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CASE STUDY ANALYSIS PREPARATION WORKSHEET -
Assignment Requirements - Cite at least 2 scholarly resources to support your responses to steps 11 through 14.
- Identify immediate and basic issues within the case study, including the problem at hand, its significance, and related assumptions.
- Describe any missing information, risk factors, alternative strategies and negative outcomes.
- Define a problem statement (see the example provided in the Case Study Analysis Preparation worksheet).
- Develop an action and implementation plan.
- Summarize takeaways and reflections on the process, as well as the viability of the plan.
Case Theme -
1. Read the case study and take notes
2. Situation
- Who
- What
- Where
- When
- Why
- How
3. What is the immediate issue?
4. What are the basic issues?
5. Problem: It is essential to identify what the problem was
- Identify the problem.
- Explain why the problem is important.
- How was the problem identified?
- A problem statement is a clear concise description of the issue(s) that need(s) to be addressed by a problem solving team. It is used to center and focus the team at the beginning, keep the team on track during the effort, and is used to validate that the effort delivered an outcome that solves the problem statement.
- Was the process for identifying the problem effective?
6. Outline any assumptions identified from the process of defining the problem.
7. Is there any missing information that would have helped to define the problem?
8. What are the risk factors to the population beyond any outlined in the case study? environmental, social, economic, etc.
9. Is this population vulnerable to other negative outcomes?
10. Define alternative strategies.
Case Strategy -
11. Preferred Alternative and Rationale for Choice
12. Problem Statement
13. Develop an Action and Implementation Plan
14. Describe takeaways and reflections
- Describe any biases
- How did your background and culture influence your decision-making?
- Throughout the process, how did you consider "patterns of behavior" and "structures"? (see image below)
- How did your team perform?
Case Study Follow-up questions: Initial Posts: 250-300 words and Reference at least 2 scholarly resources
Often, we see a news headline about a scientific discovery related to health and wellness, and we question how true the claim is. In other words, is the science behind the claim "good enough" for us to believe it? One of the first ways to make this judgment call is to critically evaluate the type of study design and study methodology used to arrive at the findings. When designing a study, epidemiologists have to strike a balance between scientific rigor and feasibility.
1. Review the research study designs from the assigned readings.
2. Review the video to learn how other characteristics of a study (e.g. sample size) can influence the interpretation of the results.
1. Correlation and Causality (00:10:45) (opens in new window)
(Optional) Create a free account to review LAERD.com (opens in new window) for practical details about when to use different designs and assumptions that must be met about the data for each type of design.
2. Select and discuss some of the practical issues that can influence the selected study design.
3. How/Where might preference toward a specific study design influence the interpretation of the results? Support your response with an authoritative source.
CASE STUDY - EPIDEMIOLOGY MEETS HOLLYWOOD
In recent years, we have experienced one epidemic after another, with each report inciting fear about our health status and the well-being of those we love. We have noticed the intersection across different sectors (e.g. air safety and control, transportation, media, public policy, military, homeland security) to curtail spread of disease, further emphasizing the important role of public health in our world today.
Some of you may recall the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic whereby about 60 million cases of this "killer flu" were identified in the United States alone. This type of influenza virus was usually found among swine and was linked to a deadly flu pandemic from 1918. A detailed chronology of the events that occurred to address this pandemic is discussed in Chapter 1 of our course text book.
For this case study, please watch the "Contagion" movie which illustrates an influenza pandemic in terms of the virus' origin, how it spread globally and the role of public health practitioners such as epidemiologists in responding to this public health emergency. As you watch this movie, please reflect on the steps of an Outbreak Investigation.
Consider the social, religious, political and cultural context of this disease outbreak in your reflections.
FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS: In this movie, one of the characters alerted her relative to leave a town infected with the virus. What would you have done if you were in her shoes? Why?
How did the steps of an outbreak investigation play out in this movie?
How are epidemiologists portrayed in this movie? What are some lessons for burgeoning epidemiologists based on the outcome of this movie?
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