Project Two: Apply epidemiological principles to the interpretation of data

Project Two

Instructions: 

Chosen disease: Hepatitis

For section 4 & 5 on the guidelines for report, review: https://youtu.be/hI50gu5eSzY

Video: Module 3: Epidemiologic Studies: A General Overview opens in new window (15:20)

Use this Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) resource to complete Sectiokovns 4 and 5 of Project Two.

Competency

In this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following competency:

• Apply epidemiological principles to the interpretation of data

Overview

It is required to understand how epidemiological studies are performed to understand the determinants of disease. Some of these topics include understanding the distribution and determinants of disease occurrence, understanding the measurements used to identify the disease burden, identifying components of studies to assess the quality of the research, and using that knowledge to help make sound clinical decisions. The skills developed in this project will be built upon for Project Three, where you will make a clinical decision.

Directions

Choose one infectious disease from the list of diseases located in the Supporting Materials section below and find additional articles or other resources that provide details about that disease. Provide specific evidence from at least five scholarly sources to support your claims in this project. You will need to choose a different disease from the one used in Module Five.

Specifically, you must discuss the following rubric criteria:

1. Epidemiologic Triangle: Identify the components of the epidemiologic triangle for the selected infectious disease.

2. Describe the Epidemiological Principles: Explain distribution regarding epidemiology and the various determinants affecting the occurrence of your chosen infectious disease in a particular population. These determinants can include person, place, and time factors.

3. Interpret the Basic Measures of Disease Frequency: For the disease chosen, identify and interpret a minimum of five of the basic disease burden measures of this infectious disease in a selected population. Remember to provide a citation for your metrics. Use the following list of possible basic disease burden measures below as a guide:

A.   Frequency

B.   Proportion

C.   Rate

D.  Incidence

E.   Prevalence

F.    Morbidity

G.  Crude mortality rate (death rate)

H.  Risk

For Sections 4 and 5, refer to the resource found in the module Resources section. Choose three study designs from the article that would best assess your chosen infectious disease and discuss the following aspects:

4.   Study Design: Assess the aspects of the study design for each of the three studies selected.

A.   Identify three possible types of designs for the chosen studies for your chosen infectious disease.

B.   Determine what the strengths and weaknesses of each study design are.

5.   Critique the Study: Specify at least two potential sources of bias and two potential sources of confounding in each of the three studies. For each study, also describe any methods that were used to control for confounding either in the design of the study or in the analysis that was performed.

What to Submit

Your submission should be a 4- to 7-page Word document. Also include a title page. Use 12-point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and one-inch margins. Sources should be cited according to APA style.