Epidemiology of Health and Illness

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Question Description

Epidemiology of Health and Illness

Community Health Planning

Implementation and evaluation

Read chapter 5, 7 and 8 of the class textbook and review the attached PowerPoint presentations. Once done answer the following questions;

  1. Define epidemiology and describe the epidemiological triangle and other epidemiology tools in disease control and prevention.
  2. Discuss the use of epidemiology in disease prevention.
  3. Define and describe the concept of “community as a client.”
  4. Describe and discuss the goals of health education within the community setting.

A minimum of 700 words without counting the first and last page (reference) is required.

APA format word document.

Arial 12 font attached to the forum in the discussion board titled “Week 2 discussion questions”.

A minimum of 2 evidence-based references no older than 5 years is required (not counting the class textbook).

Nies, Mary A., McEwen, Melanie (2015). Community/Public Health Nursing. Promoting the Health of the Populations. (6th ed).

ISBN: 978-0323-18819-7