Describe the basic types of epidemiologic study designs that are used to test hypotheses, identify associations and establish causation.
Case Assignment Descriptive epidemiology is used to evaluate trends in health and disease and to be able to make comparisons among the population and subgroups within countries; and to provide a basis for planning, provision, and evaluation of services. As a health officer, you have been asked to collect information to characterize and summarize tuberculosis epidemic in your state. (My State is California). Write a complete 2-3 pages paper in which you do the following: 1. Discuss the pattern and distribution of the disease in the population of your state as well as subgroups within the state. 2. What recommendations would you make to your administrator based on your findings? 3. Describe the basic types of epidemiologic study designs that are used to test hypotheses, identify associations and establish causation. Be sure you support essay with evidence from the literature. Must provide proper introduction and conclusion. Must include 3 credible references from provided required readings. Required Reading Boston University School of Public Health (n.d.). Overview of analytic studies. Retrieved from http://sphweb.bumc.bu.edu/otlt/MPH-Modules/EP/EP713_AnalyticOverview/EP713_AnalyticOverview_print.html Carneiro, I. & Howard, N. (2011). Introduction to epidemiology (2nd ed). Open University Press: New York, NY. ISBN: 9780335244621 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (2012). Lesson 1: Introduction to Epidemiology, Section 6: Descriptive Epidemiology. Principles of epidemiology in public health practice (3rd ed.), pp. 1-31. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Workforce and Career Development, Atlanta, GA. http://www.cdc.gov/ophss/csels/dsepd/ss1978/lesson1/section6.html Ellis-Christensen, T. (2016). What is descriptive epidemiology? Retrieved from: http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-descriptive-epidemiology.htm Cosio G (2012). Epidemiological Overview of Tuberculosis [Presentation]. Retrieved from https://www.aphl.org/programs/infectious_disease/tuberculosis/TBCore/OverviewCourse.pdf National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (2016). Malaria. Retrieved from http://www.niaid.nih.gov/topics/Malaria/research/Pages/biology.aspx
