An Epi study on tuberclosis
Description: Using skills acquired from the book and class, you will write on a specific disease and consider questions or concerns related to that disease. You will develop a research question(s) and subsequently design a research study around those questions (type of study, types of data collection, sampling population). The paper will include overview, literature review on the disease including current statistics on the disease, research questions, epidemiology study and rationale, types of data collection and rationale, sampling population, examples of data collection questions, and potential outcomes/implications -including policy outcomes. (7-10 pages)
The purpose of this assignment is to develop skills in gather, organizing and synthesizing existing health related data, and to demonstrate knowledge in research study design, sampling and data collection.
Simple overview: You will pick a topic, conduct a literature review, and then propose a NEW research study based on what you found out from the review of literature. You will outline the info collected and proposed new study, and then write this info into a paper and then present your proposed new research study to the class.