Assignment: Epidemiology
a. Compose a brief Word document that answers the following questions.
b. Different measures of disease are useful to evaluate and assess public health programs and needs in different situations. Refer to Chapter 3 in Friis and Sellers (2014).
• State which measure would best support your goal and briefly explain why you chose that measure for each of the following questions (numbers 1 - 5).
Measures of disease:
o I = incidence rate
o P = prevalence
o L = lifetime prevalence
o M = crude mortality rate (crude death rate)
o R = sex ratio (counts)
• To demonstrate the risks of car-train crashes at railroad crossings without warning signals.
• To demonstrate the amount of children's exposure to secondhand cigarette smoke.
• To estimate the number of persons who have had leukemia during their lifetimes.
• To estimate the number of healthcare facilities needed to support patients with Alzheimer's disease.
• To argue that mortality from HIV infection is a more serious public health problem in one region of the U.S than another.
Format your assignment according to the give formatting requirements:
• The answer must be using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, typed, with one-inch margins on all sides.
• The response also includes a cover page containing the student's name, the title of the assignment, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
• Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.