A public health nurse is asked to research and report on vital statistics and health status data for an infectious disease in Massachusetts. They are directed to use CDC and Massachusetts health department websites to find data on their chosen disease. Additionally, the nurse must read a recent MMWR article related to public health surveillance or outbreak tracking, summarize the article, and include relevant data from CDC surveillance systems to analyze how surveillance informs understanding of the topic.

1. 2) Infectious Disease Discussion
Please complete a 500-word initial post to this two part
discussion topic
Part One:
You are a public health nurse doing research on vital statistics
and health status on a certain disease in the state of MA (you
choose the disease). You are to collect data and vital statistics
for this disease and post your findings. Some recommended
links you may use
are http://www.cdc.gov/DataStatistics/ and
http://www.mass.gov
Leohhs/researcher/community-health/masschip/.
Choose a disease or public health issue and research this topic.
This forum includes epidemiology principles as well as your
other readings. Make sure you complete the reading before
starting the assignment so you will have an understanding of
concepts.
Part Two: Go to the MMWR website found

2. at http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/
At the bottom, click on 'About MMWR' and read about MMWR
and understand the role of the MMWR. On the left side of the
screen. Click on the "Publications and then the MMWR Weekly
Report" section. You can choose one of the related articles from
2016 till now. There are multiple articles to choose from.
Choose an article related to public health surveillance or
outbreak. (any infectious disease or public health problem that
is
tracked). Summarize this article in your posting and provide
data
from the MMWR notifiable disease link also found on the left
side of the page. Bring all this information together to analyze
how public health surveillance interfaces with this topic