general stuff from module 4

Question 1

what does descriptional epidemiology do

Answer 1

Descriptive epidemiology is conncerned with distribution of health related states or events.

Question 2

what does analytic epidemiology do?

Answer 2

Analytic epidemiology is concerned with determinants of health states and events. Studies under this umbrella of analytic are either observational or interventional. These types of studies seek to answer Why?
Do this by quantifying the link between exposure and the outcome.

Question 3

descriptive epidemiology is done through what

Answer 3

ecological and cross sectional studies