Epidemiologic Methods In Natural Disasters: Please provide the assignment brief

Epidemiologic Methods In Natural Disasters: To prepare:

• Consider the role of epidemiologic methods in preparing for or responding to natural disasters.
• Focus on global health initiatives, effects of natural disasters on health outcomes, and global health inequities and how they are magnified by natural disasters.
• Select a recent (within past 10 years) natural disaster. You may choose an event that occurred in the U.S. or internationally.
• Explore the current literature and identify the specific leadership roles that nurses have in mitigating negative health outcomes following disasters.

By Day 3 of Week 11

• Briefly describe your selected recent natural disaster.
• Discuss the health consequences of the disaster at the population level.
• Explain how the concepts of population health and epidemiology discussed in this course were or could have been used to assess the preparation and health outcomes after this disaster.
• Explain how the concepts of population health and epidemiology discussed in this course were or could have been used to mitigate negative health effects following this disaster.
• Describe the specific leadership roles that nurses have in mitigating negative health outcomes following disasters.

By Day 6 of Week 11

Respond to at least two colleagues on two different days in one or more of the following ways:

• Ask a probing question, substantiated with additional background information, evidence, or research.
• Share an insight from having read your colleagues’ postings, synthesizing the information to provide new perspectives.
• Offer and support an alternative perspective using readings from the classroom or from your own research in the Walden Library.
• Validate an idea with your own experience and additional research.
• Make a suggestion based on additional evidence drawn from readings or after synthesizing multiple postings.
• Expand on your colleagues’ postings by providing additional insights or contrasting perspectives based on readings and evidence.

The initial DQ is 2 pages, 4 articles & Book

Responses 2- Each should be 1 page and 3 articles.