HSC DMO2: Epidemiology for health and social care

1. Understand historical developments in epidemiology

• 1.1. Define ‘Epidemiology’
• 1.2. Summarise the milestones in epidemiology

2. Understand the measurement of health and disease in epidemiology

• 2.1. Explain how health and disease are measured
• 2.2. Describe types and sources of data used in epidemiology
• 2.3. Interpret health and disease data used in epidemiology

3. Understand the contribution of epidemiology to public health and policy

• 3.1. Explain the contribution of epidemiology to public health
• 3.2. Analyse how epidemiology contributes to the development, implementation and evaluation of public health policy

4. Understand how epidemiology informs evidence-based practice

• 4.1. Analyse ways that epidemiology informs evidencebased practice