Topic: Clinical Epidemiology: Risk
Read the required reading. Epidemiological studies can evaluate risks of disease and protection from disease.
Discuss risks and how epidemiological studies impact interventions to reduce risks. Include some types of studies and specific risk examples in your response. How does this apply to evidence-based medicine?
Unit 2 Reading Assignments:
In Clinical Epidemiology, read:
· Chapter 4: “Diagnosis”
· Chapter 5: “Risk: Basic Principles”
· Chapter 6: “Risk: Exposure to Disease”
· Chapter 7: “Risk: From Disease to Exposure”
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2011). Lesson 3: Measures of risk. In Principles of epidemiology in public health practice: An introduction to applied epidemiology and biostatistics (3rd. ed.). https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dsepd/ss1978/lesson3/index.html
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (n.d.). National Center for Health Statistics. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/