Assignment for NURS 6700 Week 9 (Epidemiology and Population Health, Walden University) Assignment 4: Planning for Evaluation Section 5 of Major Assessment 7: Using an Epidemiological Approach to Critically Analyze a Population Health Problem This assignment completes the development of your Major Assessment 7 by adding the final evaluation section. It builds directly on Sections […]

Discussion: Screening for Diseases (NURS 6700 Week 8, Walden University) The Week 8 discussion in NURS 6700 examines the process of screening for disease, the effectiveness of different screening tests, and the controversies surrounding screening programs. Students analyze how epidemiologic data support or challenge screening initiatives and their implications for population health policy and practice. […]

Assignment for NURS 6700 Week 8 (Epidemiology and Population Health, Walden University) Assignment 3: Developing an Intervention and Determining the Impact Sections 3 and 4 of Major Assessment 7: Using an Epidemiological Approach to Critically Analyze a Population Health Problem This week’s assignment continues building your Major Assessment 7 (the capstone paper for the course). […]

Discussion: Application of Measures of Effect (NURS 6700 Week 7, Walden University) The Week 7 discussion in NURS 6700 focuses on measures of effect (also called measures of association) in epidemiology. These include relative risk (risk ratio), odds ratio, attributable risk, population attributable risk, and related concepts. Students locate a real-world example (often from a […]

Discussion: Psychosocial Factors in Health (NURS 6700 Week 6, Walden University) The Week 6 discussion in NURS 6700 focuses on psychosocial factors (psychological, behavioral, and social) that influence population health. This includes stress, hostility, depression, pain, hopelessness, bereavement, social support, social inclusion, social environment, trauma, and related elements. Students explore how these factors affect health-related […]

Assignment for NURS 6700 Week 6 (Epidemiology and Population Health, Walden University) This is Sections 1 and 2 of Major Assessment 7: Using an Epidemiological Approach to Critically Analyze a Population Health Problem. Exact/Standard Prompt (from student-uploaded documents): Defining the Problem and Research Methods Sections 1 and 2 of Major Assessment 7 As you continue […]

Discussion: Environmental and Genetic Factors That Influence Health (NURS 6700 Week 5, Walden University) The Week 5 discussion in NURS 6700 focuses on environmental and genetic (host) factors that influence population health risks, often framed within the epidemiologic triad (agent, host, environment) or determinants of health. Students examine how hazardous environmental circumstances (e.g., air/water pollution, […]

Likely Core Assignment: Descriptive Epidemiology of Your Selected Population Health Problem (or “Population Health, Part 1/2”) Purpose: This assignment allows you to describe your chosen population health problem using the epidemiologic triad or the classic descriptors of person, place, and time. It deepens the brief outline from Week 3 and prepares for later major assessments […]

Discussion: Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) / Experimental Study Designs (NURS 6700 Week 4, Walden University) The Week 4 discussion in NURS 6700 focuses on randomized controlled trials (RCTs) as the gold standard experimental study design in epidemiology. Students typically analyze an assigned or selected article/news example involving an RCT, explain key elements of RCT design, […]

Assignment 2: Epidemiologic Study Designs (NURS 6700 Week 4, Walden University) This assignment builds on Week 3’s selection of a population health problem. It focuses on selecting an appropriate epidemiologic study design (observational or experimental) to investigate an association between a risk factor/exposure and a health outcome. Typical Prompt (based on student-uploaded materials for NURS […]