Epidemiology of Health and Illness.
- Define epidemiology and describe the epidemiological triangle and other epidemiology tools in disease control and prevention.
- Discuss the use of epidemiology in disease prevention.
- Define and describe the concept “community as client.”
- Describe and discuss the goals of health education within the community setting.
- APA format word document, Arial 12 font
- 3 evidence-based references is required no older than 5 years
- A minimum of 700 words
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Epidemiology and the Epidemiological Triangle
Many scholars have tried to come up with a different definition of the term epidemiology. However, a simple yet useful definition of the term would be the study of diseases in population and why. It is, therefore, a branch of medicine that is concerned with the causes of diseases and sometimes how to prevent them. The term Epidemiology was first used to include the description and causation of epidemic outbreaks of infectious diseases. Currently, the term is used to cover diseases in general and sometimes non-disease related conditions such as hypertension (Viner, & Booy, 2005). According to World Health Organization,…
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