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Community Epidemiological Approaches
Chisom Nmesoma Iwundu, Diana Kuo Stojda,
Kirsteen Edereka-Great, and Heath Harllee
C. N. Iwundu (*) • K. Edereka-Great • H. Harllee
University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA
e-mail: Chisom.Odoh@unt.edu; Heath.Harllee@unt.edu
D. K. Stojda
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
Introduction
e community context is an important determinant of the health out-
comes of its members through its existing assets and liabilities. A commu-
nity’s health assets include the individuals and families comprising the
community, the various organizations and associations that make up a
community’s “civil society” and its primary health care systems (Morgan,
Ziglio, & Davies, 2010; Rotegård, Moore, Fagermoen, & Ruland, 2010).
Communities are unequal in their health assets that impact sustainable
health and the distribution of morbidity and mortality (Morgan et al.,
2010). ese types of assets would also vary depending on the demographic
makeup of the community (Hornby-Turner, Peel, & Hubbard, 2017;
Klemera, Brooks, Chester, Magnusson, & Spencer, 2017). Moreover,