Chamberlain College of Nursing NR503 Population Health, Epidemiology, & Statistical Principles
Evaluation of epidemiological and statistical principles in population health.
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Chamberlain College of NursingNR503Population Health, Epidemiology, & StatisticalPrinciplesNR503W3 Relative Risk Calculation1Chamberlain College of NursingNR503 Population Health, Epidemiology, & StatisticalPrinciplesRelativeRisk CalculationsWorksheetGuidelines& Grading RubricPurposeThe purpose ofthis assignment is to help you to begin to understand and apply the important counts,ratios, and statistics presented inhealthcareand epidemiological research.Remember to use thelist of formulas presented prior to the problems and to carefully consider the purpose of eachcalculation and how it is interpreted.Course OutcomesThrough this assignment, the student will demonstrate the ability to:(CO #3) Identify appropriate outcome measures and study designs applicable to epidemiologicalsubfields such as infectious disease, chronic disease, environmental exposures, reproductive health,and genetics.(CO #4) Apply commonly used measures of health risk.(CO #6) Identify important sources of epidemiological data.Due Date:Sunday 11:59p.m. (MT)at the end ofWeek3Total Points Possible:50REQUIREMENTS:1.CompletetheRisk CalculationWorksheet located in DocSharing.2.For each question identify the correctanswer.3.Submit the worksheet to the DropBoxby 11:59 p.m.MT Sunday of Week 3Epidemiological Formulas and StatisticsParameterDefinitionFormulaIncidence (exposed)Incidenceof new casesofdisease in persons who wereexposednumber (exposed withdisease)/Total number ofexposedIncidence (unexposed)Incidence of new cases ofdisease in persons who werenot exposednumber (unexposed withdisease)/Total number ofunexposedIncidenceof DiseaseMeasure of risk. Total numberin a population with a diseasedivided by the total number ofthe population.Number with the disease/ Totalpopulation number
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