PUBH 6035 All Discussions Module 1 - 7 (Bundle)

As a public health professional, you may be given data and be asked to calculate and interpret basic measures of disease frequency such as incidence and prevalence statistics. This Discussion will give you the opportunity to work through these calculations and gain experience and understanding of t...

In chapter 9, the strength and weaknesses of Case-control studies and Cohort studies werehighlighted. And one of the strengths of Case-Control studies is that it is efficient for rarediseases; in other words, conditions that are not common and epidemiologists are still trying tounravelthe nature oft...

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 ...

AnExperimentalStudyinthePrimaryPreventionofType2DiabetesImaginethatresearchersareconductingarandomizedcontrolledtrialofahigh-fibersupplementasapreventivemeasureinpersonsatincreasedriskoftype2diabetes. Peopleenrolledin thestudyaredisease-freeatthetime theyagreetoparticipateinthetrial,buttheyallhavea...

ThisDiscussionwillfacilitate yourunderstandingabouthowtominimizebiasinstudies,aswellas how to assess potential confounders and effect modifiers. Before you participate in thisDiscussion,completethefollowingtasks: • Readtheassignedchaptersofthetextbook. • WatchthevirtuallabprovidedintheLearni...

Question1:Whatquestions(ortypesofquestions)wouldyouaskthestudent? 1. Howlongdidyoursymptomsstartafteryouate? 2. What did you eat? Did your roommate and you ate the same thing or not? 3. Was there anyone else there with you that is also experiencing the same symptoms? 4. DidyoutakeanyOTCmed...

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(Ge...