22 Oct Learning Epidemiology through Pandemics and Triumphs

Learning Epidemiology through Pandemics and Triumphs

Discussions are designed to promote dialogue between faculty and students, and students and their peers. In the discussions, students should

 

demonstrate an understanding of the concepts for the module;

 

integrate professional resources;

 

engage in meaningful and respectful dialogue with classmates; and

 

express thoughts clearly and logically.

 

Course Outcomes

 

This discussion provides documentation of student ability to meet the following course outcomes:

 

CO1: Apply probabilistic, biostatistical, and epidemiological terminology and core concepts to public health issues.

 

CO3: Critique proposed, ongoing and/or completed epidemiological studies or research.

 

CO6: Explain the importance of epidemiology for informing scientific, ethical, economic, and policy development related to public health issues.

 

CO7: Examine epidemiologic, biologic, social, and behavioral aspects of infectious and chronic diseases.

 

Due Date

 

This discussion follows the standard discussion participation requirements as outlined in the Syllabus. You are required to post a minimum of three times in each discussion. These three posts must be on a minimum of two separate days. You must respond to the initial discussion question by 11:59 p.m. MT on Wednesday of Week 1. To receive credit for a week’s discussion, you may begin posting no earlier than the Sunday immediately before each module opens.

 

Requirements

 

Review the discussion grading rubric by clicking the Options icon and select the Show Rubric button. You can see the evaluation criteria and points associated for each criterion.

 

Discussions should elicit thoughtful discourse among peers,?similar to?those in a physical classroom, and serve as a platform for fluid exchange of ideas, weaving your understanding of the week’s concept to the given topic. Clarity of writing, rules of grammar, and punctuation are important. Research might be required on your part to be an informed participant, with proper credit given to original authors and sources to meet Chamberlain University’s plagiarism policies, but Discussions?are not?asking you to write a scholarly essay.

 

Please acquaint yourself with the attendance requirements?for this course, purpose,?and?participation requirement?by visiting the?Discussion Participation?section of the?Syllabus.?

 

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Discussion Prompt

 

Epidemiology is the foundation of public health and has often had a pivotal role in shaping not only public health but human history in response to diseases or through research that has been completed. It is important to understand completely the impact that epidemiology has had. In order to do this, please select either a major epidemic/pandemic, milestone, or triumph as listed in your text and discuss this. Your discussion should include:

 

A brief description of the major epidemic/pandemic, milestone, or triumph

 

The population or segment of population that it effected

 

The distribution of the disease or impact of the triumph/milestone

 

Determinants associated with your topic

 

Specific statistics, such as mortality rates or survival rates

 

Interventions associated with your topic

 

Any ethical considerations

 

You should also consider the statics involved. This includes any research questions or hypotheses that may have been involved and the type of data that was collected.

 

DQ2 Getting Started with Stats

 

Purpose

 

Discussions are designed to promote dialogue between faculty and students, and students and their peers. In the discussions, students should

 

demonstrate an understanding of the concepts for the module;

 

integrate professional resources;

 

engage in meaningful and respectful dialogue with classmates; and

 

express thoughts clearly and logically.

 

Course Outcomes

 

This discussion provides documentation of student ability to meet the following course outcomes:

 

CO1: Apply probabilistic, biostatistical, and epidemiological terminology and core concepts to public health issues.

 

CO3: Critique proposed, ongoing and/or completed epidemiological studies or research.

 

CO6: Explain the importance of epidemiology for informing scientific, ethical, economic, and policy development related to public health issues.

 

CO7: Examine epidemiologic, biologic, social, and behavioral aspects of infectious and chronic diseases.

 

Due Date

 

This discussion follows the standard discussion participation requirements as outlined in the Syllabus. You are required to post a minimum of three times in each discussion. These three posts must be on a minimum of two separate days. You must respond to the initial discussion question by 11:59 p.m. MT on Wednesday of Week 1. To receive credit for a week’s discussion, you may begin posting no earlier than the Sunday immediately before each module opens.

 

Requirements

 

Review the discussion grading rubric by clicking the Options icon and select the Show Rubric button. You can see the evaluation criteria and points associated for each criterion.

