Epidemiological Study

Epidemiological Study

The purpose of this assignment is to apply knowledge of epidemiology, statistics, and the research method to formulate a research study of interest. This includes defining the population, identifying and providing support for a gap in literature, identifying a research question, and providing general statistics in relation to this to support the need for study.

Course Outcomes

This assignment provides documentation of student ability to meet the following course outcomes:

CO1: Apply probabilistic, biostatistical, and epidemiological terminology and core concepts to public health issues.

CO3: Critique proposed, ongoing and/or completed epidemiological studies or research.

CO5: Apply basic epidemiological methods (e.g. study designs and measures) and statistical methods (qualitative and quantitative) to real world outbreaks or case studies.

CO6: Explain the importance of epidemiology for informing scientific, ethical, economic, and policy development related to public health issues.

CO7: Examine epidemiologic, biologic, social, and behavioral aspects of infectious and chronic diseases.

C09: Determine appropriate method, study design, and statistical analysis for potential research studies

Due Date

Submit your completed assignment by Sunday, 11:59 p.m. MT, of Week 4 as directed.

Requirements

This assignment will be graded on quality of self-assessment, use of citations, use of Standard English grammar, sentence structure, and overall organization based on the required components as summarized in the directions and grading criteria/rubric.

Create your product using Microsoft Word, which is the required format for all Chamberlain College of Health Professions documents.

Follow the directions and grading criteria closely. Any questions about this paper may be posted in the Q&A Forum.

The length of this assignment is to be no less than 3 and no greater than 6 pages, excluding title and reference pages.

APA format is required with both a title page and reference page (no abstract is required). Use the required components of the review as Level 1 headers (upper and lower case, centered)

Note: Introduction – Write an introduction but do not use “Introduction” as a heading in accordance with the rules put forth in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.

Preparing the Assignment

This week you will start on your project that you will work on over two courses, MPH 515 and MPH 516. The project is a research proposal. You will receive feedback after every submission that you will use to make edits to your project and include it in the next submission.

This week you will identify your study of interest, as well as define the population that you are interested in studying. You will also need to complete a simple literature review to find support for the need for your proposal and define the gap that your study will address. To accomplish this, you will need to provide at least 5 peer-reviewed journal articles to be included in the gap and need for the study.