cse.2 MEASURES OF MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY (USES OF EPIDEMIOLOGY)

MEASURES OF MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY (USES OF EPIDEMIOLOGY)

Twenty-five children in Fallsburg Elementary School (with a population of 60 pupils) received their immunization against whooping cough to protect the school’s student population. In your role as health officer, you collected the documentation from parents on the first day of school. You found that 25 students had received their immunization against the disease. You have been asked to explain some basic epidemiologic concepts to the parents who did not have their children immunized.

You have been tasked to do the following:

1. Define the term population at risk and indicate which of the elementary students are not at risk.
2. Also describe the difference between incidence and prevalence.

Be sure to justify your response with evidence from the literature.

Assignment Expectations

In order to earn full credit

Please write your paper in your own words. That is the only way I can evaluate your level of understanding. Quotes are rarely needed; if necessary, they should comprise less than 10% of a paper and must be properly cited.

Even though the papers must be written in your own words, you are required to cite sources for any statement of fact or idea that is not common knowledge. You are required to cite the sources within the body of the paper and include a reference list at the end of the paper.

Note: Wikipedia is not an acceptable source of information. Use credible, professional, and scholarly sources such as journal articles from ProQuest or EBSCO, and government, university, or nonprofit organizations’ web sites.

For each module as a whole, you must clearly show that you have read the module homepage and the required background materials. You are welcome to do research in addition to -- but not instead of -- the required readings.

Your papers will be evaluated on the following factors:

• References - citations are used within the body of the paper any time you state a fact or idea that is not common knowledge and a reference list is included at the end of the paper.
• Precision - you follow all instructions and you answer each part of the assignment.
• Breadth - you show broad knowledge of the module’s topic.
• Depth - you go into detail to show more critical thought about the specific assignment.
• Clarity - the extent to which you elaborate and include discussion or examples as asked.
• Application - the extent to which you apply the information to a real-life situation related to the assignment, if asked.

Before you begin, please review this information about When to Cite Sourceshttp://www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/integrity/pages/cite/

Other resources are available at http://www.plagiarism.organdhttp://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/02/