350 words
- Describe what epidemiology is and how it is used in the health professions.
- Identify measures of morbidity and mortality used to study health problems.
- Interpret common measures of morbidity and mortality, including death, birth, and infection rates.
After reading about morbidity, mortality, and natality measures from the Unit 1 assigned reading, select four measures from the reading that you would like to explore further. Locate one published example (such as a news report or research article) for each measure. Then explain what each measure means and how it is used in the example you found.
Requirements
- Write at least 300 words and include a heading with your name, date, assignment, and course.
- References should come from credible sources and use APA documentation.
- Include a highly developed viewpoint that is free from plagiarism.
- Organize your paper with subheadings.
- Proofread to be free of grammar and spelling errors.
READING: As you complete this unit’s readings, look for the following concepts:
- epidemiology
- frequency measures
- mortality vs. morbidity
- incidence vs. prevalence
- ratio, proportion, and rates
- attack rates, crude rates, and specific rates
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2011). Lesson 3: Measures of risk. In Principles of epidemiology. http://www.cdc.gov/ophss/csels/dsepd/ss1978
- Lesson Overview
- Section 1: Frequency Measures
- Section 2: Morbidity Frequency Measures
- Section 3: Mortality Frequency Measures
- Section 4: Natality (Birth) Measures
Coggon D., Rose, G., & Barker, D. J. P. (2015). Epidemiology for the uninitiated. BMJ.com. http://www.bmj.com/about-bmj/resources-readers/publications/epidemiology...
- What is epidemiology?
- Quantifying disease in population