 

Discussions should elicit thoughtful discourse among peers,?similar to?those in a physical classroom, and serve as a platform for fluid exchange of ideas, weaving your understanding of the week’s concept to the given topic. Clarity of writing, rules of grammar, and punctuation are important. Research might be required on your part to be an informed participant, with proper credit given to original authors and sources to meet Chamberlain University’s plagiarism policies, but Discussions?are not?asking you to write a scholarly essay.

 

Please acquaint yourself with the attendance requirements?for this course, purpose,?and?participation requirement?by visiting the?Discussion Participation?section of the?Syllabus.?

 

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Discussion Prompt

 

Epidemiology involves scientific studies of the population to produce better health outcomes. Biostatistics is an integral part of epidemiology.

 

Please provide the reason behind this and the relationship between the two. Also, provide the steps that are taken in the research process including example hypotheses, questions, types of variables, and the two types of research that are used. Finally, explain what validity and reliability mean in your own words.

 

 

 

MPH515 Epidemiology and Biostatistics for Public Health Application I

 

Module 2 Discussion

 

Population Dynamics

 

Purpose

 

Discussions are designed to promote dialogue between faculty and students, and students and their peers. In the discussions, students should

 

demonstrate an understanding of the concepts for the module;

 

integrate professional resources;

 

engage in meaningful and respectful dialogue with classmates; and

 

express thoughts clearly and logically.

 

Course Outcomes

 

This discussion provides documentation of student ability to meet the following course outcomes:

 

CO1: Apply probabilistic, biostatistical, and epidemiological terminology and core concepts to public health issues.

 

CO3: Critique proposed, ongoing and/or completed epidemiological studies or research.

 

CO6: Explain the importance of epidemiology for informing scientific, ethical, economic, and policy development related to public health issues.

 

CO7: Examine epidemiologic, biologic, social, and behavioral aspects of infectious and chronic diseases.

 

Due Date

 

This discussion follows the standard discussion participation requirements as outlined in the Syllabus. You are required to post a minimum of three times in each discussion. These three posts must be on a minimum of two separate days. You must respond to the initial discussion question by 11:59 p.m. MT on Wednesday of Week 2. To receive credit for a week’s discussion, you may begin posting no earlier than the Sunday immediately before each module opens.

 

Requirements

 

Review the discussion grading rubric by clicking the Options icon and select the Show Rubric button. You can see the evaluation criteria and points associated for each criterion.

 

Discussions should elicit thoughtful discourse among peers,?similar to?those in a physical classroom, and serve as a platform for fluid exchange of ideas, weaving your understanding of the week’s concept to the given topic. Clarity of writing, rules of grammar, and punctuation are important. Research might be required on your part to be an informed participant, with proper credit given to original authors and sources to meet Chamberlain University’s plagiarism policies, but Discussions?are not?asking you to write a scholarly essay.

 

Please acquaint yourself with the attendance requirements?for this course, purpose,?and?participation requirement?by visiting the?Discussion Participation?section of the?Syllabus.?

 

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Discussion Prompt

 

Epidemiology can be used to examine the population as it is, make predictions, and also understand changes that occur. It can also be used to complete community health assessments. This week you are going to consider your community, either your state or your local community

 

Describe the population of your community by gender, race, and age. Is this population fixed or dynamic and what causes this? Look at the last 100 years to determine trends that have been occurring. What would the pyramid look like for your population?

 

Also look at the four factors associated with community health assessments. How do these factors impact your community? Can you recommend interventions that could improve the health or have improved the health of your community? The following websites can provide information that will help you. In addition to these, looking at your local and state health departments can help also.

 

CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) (Links to an external site.)

 

United Health Foundation: America’s Health Rankings (Links to an external site.)

 

US County Health Rankings & Roadmaps

 

DQ2 Statistical Article Review

 

Purpose

 

Discussions are designed to promote dialogue between faculty and students, and students and their peers. In the discussions, students should

 

demonstrate an understanding of the concepts for the module;

 

integrate professional resources;

 

engage in meaningful and respectful dialogue with classmates; and

 

express thoughts clearly and logically.

 

Course Outcomes

 

This discussion provides documentation of student ability to meet the following course outcomes:

 

CO1: Apply probabilistic, biostatistical, and epidemiological terminology and core concepts to public health issues.

