Learning Outcomes
After completing this chapter, you will be able to:
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Construct rate measures to identify population subgroups at high risk for a health problem. Provide the information in tabular and graphic forms.
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Select a health problem and using the appropriate descriptive epidemiologic measures to characterize it in terms of person, place, and time.
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Construct and interpret odds ratios and relative risks to identify potentially modifiable risk factors.
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Determine which risk factors, identified from a set of data, could be targeted for a prevention intervention.
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Oleske, D.M. (2009). Descriptive Epidemiological Methods. In: Epidemiology and the Delivery of Health Care Services. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0164-4_3
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