Measuring Risk in Epidemiology

Competencies Addressed

Council of Linkages, Core Competencies for Public Health Professioanls

1. Analytical/Assessment Skills

1C3. Evaluates variables that measure public health conditions

1C4. Critiques methods and instruments for collecting valid and reliable quantitative and qualitative data

1C6. Evaluates the integrity and comparability of data

1C7. Rectifies gaps indata sources

CDC, Public Health Preparedness and Core Competency Model

1. Model Leadership

1.6 Act within the scope of one's legal authority

3. Plan for and Improve Practice

3.2 Contribute expertise to the development of emergency plans

CDC, Public Health Preparedness Capabilities

Capability 13: Public Health Surveillance

Function 1: Conduct public Health surveillance and detection

Function 2: Conduct public health and epidemiological investigations

Function 4: Improve public health surveillance and epidemiological investugation systems

This module provides an awareness-level training in the following epidemiology competency and subcompetencies developed by the University of Washington (UW Epidemiology Competencies).

Competency 5: Obtain, evaluate, and interpret public health information.

Subcompetency A: Interpret epidemiology measures.