 

CO3: Critique proposed, ongoing and/or completed epidemiological studies or research.

 

CO6: Explain the importance of epidemiology for informing scientific, ethical, economic, and policy development related to public health issues.

 

CO7: Examine epidemiologic, biologic, social, and behavioral aspects of infectious and chronic diseases.

 

Due Date

 

This discussion follows the standard discussion participation requirements as outlined in the Syllabus. You are required to post a minimum of three times in each discussion. These three posts must be on a minimum of two separate days. You must respond to the initial discussion question by 11:59 p.m. MT on Wednesday of Week 2. To receive credit for a week’s discussion, you may begin posting no earlier than the Sunday immediately before each module opens.

 

Requirements

 

Review the discussion grading rubric by clicking the Options icon and select the Show Rubric button. You can see the evaluation criteria and points associated for each criterion.

 

Discussions should elicit thoughtful discourse among peers,?similar to?those in a physical classroom, and serve as a platform for fluid exchange of ideas, weaving your understanding of the week’s concept to the given topic. Clarity of writing, rules of grammar, and punctuation are important. Research might be required on your part to be an informed participant, with proper credit given to original authors and sources to meet Chamberlain University’s plagiarism policies, but Discussions?are not?asking you to write a scholarly essay.

 

Please acquaint yourself with the attendance requirements?for this course, purpose,?and?participation requirement?by visiting the?Discussion Participation?section of the?Syllabus.?

 

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Discussion Prompt

 

There are concepts that you will use often in biostatistics. This week we will work on finding this information and understanding it in scientific articles. For the discussion, please select a peer reviewed scientific article from the library or other source and review it for your classmates. The review should contain the following:

 

Summary

 

Population

 

Sample

 

Parameters

 

Confidence interval

 

Type of test

 

Statistical power/effect size

 

Results

 

Interpretation of the statistical testing

 

 

 

MPH515 Epidemiology and Biostatistics for Public Health Application I

 

Module 3 Discussion

 

Applying Descriptive Epidemiology

 

Purpose

 

Discussions are designed to promote dialogue between faculty and students, and students and their peers. In the discussions, students should

 

demonstrate an understanding of the concepts for the module;

 

integrate professional resources;

 

engage in meaningful and respectful dialogue with classmates; and

 

express thoughts clearly and logically.

 

Course Outcomes

 

This discussion provides documentation of student ability to meet the following course outcomes:

 

CO2: Apply biostatistical procedures in the public health environment to identify and solve epidemiological issues.

 

CO3: Critique proposed, ongoing and/or completed epidemiological studies or research.

 

CO4: Interpret the output from statistical computing packages to draw appropriate inferences and report results effectively.

 

CO5: Apply basic epidemiological methods (e.g. study designs and measures) and statistical methods (qualitative and quantitative) to real world outbreaks or case studies.

 

Due Date

 

This discussion follows the standard discussion participation requirements as outlined in the Syllabus. You are required to post a minimum of three times in each discussion. These three posts must be on a minimum of two separate days. You must respond to the initial discussion question by 11:59 p.m. MT on Wednesday of Week 3. To receive credit for a week’s discussion, you may begin posting no earlier than the Sunday immediately before each module opens.

 

Requirements

 

Review the discussion grading rubric by clicking the Options icon and select the Show Rubric button. You can see the evaluation criteria and points associated for each criterion.

 

Discussions should elicit thoughtful discourse among peers,?similar to?those in a physical classroom, and serve as a platform for fluid exchange of ideas, weaving your understanding of the week’s concept to the given topic. Clarity of writing, rules of grammar, and punctuation are important. Research might be required on your part to be an informed participant, with proper credit given to original authors and sources to meet Chamberlain University’s plagiarism policies, but Discussions?are not?asking you to write a scholarly essay.

 

Please acquaint yourself with the attendance requirements?for this course, purpose,?and?participation requirement?by visiting the?Discussion Participation?section of the?Syllabus.?

 

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Discussion Prompt

 

We found this week that there are two types of epidemiological studies, descriptive and analytic. Descriptive epidemiology describes the problem using person, place, and time. There are variations to every disease when we consider these factors, both infectious and chronic. Descriptive epidemiology can find the problems for analytic epidemiology to study more.

