Choose a measure or test used in screening for a disease of your choice. What are the recommendations for screening methods? Describe the relationship between screening and the natural history of the disease? Choose a measure or test used in screening for a disease of your choice. What are the recommendations for screening methods? […]
Describe the steps in investigating an infectious disease outbreak. How does information about clinical symptoms, attack rates, and the incubation period inform the process and facilitate the investigators’ work in addressing the outbreak? Describe the steps in investigating an infectious disease outbreak. How does information about clinical symptoms, attack rates, and the incubation period
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Discuss types of descriptive epidemiologic studies and their uses. Discuss types of descriptive epidemiologic studies and their uses. Discuss types of descriptive epidemiologic studies and their uses. Discuss studies and their uses. Discuss and their uses. Discuss and their uses. Discuss and their uses. Discuss and their uses. Discuss and their uses. Discuss and
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Define what is meant by a causal association. Discuss how three of the criteria for casual association (strength, consistency, and temporality) might be applied with respect to the relationship between cigarette smoking and lung cancer. Define what is meant by a causal association. Discuss how three of the criteria for casual association (strength, consistency,
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Describe the two major approaches (observational and experimental) used in analytic studies. What circumstances would merit use of either of these approaches? Provide rationales for your answers and support with scholarly research references. Describe the two major approaches (observational and experimental) used in analytic studies. What circumstances would merit use of either of these
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Locate the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey for your state of residence. Identify the top three risk factors for your state and discuss some of the socio-behavioral reasons behind this. How would you use this data for planning in your health care agency? Locate the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey for your state of residence. Identify
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Discuss the importance of the vital statistics registry data for health planning. What are some of the limitations of this data? What steps can researchers take to address these limitations? Discuss the importance of the vital statistics registry data for health planning. What are some of the limitations of this data? What steps can
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Go to the http://www.who.int/en and https://www.cdc.gov/, then give examples of epidemiologic tools and studies which are used to inform international health policy. Choose one tool or study and provide a detailed description of its effectiveness in monitoring disease incidence and prevalence. Go to the http://www.who.int/en and https://www.cdc.gov/, then give examples of epidemiologic tools and studies which are used to inform
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Describe the difference between prevalence and incidence rates using the example of influenza. Discuss why this distinction is important. Describe the difference between prevalence and incidence rates using the example of influenza. Discuss why this distinction is important. Describe the difference between prevalence and incidence rates using the example of influenza. Discuss why this
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Choose an antibiotic and critique its prophylactic, empiric, and therapeutic purposes. Include relevant characteristics of antibiotic resistance. Choose an antibiotic and critique its prophylactic, empiric, and therapeutic purposes. Include relevant characteristics of antibiotic resistance. Choose an antibiotic and critique its prophylactic, empiric, and therapeutic purposes. Include relevant characteristics of antibiotic resistance. Choose an antibiotic
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