NR717 Week 2 Discussion: Epidemiology and Health Surveillance

NR717 Week 2 Discussion: Epidemiology and Health Surveillance

1. Explore the epidemiologic principles and measures used to address your selected practice problem at the national and specific geographic (city or county level) location for the population you have selected.
2. Examine the use of descriptive and/or analytic epidemiology to address the practice problem and include data points (i.e., prevalence, incidence, mortality).
3. Propose how you might use surveillance to influence the determinants of health and improve the health outcomes of your population.
4. Anticipate any ethical concerns that you might have related to the use of surveillance data in your population.

Solution

Obesity, the selected practice problem, is a leading cause of preventable chronic disease and mortality in the United States. Nationally, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that 42.4% of U.S. adults were classified as obese in 2017–2018, with non-Hispanic Black adults having………….Get full solution for $5.00 Only

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