Full Description
Written by nurses for nurses, this graduate-level text disseminates the core principles of epidemiology within a population health framework and provides practical knowledge nurses can use to analyze and improve healthcare in the community. Informed by the evolution of epidemiological science resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic, this book demonstrates how epidemiology can have a profound impact on health. It showcases a variety of settings and epidemiological roles demonstrating the importance and practicality of this discipline.
Clear and concise, this text explains the basics of population health followed by epidemiology concepts and designs. It is distinguished by its application-based case studies, analytical tools of epidemiology, and calculations, which foster skill development and necessary familiarity of the subject. Also included is an important Biostatistics Primer, relevant content from Healthy People 2030, and an "Epidemiology in Practice" section focusing on examples from different epidemiology arenas.
Key Features:
Includes application-based cases, tools, and calculations throughout to help students develop practical epidemiologic skills
Provides background and understanding of health disparities and determinants of health
Includes relevant information from Healthy People 2030
Includes discussion questions, learning objectives, terminology review, tables, and figures in each chapter
Delivers up-to-date information on epidemiology in the time of Covid-19
Includes access to an Instructor's Manual with additional case studies
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
SECTION I: ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING POPULATION HEALTH
Chapter 1. Population Health
Chapter 2. Determinants of Health
Chapter 3. Advanced Practice Nursing Role and Competencies in Epidemiology and Population Health
SECTION II: EPIDEMIOLOGY
Chapter 4. Epidemiology Primer
Chapter 5. Historical Epidemiological Perspectives
Chapter 6. Etiology and Natural History of Disease and Illness
Chapter 7. Disease Occurrence: Morbidity and Mortality
Chapter 8. Diagnostic and Screening Tests: Validity and Reliability
Chapter 9. Risk Assessment and Estimation
SECTION III: TOOLS AND EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDY DESIGNS
Chapter 10. Observational Epidemiologic Research: Introduction to Observational Research - Descriptive, Case Studies, Case Series, Ecological, and Cross-Sectional
Chapter 11. Cohort Studies
Chapter 12. Case Control, Other Study Designs, and Research Appraisal
Chapter 13. Experimental Studies: Quasi-Experimental, Experimental, and Randomized Clinical Trials
Chapter 14. Epidemiologic Design Bias, Confounders, and Interaction
Chapter 15. Biostatistics Primer
Chapter 16. Field, Forensic, and Legal Epidemiology
SECTION IV: FIELDS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY IN PRACTICE
Chapter 17. Pandemic Epidemiology
Chapter 18. Social Epidemiology
Chapter 19. Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Chapter 20. Genetic and Environmental Epidemiology
Chapter 21. Occupational Epidemiology
Chapter 22. Reproductive and Maternal Health Epidemiology
Chapter 23. Clinical and Healthcare Epidemiology and Evidence-Based Healthcare
SECTION V: POLICY AND ETHICS
Chapter 24. Epidemiology in Health Policy and Program Evaluation
Chapter 25. Epidemiological Ethical and Professional Issues
SECTION VI: APPENDICES
Appendix 1: Integrated Population and Community Assessment Framework: Community Assessment and Epidemiologic Data Elements
Appendix 2: Morbidity and Mortality Formulas
Appendix 3: Hazardous Environmental Agents, Route of Entry, and Symptoms
Appendix 4: Epidemiology Study Manuscript Components
Appendix 5: Critical Appraisal Tools Templates
Appendix 6: Summary of Epidemiological Research Findings Table
Appendix 7: Epidemiology Resources
Appendix 8: Epidemiologic Data Presentation
Appendix 9: Reportable Diseases
Appendix 10: Communicable Diseases
