Infectious disease epidemiology

Responsibilities of a nurse practitioner (NP)
January 11, 2023
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January 11, 2023

Infectious disease epidemiology

Question Description

I’m working on a nursing multi-part question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.

Infectious disease epidemiology is one of the most well-known applications of public health. This branch of epidemiology involves disease reporting, disease investigation, and disease prevention.

This week you will follow the course of an infectious disease in a community. Pick an infectious disease that impacts your community (Miami, Florida). Provide a summary of the organism that causes the disease and the way that it is transmitted. Indicate prevalence and incidence of the disease in your community or the United States. Indicate how it might get reported to the health department and how it should be investigated. Finally, provide education that might be provided to the cases to prevent further transmission of the disease.