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Charlie · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

The type of epidemiologic study that is used to describe a group of persons enrolled in a study who share some characteristic of interest and who are followed over a period of time to observe some health outcome is a(n):

a. Case control study
b. Cross-sectional study
c. Cohort study
d. Experimental study

Question 2

What action should a nurse take in order to provide effective nursing care to poor persons, families, and populations in a variety of settings?

a. Move to the area where people are living to understand their plight.
b. Understand the concept of poverty on many levels.
c. Take a trip abroad to see how poverty exists in other countries.
d. Become fully immersed in the concept of poverty for at least a year.

Tonny · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

C
A cohort study is the type of epidemiologic study that is used to describe a group of persons enrolled in a study who share some characteristic of interest and who are followed over a period of time to observe some health outcome.

Answer to Question 2

B
Understanding the concept of poverty with historical, social, political, economic, biological, psychological, and spiritual dimensions is the first step in providing effective care to this popula-tion.