Read the required readings and define the core functions of epidemiology. Select one of the epidemiologic core functions and explain how the core function might be demonstrated in cl

Read the required readings and define the core functions of epidemiology. Select one of the epidemiologic core functions and explain how the core function might be demonstrated in clinical practice by a master’s-prepared registered nurse. Can you relate this or one of the other functions to an example or content in your text readings? 

Instructions: discussion post, 1 page and a half or less. APA style. 3 references. Ill place some of the required readings down below. 

In Clinical Epidemiology, read:

· Chapter 11: “Chance”

· Chapter 12: “Cause”

· Chapter 13: “Summarizing the Evidence”

· Chapter 14: “Knowledge Management”

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2011). Lesson 2: Summarizing data. In Principles of epidemiology in public health practice: An introduction to applied epidemiology and biostatistics (3rd ed.). https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dsepd/ss1978/lesson2/section4.html

· Section 4: “Properties of Frequency Distributions”

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2011). Lesson 2: Summarizing data. In Principles of epidemiology in public health practice: An introduction to applied epidemiology and biostatistics (3rd. ed.). https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dsepd/ss1978/lesson2/section8.html

· Section 8: “Choosing the Right Measure of Central Location and Spread”

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2020). Behavioral risk factor surveillance system. https://www.cdc.gov/brfss/