip.
Then take action:

✅ Know the early signs
✅ Support those silently battling
✅ Advocate for earlier diagnoses
✅ Educate a colleague, student, or friend

Awareness is not a one-day affair.
Let’s keep the light on and the conversations going.

26/07/2025

Can you swim to save your life or the lives of others?

Can you perform CPR?

It’s

Every year, hundreds of thousands of lives are lost to a silent killer: drowning.

What makes it even more heartbreaking?
It is almost always preventable.

On this World Drowning Prevention Day, we’re reminded that behind every statistic is a life, a family, a community forever changed. From young children playing by a riverbank to workers crossing floodwaters, the threat is real—but so is our power to stop it.

Drowning is not fate—it is failure to act.
And action can be as simple as:
✔ Teaching a child to swim
✔ Installing barriers around water
✔ Wearing a life jacket
✔ Supervising with intention
✔ Advocating for water safety education in schools and communities
✔ Learn CPR

Let’s spotlight the vulnerabilities of those most at risk—especially in low- and middle-income countries—and champion solutions that protect them. Water can give life, but without safety, it can also take it.

This July, let’s make a commitment:
🔹 To raise awareness
🔹 To push for policies
🔹 To empower communities
🔹 To protect every life near water

🛟 Prevention is possible. The time to act is now.

📢 Join the global movement. Share this message. Be water smart.

25/07/2025

AI isn’t just the likely Future.. It’s the Present. And yes, it’s here to stay.

We are living in the thick of the 4th Industrial Revolution, with Artificial Intelligence (AI) transforming how we learn, teach, work, and research. Yet, while some are innovating and integrating AI into education and academia, others are hesitating, or worse, discarding it entirely.

In many institutions, AI is still missing from the curriculum, and few departments organize AI-centered workshops or seminars. When AI is mentioned in research spaces, the most common reaction is:

“Oh, you mean ChatGPT?”

But let’s be clear —
AI goes far beyond those generative tools.

In research and academia, AI is now:
• Powering automated literature reviews
• Assisting in conceptual framework development
• Supporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses
• Driving predictive modeling and real-time diagnostics
• Facilitating academic writing, proofreading, and referencing

The problem? Some researchers and students don’t even know these possibilities exist.

Here’s what we must start doing:
1. Introduce AI literacy across departments, not just computer science.
2. Create discipline-specific training on AI tools for research.
3. Encourage ethical and intentional use — AI as a collaborator, not a crutch.

Let’s move beyond fear or oversimplification. AI is a transformative force in research, and those who understand how to harness it will lead the next wave of innovation.

23/07/2025

🧠 World Brain Day 2025

Yesterday, July 22nd, the world marked World Brain Day, spotlighting this year’s powerful theme: “Brain Health for All Ages.”

Even though the day has passed, the message remains urgent and relevant as your brain health matters every single day. Whether you’re a student, a professional, or enjoying retirement, caring for your brain is a lifelong journey.

Explore till you find out about the daily habits that protect and improve brain function.

Let’s keep the conversation going. Learn something new. Start a brain-healthy habit. Share this message. It’s never too late—or too early—to care for your mind.

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