Population health nursing w3 discussion

Population Health Nursing week 3 discussion  

Watch the following video clip:

· Mike Jay on John Snow and the Soho Cholera Outbreak of 1854 – The Broad Street Pump Handle and the Birth of Epidemiology 

Based on the findings from the video, please answer the following prompts. 

1. Identify strategies utilized in the outbreak investigation.

2. How is a causal relationship proven?  What data must be collected to support causal relationships?

3. Based on your interpretation of causal relationship, did John Snow prove that contaminated drinking water causes cholera? Provide the rationale for your response. 

4. Choose a historic pandemic that affected the world (other than COVID-19). Using epidemiological principles, explain how discovery and response to this pandemic was the same as what John Snow used, as well as different from what John Snow used.