 

 Explore different conditions or diseases that are of interest to you or impact your community. Select one to learn more about and describe it to your class keeping in mind all the aspects of descriptive epidemiology. Using national databases, think about the problem, agent, condition, host characteristics, environmental concerns, and temporal variation. Does the disease change with the season? Do you find the disease higher in certain races or countries? Find studies that support your descriptions.

 

CIA: The World Factbook (Links to an external site.)

 

US County Health Rankings & Roadmaps (Links to an external site.)

 

United Health Foundation: America’s Health Rankings (Links to an external site.)

 

CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) (Links to an external site.)

 

WHO: Health Statistics and Information Systems

 

 

 

MPH515 Epidemiology and Biostatistics for Public Health Application I

 

Module 4 Discussion

 

DQ1 Prevalence and Incidence

 

Purpose

 

Discussions are designed to promote dialogue between faculty and students, and students and their peers. In the discussions, students should

 

demonstrate an understanding of the concepts for the module;

 

integrate professional resources;

 

engage in meaningful and respectful dialogue with classmates; and

 

express thoughts clearly and logically.

 

Course Outcomes

 

This discussion provides documentation of student ability to meet the following course outcomes:

 

CO2: Apply biostatistical procedures in the public health environment to identify and solve epidemiological issues.

 

CO3: Critique proposed, ongoing and/or completed epidemiological studies or research.

 

CO4: Interpret the output from statistical computing packages to draw appropriate inferences and report results effectively.

 

CO5: Apply basic epidemiological methods (e.g. study designs and measures) and statistical methods (qualitative and quantitative) to real world outbreaks or case studies.

 

Due Date

 

This discussion follows the standard discussion participation requirements as outlined in the Syllabus. You are required to post a minimum of three times in each discussion. These three posts must be on a minimum of two separate days. You must respond to the initial discussion question by 11:59 p.m. MT on Wednesday of Week 4. To receive credit for a week’s discussion, you may begin posting no earlier than the Sunday immediately before each module opens.

 

Requirements

 

Review the discussion grading rubric by clicking the Options icon and select the Show Rubric button. You can see the evaluation criteria and points associated for each criterion.

 

Discussions should elicit thoughtful discourse among peers,?similar to?those in a physical classroom, and serve as a platform for fluid exchange of ideas, weaving your understanding of the week’s concept to the given topic. Clarity of writing, rules of grammar, and punctuation are important. Research might be required on your part to be an informed participant, with proper credit given to original authors and sources to meet Chamberlain University’s plagiarism policies, but Discussions?are not?asking you to write a scholarly essay.

 

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Discussion Prompt

 

This week we learned about different measures of morbidity and mortality. Incidence and prevalence are two of the most important topics for an epidemiologist. This is how disease is normally reported in and these measures can help to direct more targeted measures as far as addressing outcomes.

 

Consider the health topic you explored last week. Find the current and historical prevalence and incidence rates for the disease or condition. Report this to the class with your analysis of it and which, if either mean more.

 

What do these number say about the disease or condition?

 

Are there interventions that address these issues and have an impact on the prevalence or incidence?

 

DQ2 Mortality Rates and Life Span

 

Purpose

 

Discussions are designed to promote dialogue between faculty and students, and students and their peers. In the discussions, students should

 

demonstrate an understanding of the concepts for the module;

 

integrate professional resources;

 

engage in meaningful and respectful dialogue with classmates; and

 

express thoughts clearly and logically.

 

Course Outcomes

 

This discussion provides documentation of student ability to meet the following course outcomes:

 

CO2: Apply biostatistical procedures in the public health environment to identify and solve epidemiological issues.

 

CO3: Critique proposed, ongoing and/or completed epidemiological studies or research.

 

CO4: Interpret the output from statistical computing packages to draw appropriate inferences and report results effectively.

 

CO5: Apply basic epidemiological methods (e.g. study designs and measures) and statistical methods (qualitative and quantitative) to real world outbreaks or case studies.

 

Due Date

 

This discussion follows the standard discussion participation requirements as outlined in the Syllabus. You are required to post a minimum of three times in each discussion. These three posts must be on a minimum of two separate days. You must respond to the initial discussion question by 11:59 p.m. MT on Wednesday of Week 4. To receive credit for a week’s discussion, you may begin posting no earlier than the Sunday immediately before each module opens.

