Describing Health Conditions: Understanding and Using Rates

WEEK 4 LECTURE AND DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

Describing Health Conditions: Understanding and Using Rates

Gathering Evidence for Public Health Practice

Read chapters 7 and 8 of the class textbooks (Once done answer the following questions)

1. Describe an understanding of the following.

The primary method used to measure the state of health a population is experiencing, including the rules and formula used for calculations

The difference between crude and adjusted rates as well as incidence and prevalence rates

The difference between incidence density, incidence rates, and relative risk ratio.

2. Using examples, interpret the relevance of the use of rates in nursing practice.

3. Mention and discuss the differences between descriptive and analytical research.

As stated in the syllabus present your assignment in an APA format word document, APA required font attach to the forum in the discussion tab/folder of the blackboard ultra and in the SafeAssign exercise located in the assignment folder of the blackboard ultra. A minimum of 3 evidence-based references no older than 5 years must be used. You must post two replies on different dates to any of your peers sustained with the proper references no older than 5 years as well and make sure the references are properly quoted in your assignment. The replies cannot be posted on the same day, I must see different dates in the replies. A minimum of 800 words not to exceed 1,000 are required without counting the first and last page. Please make sure to follow the instructions as given and use either spell-check or Grammarly before you post your assignment. Please check your assignment after is posted because I have either made comments or ask for clarification about the assignment or the replies that will require your response.