MPH502 2020 January Module 1 Assignment Latest

MPH502 Principles of Epidemiology

Module 1 Assignment

Epidemiology Studies Case Scenarios

Question 1You need to ascertain if women aged 18-25 understand the links between human papillomavirus (HPV), the HPV vaccine, and developing cervical cancer. You decide that open-ended questions in an interview format would be appropriate.

This is an example of what type of epidemiological study?

Case-Control Study

Cohort Study

Case Series

Surveillance System

Ecology Study

Question 2The local emergency room (ER) has asked for help in developing a prevention program to help reduce repeated ER visits for the same medical issues. You want to know if there are any differences in the patients that visit the ER repeatedly for a medical problem and those that have no repeated visits, so you decide that reviewing ER patient medical records for the past five years is appropriate.

This is an example of what type of epidemiological study?

Surveillance System

Ecology Study  

Case-Control Study

Cohort Series

Case Series

Question 3An emergency manager wants to identify citizens who are at risk of developing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) after a disaster. After a tornado strikes the community, the emergency manager reaches out for your help. You decide that you can study the group of citizens who were impacted by the tornado and assess them over the next year to see if any of them develop PTSD.

This is an example of what type of epidemiological study?

Case Series

Case-Control Study

Surveillance System

Cohort Study

Ecology Study

Question 4A local family practitioner diagnoses a patient with measles. They are required to notify the state health department, who then notifies the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. You are asked to review this information for a report to the Governor.

This is an example of what type of epidemiological study?

Ecology Study

Surveillance System

Cohort Study

Case Series

Case-Control Study

Question 5You are working on a budget for prevention programs in your state. One of your prevention specialists wants to put together a program for prevention of mesothelioma, a deadly lung disease, because she keeps seeing television commercials about it. You want to know if this disease could be a problem in your area. To do this you decide to look at a variety of data to decide if a particular population shows a risk or incidence of the disease.

This is an example of what type of epidemiological study?

  

Case-Control Study  

Surveillance System

Cohort Study

Case Series

Ecology Study