Dq 1 Descriptive Epidemiology

DQ 1Descriptive epidemiology studies the characteristics in a population according to person, place, and time. How do these characteristics help researchers understand the development of disease?
The use of the characteristics of person, place and time are patterns of disease recognition that dates back to John Snows investigation of cholera in London (Byass, 2001). Understanding the characteristics of person, place or time aids a researcher in understanding whether a cluster of disease is occurring in current time in a particular geographic region or more of an outbreak which can be limited in its duration (Auchincloss & Diez Roux, 2008). Knowing whether or not the disease is an outbreak or isolated allows researchers to understand the necessary