Examine a health-related issue uses epidemiological methods

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Epidemiology Assignment - Article Presentation and Discussion

Learning Outcomes - Upon completion of this course the student will be able to:

Appropriately use and understand epidemiological terminology.
Determine appropriate epidemiological study designs
Identify sources of bias in public health research.
Discuss the steps of an disease outbreak investigation
Critically review the public health literature.

Task - Find a peer-reviewed article that uses epidemiological methods to examine a health-related issue, and make a 10-minute presentation.

Solve complex problems in a healthcare environment by employing analytical skills; Utilize administrative and clinical information technology and decision-support tools in process and performance improvement;
Analyze and interpret health data; Describe the distribution and determinants of disease, disabilities and death in human populations.

Make sure to cover the following points:

1. Background: what is the existing problem and why is it an important issue to study?

2. What were the objectives of the study? This may include hypotheses, if stated.

3. What is the population about which the authors are seeking to generalize their findings?

4. What type of study is this? Example: cohort, case-control, cross-sectional, clinical trial....

5. Describe the study sample:

1. Sample size (did they perform power or sample size calculations?

2. Recruiting strategies

3. Inclusion criteria

4. Exclusion criteria

5. Randomization (if applicable)

6. If there was a control group, was it comparable to the case (or intervention) group on demographic variables? Describe any variables that were different between the groups.

6. What types of statistical analyses did they perform?

7. Results: univariate (without controlling for confounders) and multivariate (controlling for potential confounders).

8. Conclusions: What did the authors conclude?

9. Do you agree with their conclusions?

10. What types of bias did you observe in this study? How might their methods have either exaggerated or understated their findings?

11. Was there anything that they did not consider which may have impacted their findings?

12. Were their findings applicable to the population that they are concerned about? If not, why not?

13. What would be the ideal study design for their hypothesis?

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len2312442

5/27/2019 4:22:34 AM

Instructions: Need 1300 words. Journal Article Presentation Rubric – Article 10% - Student identifies a peer-reviewed article that uses epidemiologic methods to examine a health-related issue. Background 10% - Student clearly states the existing problem and why it is important. Objectives 10% - Student clearly identifies and states the study’s objectives and hypotheses. Population 10% - Student accurately describes the study population. Type of Study 10% - Student correctly identifies the type of study (Example: cohort, case-control, cross-sectional, clinical trial….)

len2312442

5/27/2019 4:22:27 AM

Study sample: 1. Sample size (did they perform power or sample size calculations?) 2. Recruiting strategies Inclusion criteria 3. Exclusion criteria 4. Randomization (if applicable) 5. If there was a control group, was it comparable to the case (or intervention) group on demographic variables? 10% - Student correctly answers the 5 questions. (2 points each). Statistical Analyses 10% - Student accurately identifies the statistical analyses. Results 10% - Student includes report of univariate (without controlling for confounders) and multivariate (controlling for potential confounders).

len2312442

5/27/2019 4:22:21 AM

Conclusions: 10% - What did the authors conclude? Do you agree with their conclusions? Provided information was further supported by other scholarly sources. Biases 10% - Student correctly describes types of biases, how study is applicable to the population, any concerns and what type of study might be ideal. Recommendations and terms came from scholarly research and the textbook. All biases were named and appropriately described.

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