NURS-4015-4,Public & Global Health

Application

Epidemiology in Public and Global Health

Epidemiologic surveillance is used in public and global health. Locate a recent article about an outbreak of an infectious or communicable disease. Write a 3- to 4-page paper including the following:

• Summary of the article
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• The relationship among causal agents, susceptible persons, and environmental factors
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• Role of the BSN nurse in addressing the outbreak
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• Possible health promotion/health protection strategies that could be implemented to mitigate the outbreak