NURS 8310 Week 11: Practical Application of Epidemiological Interventions in Settings and Populations Most people can recall where they were and what they were doing on the morning of September 11, 2001, when terrorists flew two airplanes into the Twin Towers. One week after that attack, anthrax was sent through the U.S. Postal Service to […]

NURS 8310 Week 10: Chronic Disease Management: Mortality And Morbidity The management of chronic disease poses a significant health care challenge in the United States and elsewhere. By the year 2030, chronic disease will cost the world over 47 trillion dollars annually (Bloom, et al, 2011; Jaslow, 2011). As noted in Week 6, many of […]

NURS 8310 Week 9: Emergence And Reemergence Of Infectious Disease As you have examined in this course, the scope of epidemiology has broadened over the years to include the global investigation of chronic, environmental, and genetic diseases and other health-related conditions. Yet, the practice of epidemiology has its roots in the study of infectious disease, […]

NURS 8310 Week 8: Screening for Diseases What might happen to cancer rates if existing screening tests were no longer used? Consider, as an example, colorectal cancer. The American Cancer Society (ACS) identifies colorectal cancer as the third most common cancer in men and women, as well as the second leading cause of cancer-related death […]

NURS 8310 Week 7: Application of Measures of Effect Week 7: Application of Measures of Effect   Working near farm fields may be hazardous to your health. A recent epidemiologic study revealed a link between three agricultural pesticides and the development of Parkinson’s disease (Wang et al., 2011; UCLA, 2011). This link was initially suspected […]

NURS 8310 Week 6: Epidemiological Applications, Part 2 and Data Interpretation Can a person’s experience with racial discrimination impact aging and his or her physical health? The answer may be yes, according to a preliminary epidemiologic research study sponsored by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and the National Institute of Health (Szanton et al., […]

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NURS 8310 WEEK 4 Discussion 2: Epidemiologic Designs Discussion 2: Epidemiologic Designs   As introduced in the first few weeks of this course, investigators use various epidemiological study designs to study health problems and the effects of health interventions. You have examined several study designs, including descriptive designs (in Week 2) and analytic study designs […]

NURS8310 Week 4 Discussion 1: Epidemiology In The News- Randomized Trials Week 4: Analytic Epidemiology Designs: Experimental   In the fall of 2011, the FDA announced a shortage of important chemotherapy drugs; this shortage, in turn, disrupted clinical trials and led to potential challenges in assessing data from those studies. Experimental research, which includes clinical […]

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