Select a topic of interest from Healthy People 2020. Provide an overview of the topic along with the Healthy People 2020 goal for the problem. Identify a program aimed at reducing morbidity and mortality for that problem on a city, county, or statewide level. In a one to two page summary, address the following.
a. Identify the problem
b. Provide an overview of the problem
c. Review of epidemiologic and demographic data on mortality/morbidity and risk
d. Present the goals and objectives of Healthy People 2020
e. Discuss identified program plan including activities and implementation strategies
Identify appropriate outcome measures and study designs applicable to epidemiological subfields such as infectious disease, chronic disease, environmental exposures, reproductive health, and genetics.
Identify important sources of epidemiological data.
