The Friis and Sellers (2014) textbook focuses on sources of epidemiological data.

During this discussion, you will be evaluating one of the scholarly online sources used by epidemiologists and comparing it with another non-scholarly online source.

Please do the following:

a. Review Exhibit 5-1 on pages 243-244

b. Pick two of the websites listed below to discuss in the classroom:

i. Agency for Health Care Research and Quality

ii. American Cancer Society

iii. American Public Health Association

iv. British Medical Journal

v. Directory of Health and Human Services Data Resources

vi. JAMA Network/American Medical Association

vii. National Library of Medicine/National Institutes of Health

viii. National Center for Health Statistics

ix. New England Journal of Medicine

x. Pan American Health Organization

xi. The Food and Drug Administration

xii. U.S. Census Bureau

xiii.World Health Organization

c. Describe the website and the key epidemiological information that is available on this site.

d. Explain what type of information would be used by epidemiologists (You may want to refer back to Week 2 and the seven uses of epidemiology found on page 57 of your textbook to help formulate your response).

e. Explain what makes this information valid and reliable for use by epidemiologists and other health professionals.

Introduction to Epidemiology Text:Friis, R. H. and Sellers, T. A. (2014). Epidemiology for public health practice

Attachment:- Exhibits.rar