Intro to Epidemiology

As a health officer, you have been asked to discuss the subject of epidemiology to high school students getting ready to enroll in Winterton College.
Your task is as follows:

1. Define to them the field of epidemiology.
2. Briefly list a historical evolution of epidemiology.
3. Explain the terms outbreak and epidemic.
4. The Introduction to epidemiology video discussed the Legionnaire’s disease outbreak in 1976. Briefly describe the case in terms of time, place, and person; and, what should have been the first step the Pennsylvania Department of Health should have followed?
   Length: 2–3 pages, excluding title page and references. Include in text referencing.
   Required references:
   Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2014). E-learning course – Introduction to epidemiology. Accessed from https://www.cdc.gov/publichealth101/e-learning/epidemiology/
   Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (2012). Lesson one: Introduction to epidemiology. Principles of epidemiology in public health practice (3rd ed.), pp. 1-1-21.

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