Define the core functions of epidemiology. Select one of the epidemiologic core functions and explain how the core function might be demonstrated in clinical practice by a master’s-prepared registered nurse. Can you relate this or one of the other functions to an example or content in your text readings?
Instructions: discussion post, 1 page and a half or less. APA style. 3 references. Ill place some of the required readings down below.
In Clinical Epidemiology, read:
· Chapter 11: “Chance”
· Chapter 12: “Cause”
· Chapter 13: “Summarizing the Evidence”
· Chapter 14: “Knowledge Management”
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2011). Lesson 2: Summarizing data. In Principles of epidemiology in public health practice: An introduction to applied epidemiology and biostatistics (3rd ed.). https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dsepd/ss1978/lesson2/section4.html
· Section 4: “Properties of Frequency Distributions”
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2011). Lesson 2: Summarizing data. In Principles of epidemiology in public health practice: An introduction to applied epidemiology and biostatistics (3rd. ed.). https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dsepd/ss1978/lesson2/section8.html
· Section 8: “Choosing the Right Measure of Central Location and Spread”
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2020). Behavioral risk factor surveillance system. https://www.cdc.gov/brfss/
