COH315 Questions and Answers Paper
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QUESTION 1
Every experiment in the United States has to be registered with ClinicalTrials.gov. Visit the clinical trials website. Select a disease that is of interest to you. Search that disease in clinical trials. Select a clinical trial that is currently going on with this disease.
In 300 – 500 words, describe the clinical trial, inclusion, and exclusion criteria. What phase is this trial? Is it single or double blind? What methods does it use (Random Clinical Trial, Community Intervention, Pre/post method or single group design). Based on what you have read in the textbook, what do you think are the limitations of this trial based on what is written in the clinical trials summary of the methods. The initial response is due by 11:59 pm Thursday of Week 2.
QUESTION 2
Please review this Excel spreadsheet: Week 2 Epidemiological Examples
In your post, you are to select a disease that no one else has selected. You can post early in the week to reserve your disease and then just reply to your original post when your material is done. Answer the following questions with your initial post.
- What disease did you select?
- Find two different incidence rates for this disease. This can be either the rates of the disease in two different countries, age groups, ethnicities, occupation, or any other classifier that might be important to your disease. Provide the two different rates here. Cite your source.
- Select a screening test or a confirmatory test for your disease. Report on what the sensitivity and specificity percentages are and cite your source. Also, provide the cost of the test.
- Using the method outlined in the excel document determine the PPV and NPV of using both screening tests in the two populations you selected.
- How much did each true positive cost?
- Does it make sense to implement mandatory screening in either population? Why or why not?
QUESTION 3
Select a disease, find a peer-reviewed article that uses an observational study design use the NU library.
Answer the following questions:
What is the study design?
What measures of association where used in this study?
Were these measures interpreted correctly?
Your response should be between 250 – 300 words with appropriate APA citation and reference.
QUESTION 4
Select a primary peer-reviewed journal article from the NU library pertaining to a disease of interest. Read the article. Answer the following questions:
What study design was used?
How did the study design limit the findings of the article?
Could a better study design be selected? Why or Why not?
Your response should be between 250 – 300 words with appropriate APA citation and reference.
QUESTION 5
The textbook goes over several modes of cause and effect. You are to select an exposure and disease. Then use one of the modes of cause and effect to explain the relationship. Remember epidemiology is a quantitative discipline. Your answers must use appropriate epidemiological statistics to help describe the association.
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Elements of the required response may also be lacking. 40 points out of 50: The essay illustrates solid understanding of the relevant material by correctly addressing most of the relevant content; identifying and explaining most of the key concepts/ideas; using correct terminology; explaining the reasoning behind most of the key points/claims; and/or where necessary or useful, substantiating some points with accurate examples. The answer is complete. 50 points: The essay illustrates exemplary understanding of the relevant material by thoroughly and correctly addressing the relevant content; identifying and explaining all of the key concepts/ideas; using correct terminology explaining the reasoning behind key points/claims and substantiating, as necessary/useful, points with several accurate and illuminating examples. No aspects of the required answer are missing. Use of Sources (worth a maximum of 20% of the total points). Zero points: Student failed to include citations and/or references. Or the student failed to submit a final paper. 5 out 20 points: Sources are seldom cited to support statements and/or format of citations are not recognizable as APA 6th Edition format. There are major errors in the formation of the references and citations. And/or there is a major reliance on highly questionable. The Student fails to provide an adequate synthesis of research collected for the paper. 10 out 20 points: References to scholarly sources are occasionally given; many statements seem unsubstantiated. Frequent errors in APA 6th Edition format, leaving the reader confused about the source of the information. There are significant errors of the formation in the references and citations. And/or there is a significant use of highly questionable sources. 15 out 20 points: Credible Scholarly sources are used effectively support claims and are, for the most part, clear and fairly represented. APA 6th Edition is used with only a few minor errors. There are minor errors in reference and/or citations. And/or there is some use of questionable sources. 20 points: Credible scholarly sources are used to give compelling evidence to support claims and are clearly and fairly represented. APA 6th Edition format is used accurately and consistently. The student uses above the maximum required references in the development of the assignment. 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