Read the required reading. Epidemiological studies can evaluate risks of disease and protections 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?

Simple, one page max.

Clinical Epidemiology: The Essentials 5th (2012)
Fletcher, Robert and Fletcher, Suzanne Lippincott

978-1451144475

Chapter 4: “Risk: Basic Principles”

Chapter 5: “Risk: Exposure to Disease”

Chapter 6: “Risk: From Disease to Exposure”

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC]. (2012). Principles of epidemiology in public health practice. Epidemiological Core Functions: Lesson 3. (3rd. ed.). Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/ophss/csels/dsepd/ss1978/lesson3/index.html

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [CDC]. (2018). National Center for Health Statistics. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/