What is Epidemiology in your own words?

TextBook:
Aschengrau,
A. & Seage, G.R. (2020). Essentials in Epidemiology in public
health (4th ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett.

Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (2012). Principles of epidemiology in public health practice
(3rd ed.). https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dsepd/ss1978/index.html

Reflections

Reflection #1:
What is Epidemiology? – Due
via Canvas on February 5, 2022 at 11:59 PM

This reflection
has two parts.
1.
First
students will play the CDC’s Solve the Outbreak game on at least two cases. The
game can be found here: https://www.cdc.gov/mobile/applications/sto/sto-web.html.
2.
Read
and review a health-related article that is available on the internet, local,
or national newspaper. Try to find the following terms in the article and keep
a tab:
·
Epidemiologist
·
Epidemiology
·
Infectious
Disease
·
Chronic
Disease
·
Clinical
Trial
·
Increased
Mortality Associated with a New Medication

After completing
the above, answer the following questions:
1.
What
is Epidemiology in your own words?
2.
How
relevant is the article reviewed to our society?
3.
Reflect
on playing the game, what did you learn, if anything, and why?

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