 

Requirements

 

Review the discussion grading rubric by clicking the Options icon and select the Show Rubric button. You can see the evaluation criteria and points associated for each criterion.

 

Discussions should elicit thoughtful discourse among peers,?similar to?those in a physical classroom, and serve as a platform for fluid exchange of ideas, weaving your understanding of the week’s concept to the given topic. Clarity of writing, rules of grammar, and punctuation are important. Research might be required on your part to be an informed participant, with proper credit given to original authors and sources to meet Chamberlain University’s plagiarism policies, but Discussions?are not?asking you to write a scholarly essay.

 

Please acquaint yourself with the attendance requirements?for this course, purpose,?and?participation requirement?by visiting the?Discussion Participation?section of the?Syllabus.?

 

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Discussion Prompt

 

Mortality and morbidity rates are good indicators of the health of the population.

 

Consider two different populations, Sweden and the United States. Look up their morbidity rates and their top causes of death using the CIA World Factbook (Links to an external site.).

 

How has this changed in the last 100 years?

 

Are there any other measurements of mobility or mortality associated with either of these populations that you can provide?

 

Consider your topic that you have been discussing. Share the morbidity and mortality rates associated with it.

 

 

 

MPH515 Epidemiology and Biostatistics for Public Health Application I

 

Module 5 Discussion

 

DQ1 Using Data in Epidemiology

 

Purpose

 

Discussions are designed to promote dialogue between faculty and students, and students and their peers. In the discussions, students should

 

demonstrate an understanding of the concepts for the module;

 

integrate professional resources;

 

engage in meaningful and respectful dialogue with classmates; and

 

express thoughts clearly and logically.

 

Course Outcomes

 

This discussion provides documentation of student ability to meet the following course outcomes:

 

CO2: Apply biostatistical procedures in the public health environment to identify and solve epidemiological issues.

 

CO4: Interpret the output from statistical computing packages to draw appropriate inferences and report results effectively.

 

CO7: Examine epidemiologic, biologic, social, and behavioral aspects of infectious and chronic diseases.

 

CO8: Apply knowledge of data sets free from bias in developing studies to improve public health outcomes by identifying potential trends in relation to epidemiology.

 

Due Date

 

This discussion follows the standard discussion participation requirements as outlined in the Syllabus. You are required to post a minimum of three times in each discussion. These three posts must be on a minimum of two separate days. You must respond to the initial discussion question by 11:59 p.m. MT on Wednesday of Week 5. To receive credit for a week’s discussion, you may begin posting no earlier than the Sunday immediately before each module opens.

 

Requirements

 

Review the discussion grading rubric by clicking the Options icon and select the Show Rubric button. You can see the evaluation criteria and points associated for each criterion.

 

Discussions should elicit thoughtful discourse among peers,?similar to?those in a physical classroom, and serve as a platform for fluid exchange of ideas, weaving your understanding of the week’s concept to the given topic. Clarity of writing, rules of grammar, and punctuation are important. Research might be required on your part to be an informed participant, with proper credit given to original authors and sources to meet Chamberlain University’s plagiarism policies, but Discussions?are not?asking you to write a scholarly essay.

 

Please acquaint yourself with the attendance requirements?for this course, purpose,?and?participation requirement?by visiting the?Discussion Participation?section of the?Syllabus.?

 

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Discussion Prompt

 

Data can be found anywhere and everywhere, especially with hospitals using electronic health records and the fact that most records are now kept electronically. Epidemiologists use this data to look for trends, monitor health, make predictions, examine relationships, and draw inferences. Outcomes of these studies are used to support needed changes in public health to improve health outcomes.

 

Before selecting data to use, epidemiologists need to make sure they have access to the data and that the data is relevant to the study they are completing. They also need to consider the limitations that may be associated with the data as well as any flaws in data accuracy, as all this will impact the results of the study.

