PUBH 8035 (PUBH8035)

1. Question: If the incidence rate of a very serious disease is 25/100,000 person-years and the prevalence of this disease in the population is 75/100,000, what is the average survival time of individuals who contract this disease? 2. Question: A report of a clinical trial of a new drug versus a placebo noted that the new drug gave a higher proportion of successes than did the placebo (70% versus 40%). The report ended with the statement that the p value associated with this finding was equal t...

Forthisweek,thearticleIchosewasaboutDietaryGlycemicIndex(GI)and Glycemic Load (GL) and the risk of Type 2 Diabetes (T2D). The articleconcluded that the high confidence in causal associations for incident T2D issufficient to consider inclusion of GI and GL in food and nutrient-basedrecommendations(Geoffreyet al.,2019). What is the epidemiological causal inference model used by the authors?Provideadetailedsummaryofhowtheauthorsusedthemodeltoassesstheassociation.

PUBH 8035 Module 7 Assignment; Professional Learning Journal.

1. Question: Themainpurposeofscreeningistoidentifysymptomaticdiseaseusingtests,exams,orotherprocedures 2. Question: Thedetectablepreclinicalphaseofadiseasestartswhenthediseasecanbeidentifiedbyascreeningtestandendswhenthediseaseproducessymptoms 3. Question: Diseasesthatareappropriateforscreening… 4. Question: Usethefollowinginformationtoanswerquestions4-8.Supposethat50,000womenwhohaveneverhadabreastcancerdiagnosisareavailableandwillingtoparticipateinanew screening program of computerized dig...

PUBH 8035 Module 6 Final Article Critique

Question1:Whatquestions(ortypesofquestions)wouldyouaskthestudent? 1. Howlongdidyoursymptomsstartafteryouate? 2. Whatdidyoueat?Didyourroommateandyouatethesamethingornot? 3. Wasthereanyoneelsetherewithyouthatisalsoexperiencingthesamesymptoms? 4. DidyoutakeanyOTCmedication,ifsowhat? 5. Anyreasonwhyyouhavenotseenadoctoryet?

QUESTION1 In this case study, the health department decided to follow up on the original complaint by thestudent and start an investigation to determine whether there was an outbreak. Under whatcircumstances might the health department decide not to follow-up on the complaint? Describe atleast three features of a complaint that would be less likely to indicate an outbreak (hint: thinkabout consistencyand availabilityof information). QUESTION2 Suppose that the initial complaint about a p...

ThisDiscussionwillfacilitate yourunderstandingabouthowtominimizebiasinstudies,aswellas how to assess potential confounders and effect modifiers. Before you participate in thisDiscussion,completethefollowingtasks: • Readtheassignedchaptersofthetextbook. • WatchthevirtuallabprovidedintheLearningResources. • ReviewthechapterquestionsforChapters10,11,13,and14,whicharedesignedtohelpyoupracticeandassessyourunderstandingoftheconcepts presentedinthechapter. • Completethefollowingassignedch...