Resources: Course Media: “Case Study: Influenza Outbreak: Middleton, U.S.A.” Course Text: Introduction to Public Health • Chapter 4, “Epidemiology: The Basic Science of Public Health”
Resources: Course Media: “Case Study: Influenza Outbreak: Middleton, U.S.A.”
Course Text: Introduction to Public Health
• Chapter 4, “Epidemiology: The Basic Science of Public Health”
• Chapter 5, “Epidemiologic Principles and Methods”
• Chapter 6, “Problems and Limits of Epidemiology”
Article: Brody, H., Russell Rip, M., Vinten-Johansen, P., Paneth, N., &Rachman, S. (2000). Map-making and myth-making in Broad Street: The London cholera epidemic, 1854. Lancet, 356(9223), 64-68.
Article: Fielding, J. E., &Briss, P. A. (2006). Promoting evidence-based public health policy. Can we have better evidence and more action? HealthAffairs, 25(4), 969-978.
Assigned Web sites are listed in the Learning Resources for Week 5 and in the Webliography.
Glossary: The Basic Science of Public Health
Optional Activities are listed in the Learning Resources for Week 5.
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Discussion:
Part 1 Evidence-Based Decision Making
Post a response to the following questions:
• What tools are available to integrate the best available information with public health policy and practice? Are there tools not mentioned by Fielding and Briss?
• What are the challenges for using scientific evidence to inform policy and decision making?
• In what ways has public health succeeded in using the best available evidence, and in what ways have we struggled, by continuing to use programs that do not demonstrate effectiveness? Are there other cases not mentioned by Fielding and Briss that reflect this type of success or failure? Think globally as well as locally.
Application Assignment:
Part 2 Review of an MMWR Report
In preparation for this assignment, complete the following:
• Go to the MMWR Web site (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/).
• Click on Weekly Report (left-hand side of the home page).
• Click on “Current Volume.”
• Select one report that involves epidemiology efforts.
After reviewing this report, and in your own words using proper paraphrasing technique, complete the following:
• Describe the data that was collected. Who collected the data, what sources were used, and what type of data was collected?
• What did the results demonstrate?
• What recommendations were made?
• How might this data be used for policy development and/or program planning?
This assignment is due by Day 7 of Week 6. See the Week 5 Application Assignment for complete instructions.
Week 6 Data: Sources, Statistics, and Uncertainty
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