Pubh6035 module 1 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

PUBH6035 Module 3 Assignment 1; Case Study Epidemiological Measures

PUBH6035 Module 4 Discussion 1; Epidemiological Study Designs

Usingtheinformationprovidedinthecasestudy,completeSectionsB,C,andD(pp.5–10),typingyouranswersintoaseparatedocument. SectionB:CalculatingMeasuresofAssociation Over 25 studies have been conducted which have failed to show an associationbetweenMMRvaccineandautism.Belowaresomedatafromtwoofthesestudies(onecohortandonecase-control). Calculatethemeasureofassociationforeachstudyaftercompletingthe2x2tableandinterpretthemeasureof association. 1. CohortstudybyMadsenetal(NEJM2002) Ofthe537,30...

1. What are the potential risks and benefits to be considered when designing this study? 2. When the side effects and long-term effects of a potential preventive measure are largely unknown, is it ethical to expose participants to these risks? Why or why not? 3. Is it ethical to deny the possible prevention benefits of high-fiber supplements to persons in the placebo group? Why or why not? 4. Do the potential benefits outweigh the potential risks to the participants and to society? Why or why...

DiscussionTips Part of what makes a discussion a discussion and not a lecture is the back and forth, indepth, animated engagement of at least two people. If you start discussing a topic andyour peers are not engaging in it, consider what you can do to get the conversationgoing. Include something that might elicit further thoughts and different opinions amongyourpeers.Rememberthatdiscussionsupportsadiscovery-basedlearningexperiencethat facilitates a deeper understanding of content from multipl...

PUBH6035 Module 1 Quiz; Check Your Knowledge

PUBH6035 Module 1 Assignment; Professional Learning Journal

PUBH6035 Module 2 Assignment 1; Case Study - Descriptive Epidemiology

1. Question: Epidemiology involves studying infectious communicable disease, not events like injury, obesity, mental health disorders, and seat belt use. 2. Question: The Framing ham study was a: 3. Question: Epidemiology includes the study of: 4. Question: The definition of epidemiology involves all of the following EXCEPT 5. Question: Who evaluated the Bills of Mortality? 6. Question: Who helped to establish the germ theory of disease? 7. Question: Who showed that poor diet could result ...

DiscussionTips Part of what makes a discussion a discussion and not a lecture is the back and forth, indepth, animated engagement of at least two people. If you start discussing a topic andyour peers are not engaging in it, consider what you can do to get the conversationgoing. Include something that might elicit further thoughts and different opinions amongyourpeers.Rememberthatdiscussionsupportsadiscovery-basedlearningexperiencethat facilitates a deeper understanding of content from multipl...