Chapter 12 of 35 · Population Health for Nurses

Epidemiology for Informing Population/Community Health Decisions

7 lessons in this chapter. Work through them in order, or jump to the one you need.

  1. Epidemiology Defined
  2. Historical Perspective
  3. Epidemiological Approaches
  4. Types of Study Design
  5. Epidemiologic Measures
  6. Communicating Inferences from Epidemiologic Data
  7. The Role of Epidemiology in Scientific Decision-Making and Policy Development