The public health nurse volunteers for a missionary group caring for Ebola patients in Africa. The nurse is reviewing the data using analytic epidemiology methods. What information does the nurse collect as the priority?
a. Cultural norms in burial practices
b. Genetic variables in disease acquisition
c. Statistics related to incidence and prevalence
d. Autopsy data on direct cause of death
ANS: A
Analytic epidemiology hypothesizes why a disease is occurring in a community and looks at cultural practices, nutrition, and extrinsic factors such as the environment for links. Genetic variables and direct cause of death data are more related to epidemiology.
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