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Epidemiology and the Public Policy Process

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    Apply epidemiologic measures to distinguish among community health problems for receiving priority attention by the policy process.

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    Monitor policy effectiveness in eliminating health care disparities using epidemiologic measures.

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Oleske, D.M. (2009). Epidemiology and the Public Policy Process. In: Epidemiology and the Delivery of Health Care Services. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0164-4_11

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