Assignment: Summary of Epidemiology Article

Include:

APA Citation of the Journal Article

Brief Description of Problem Statement/Purpose

Summary of Methodology (Sample, Data Collection Methods, Data Analysis)

Summary of Findings/Conclusions

Evaluation of Research Study’s Relevance to Health Informatics

Select an article from one of these journals:

  International Journal of Epidemiology 2014 IF 9.19

  Epidemiologic Reviews 2014 IF 7.333

  Epidemiology 2014 IF 6.178

  Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2014 IF 5.478

  European Journal of Epidemiology 2014 IF 5.147

  American Journal of Epidemiology 2014 IF 4.975

  Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2014 IF 3.294

  The Open Epidemiology Journal 2014 IF 2.558

  Annals of Epidemiology 2014 IF 2.145

  Epidemiologic Perspectives and Innovations 2014 IF 1.58

Journals also exist to reflect some of the specialty areas of epidemiology. Some of these journals, in the order of their IF, are listed here:

  Cancer 2014 IF 5.007

  Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention 2014 IF 4.324

  Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 2014 IF 3.172

  Genetic Epidemiology 2014 IF 2.951

  Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology 2014 IF 2.811

  Cancer Epidemiology 2014 IF 2.558

  Epidemiology and Infection 2014 IF