Explain the role that evaluation plays in establishing effectiveness as part of evidence-based public health.

• explain the steps in the evidence-based public health process.
• describe a public health problem in terms of morbidity and mortality.
• describe the course of a disease in terms of incidence, prevalence, and case-fatality.
• describe how the distribution of disease may be used to generate hypotheses about the cause of a disease.
• describe the approach used in public health to identify a contributory cause of a disease or other condition and establish the efficacy of an intervention.
• describe the process of grading evidence-based recommendations.
• use an approach to identify options for intervention based on “when, who, and how.”
• explain the role that evaluation plays in establishing effectiveness as part of evidence-based public health.