PBH321 M2A1: Measuring Disease Occurrence: Applying Math Concepts This week you learned how to measure disease occurrence

PBH321 M2A1: Measuring Disease Occurrence: Applying Math Concepts

This week you learned how to measure disease occurrence. Key math terms, and epidemiologic concepts are the basis for advanced analyses to describe health issues and diseases in terms of person, place, and time, and examining the association between exposures and health issues or diseases. By the end of this activity, you will be able to recognize the utility of each measure of occurrence applied in epidemiology for presenting specific types of information in a meaningful way, and be able to calculate measures of disease occurrence.

Attached is an activity worksheet that you will complete and submit to this assignment area when you are done. Be sure to save your worksheet to your computer before answering the questions. Then follow the instructions below.

Compose your work using a word processor (such as Microsoft Word, etc.) and save it frequently to your computer. Check your work and correct any spelling or grammatical errors. When you are ready to submit your work, click “Submit Assignment” in the upper right corner. Click on “Browse,” browse your computer, and select your file. Click “Open” and verify the correct file name has appeared next to the Browse button. Enter your comments, if any, in the Comments area. Click on “Submit Assignment.”

This assignment will be graded using the rubric displayed below. Please review this rubric prior to beginning your work. You can also access the rubric on the Course Rubrics page within the Start Here module. This assignment is worth 30% of your final course grade.

Participation in this assignment addresses the following outcomes:

• Explain math terms used in epidemiology (CO 5)
• Describe and calculate measures of disease occurrence (CO 3)