Reference no: EM131042446
ASSESSMENT EXERCISE-
For the assessment exercise, you are asked to analyse data from a cohort study of childhood malaria, carried out in a rural population in Northern Ghana.
Infants residing in a random sample of households in the study area were enrolled in the cohort when they attended a health facility for their first DPT vaccination. Follow-up was through passive case detection at local health facilities. An episode of clinical malaria was
diagnosed if a child presented to a facility with fever and if malaria parasites were detected on microscopy. Data on potential risk factors for clinical malaria were obtained from a household survey carried out in the same study area.
A total of 875 infants were enrolled between September 2000 and June 2002, and follow-up continued until June 2004.
You are asked to use the data from this cohort study to address the following questions:
1. What was the incidence rate of clinical malaria in this cohort?
2. How did this rate vary over time?
3. What were the risk factors for clinical malaria in this cohort?
4. Was there any evidence that the incidence of clinical malaria was either increased or decreased if children had experienced a previous episode?
Background notes
Malaria is caused by a parasite transmitted by the bite of an infected anopheline mosquito. Worldwide it causes around 600,000 deaths each year, mostly among young children in subSaharan Africa. After repeated infections, children gradually develop partial immunity to the parasite. Not all infections give rise to severe symptoms, and not all symptomatic cases are seen or treated at health facilities.
The project report
Your report on this analysis should be printed on A4 paper (single-spaced), and must be no more than 5 pages including any tables or figures. Small fonts and small margins must not be used. The report should include:
1. A brief discussion of the strategy you used in analysing the data (maximum 1 page).
This should be more detailed than a Methods section of a scientific paper, since you should make explicit the structure of your analyses.
2. A concise presentation of your results, including tables and figures as appropriate.
Because of the strict space limits, you will need to be selective in the analyses you present.
3. A brief discussion, summarising your main conclusions and discussing any potential sources of error or bias.
Attachment:- Assignment.rar
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