 

For this discussion, put yourself in the role of an epidemiologist. Explore the different types of data that are available to you. Using your project topic from last week, find three sources of data that could be used for proposed study. For the discussion, provide the following analysis of the data sources:

 

Summary of the data source

 

Nature of the data source

 

Availability of the data source

 

Completeness of the data source

 

Strengths of the data source

 

Limitations of the data source

 

How you could apply this data source in your proposed study

 

APA reference of website

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MPH515 Epidemiology and Biostatistics for Public Health Application I

 

Module 6 Discussion

 

Comparing Epidemiological Studies

 

Purpose

 

Discussions are designed to promote dialogue between faculty and students, and students and their peers. In the discussions, students should

 

demonstrate an understanding of the concepts for the module;

 

integrate professional resources;

 

engage in meaningful and respectful dialogue with classmates; and

 

express thoughts clearly and logically.

 

Course Outcomes

 

This discussion provides documentation of student ability to meet the following course outcomes:

 

CO2: Apply biostatistical procedures in the public health environment to identify and solve epidemiological issues.

 

CO3: Critique proposed, ongoing and/or completed epidemiological studies or research.

 

CO4: Interpret the output from statistical computing packages to draw appropriate inferences and report results effectively.

 

CO5: Apply basic epidemiological methods (e.g. study designs and measures) and statistical methods (qualitative and quantitative) to real world outbreaks or case studies.

 

CO6: Explain the importance of epidemiology for informing scientific, ethical, economic, and policy development related to public health issues.

 

Due Date

 

This discussion follows the standard discussion participation requirements as outlined in the Syllabus. You are required to post a minimum of three times in each discussion. These three posts must be on a minimum of two separate days. You must respond to the initial discussion question by 11:59 p.m. MT on Wednesday of Week 6. To receive credit for a week’s discussion, you may begin posting no earlier than the Sunday immediately before each module opens.

 

Requirements

 

Review the discussion grading rubric by clicking the Options icon and select the Show Rubric button. You can see the evaluation criteria and points associated for each criterion.

 

Discussions should elicit thoughtful discourse among peers,?similar to?those in a physical classroom, and serve as a platform for fluid exchange of ideas, weaving your understanding of the week’s concept to the given topic. Clarity of writing, rules of grammar, and punctuation are important. Research might be required on your part to be an informed participant, with proper credit given to original authors and sources to meet Chamberlain University’s plagiarism policies, but Discussions?are not?asking you to write a scholarly essay.

 

Please acquaint yourself with the attendance requirements?for this course, purpose,?and?participation requirement?by visiting the?Discussion Participation?section of the?Syllabus.?

 

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Discussion Prompt

 

Research studies can be divided into three types of studies- experimental, quasi-experimental, and observational. In epidemiology, most of the studies are observational. Observational studies can be either analytic or descriptive. Analytic studies can help provide information about disease etiology and also support preventative measures in public health.

 

This week we examine ecologic, cross-sectional, and case-control studies. Compare and contrast these types of studies in terms of epidemiology. Give the strengths and limitations of these types of studies as well as what they are used for in research. Provide examples of each type of study that you find in the literature.

 

 

 

MPH515 Epidemiology and Biostatistics for Public Health Application I

 

Module 7 Discussion

 

Analyzing Cohort Studies

 

Purpose

 

Discussions are designed to promote dialogue between faculty and students, and students and their peers. In the discussions, students should

 

demonstrate an understanding of the concepts for the module;

 

integrate professional resources;

 

engage in meaningful and respectful dialogue with classmates; and

 

express thoughts clearly and logically.

 

Course Outcomes

 

This discussion provides documentation of student ability to meet the following course outcomes:

 

CO1: Apply probabilistic, biostatistical, and epidemiological terminology and core concepts to public health issues.

 

CO2: Apply biostatistical procedures in the public health environment to identify and solve epidemiological issues.

 

CO4: Interpret the output from statistical computing packages to draw appropriate inferences and report results effectively.

 

CO5: Apply basic epidemiological methods (e.g. study designs and measures) and statistical methods (qualitative and quantitative) to real world outbreaks or case studies.

 

Due Date

 

This discussion follows the standard discussion participation requirements as outlined in the Syllabus. You are required to post a minimum of three times in each discussion. These three posts must be on a minimum of two separate days. You must respond to the initial discussion question by 11:59 p.m. MT on Wednesday of Week 7. To receive credit for a week’s discussion, you may begin posting no earlier than the Sunday immediately before each module opens.

