Epidemiology and Social Determinants of Population Health

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This course focuses on the comprehension, synthesis, and application of emerging scientific knowledge specific to clinical prevention and population health. You will synthesize trends among epidemiologic, biostatistical, and environmental data to derive solutions to tenacious or new health care problems based on existing health data sets and the scientific literature. Social determinants of health in the processes of conducting risk assessment, intervention development and implementation, health care delivery planning, and evaluation will be considered. You will evaluate models of clinical prevention and population health care delivery with an emphasis on vulnerable and underserved populations. You will examine how the nurse will address population health issues and ensure optimal health care outcomes.