 

Requirements

 

Review the discussion grading rubric by clicking the Options icon and select the Show Rubric button. You can see the evaluation criteria and points associated for each criterion.

 

Discussions should elicit thoughtful discourse among peers,?similar to?those in a physical classroom, and serve as a platform for fluid exchange of ideas, weaving your understanding of the week’s concept to the given topic. Clarity of writing, rules of grammar, and punctuation are important. Research might be required on your part to be an informed participant, with proper credit given to original authors and sources to meet Chamberlain University’s plagiarism policies, but Discussions?are not?asking you to write a scholarly essay.

 

Please acquaint yourself with the attendance requirements?for this course, purpose,?and?participation requirement?by visiting the?Discussion Participation?section of the?Syllabus.?

 

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Discussion Prompt

 

Cohort studies can tell us several things that other studies can’t. They can tell about causality between variables, enable a wide range of exposure-disease association to be studied, and allow researchers to better understand rare disease or conditions. For this discussion, you will need to find a cohort study other than the ones listed on Table 7-6 of your book and review it. Your review should include the following:

 

A summary of the study

 

The year it began and ended (if applicable)

 

Population based or exposure based

 

Retrospective or prospective

 

The focus

 

The study population

 

The sample

 

Baseline exposure instruments

 

Follow-up exposure instruments

 

Frequency of exposure follow-up

 

Statistical test used to analysis the data

 

Advantages of using the cohort design

 

Limitations of the study

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MPH515 Epidemiology and Biostatistics for Public Health Application I

 

Module 8 Discussion

 

Community Interventions

 

Purpose

 

Discussions are designed to promote dialogue between faculty and students, and students and their peers. In the discussions, students should

 

demonstrate an understanding of the concepts for the module;

 

integrate professional resources;

 

engage in meaningful and respectful dialogue with classmates; and

 

express thoughts clearly and logically.

 

Course Outcomes

 

This discussion provides documentation of student ability to meet the following course outcomes:

 

CO1: Apply probabilistic, biostatistical, and epidemiological terminology and core concepts to public health issues.

 

CO3: Critique proposed, ongoing and/or completed epidemiological studies or research.

 

CO5: Apply basic epidemiological methods (e.g. study designs and measures) and statistical methods (qualitative and quantitative) to real world outbreaks or case studies.

 

CO6: Explain the importance of epidemiology for informing scientific, ethical, economic, and policy development related to public health issues.

 

Due Date

 

This discussion follows the standard discussion participation requirements as outlined in the Syllabus. You are required to post a minimum of three times in each discussion. These three posts must be on a minimum of two separate days. You must respond to the initial discussion question by 11:59 p.m. MT on Wednesday of Week 8. To receive credit for a week’s discussion, you may begin posting no earlier than the Sunday immediately before each module opens.

 

Requirements

 

Review the discussion grading rubric by clicking the Options icon and select the Show Rubric button. You can see the evaluation criteria and points associated for each criterion.

 

Discussions should elicit thoughtful discourse among peers,?similar to?those in a physical classroom, and serve as a platform for fluid exchange of ideas, weaving your understanding of the week’s concept to the given topic. Clarity of writing, rules of grammar, and punctuation are important. Research might be required on your part to be an informed participant, with proper credit given to original authors and sources to meet Chamberlain University’s plagiarism policies, but Discussions?are not?asking you to write a scholarly essay.

 

Please acquaint yourself with the attendance requirements?for this course, purpose,?and?participation requirement?by visiting the?Discussion Participation?section of the?Syllabus.?

 

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Preparing the Assignment

 

Discussion Prompt

 

True experiments are difficult to complete when we think about human subjects. In epidemiology and public health, we often do community interventions or trials instead that are quasi-experiments. The discussion this week involves analyzing a community intervention or trial. Using the topic that you have chosen for your project, select a community intervention related to this. Review the intervention. In this discussion you should include the following:

 

Summary of intervention and study

 

Populations involved

 

How they selected the samples

 

Evaluations that were completed

 

Type of design method

 

Type of inquiry

 

Limitations of the study

 

Statistical analysis

 

Pertinent findings

 

Social change

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