Assignment 2: Cohort Follow-up Studies

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 Assignment 2: Cohort Follow-up Studies: Cardiovascular Disease (CVD)  Due Week 7 and worth 240 points 

 

Use the Internet and Strayer databases, and recall your readings in Chapter 11 of Introduction to Epidemiology and Chapter 7 of Epidemiology for Public Health Practice to complete this assignment. 

 Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which you: 

1.Through cohort study designs and other evidence-based management studies, identify the major causes of CVD, and analyze the key steps, including current medications, used to address the disease. 

2.Develop at least five (5) leading questions that may be posed to your local health department in regard to mitigating the proliferation of the disease. Provide a sound rationale for raising these questions. 

3.Based on the five (5) questions you developed in Question two (2), provide a rudimentary protocol to disseminate this information to your local community leaders. 

4.Recommend six (6) steps that may be given to your current or previous place of employment to prevent the proliferation of CVD. Provide support for your recommendations.

 5.Use at least six (6) peer-reviewed academic resources in this assignment. These must come from journal sources. Note: Fact Sheets, Wikipedia, and non-academic Websites do not qualify as academic resources.  

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: 

•Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. 

•Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.  

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are: 

•Analyze evidence-based management, case-control studies, cohorts and randomized clinical trials utilized in clinical epidemiology, and decision making. •Examine the application of epidemiology to specific diseases. 

•Use technology and information resources to research issues in managerial epidemiology.

 •Write clearly and concisely about managerial epidemiology using proper writing mechanics.

 Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.

Points: 240

Assignment 2: Cohort Follow-up Studies: Cardiovascular Disease (CVD)

Criteria

Unacceptable

Below 70% F

Fair

70-79% C

Proficient

80-89% B

Exemplary

90-100% A

1. Through cohort study designs and other evidence-based management studies, identify the major causes of CVD, and analyze the key steps, including current medications, used to address the disease.
Weight: 20%

Did not submit or incompletely identified the major causes of CVD, and did not submit or incompletely analyzed the key steps, including current medications, used to address the disease, through cohort study designs and other evidence-based management studies.

Partially identified the major causes of CVD, and partially analyzed the key steps, including current medications, used to address the disease, through cohort study designs and other evidence-based management studies.

Satisfactorily identified the major causes of CVD, and satisfactorily analyzed the key steps, including current medications, used to address the disease, through cohort study designs and other evidence-based management studies.

Thoroughly identified the major causes of CVD, and thoroughly analyzed the key steps, including current medications, used to address the disease, through cohort study designs and other evidence-based management studies.

2. Develop at least five (5) leading questions that may be posed to your local health department in regard to mitigating the proliferation of the disease. Provide a sound rationale for raising these questions.
Weight: 20%

Did not submit or incompletely developed at least five (5) leading questions that may be posed to your local health department in regard to mitigating the proliferation of the disease. Did not submit or incompletely provided a sound rationale for raising these questions.

Partially developed at least five (5) leading questions that may be posed to your local health department in regard to mitigating the proliferation of the disease. Partially provided a sound rationale for raising these questions.

Satisfactorily developed at least five (5) leading questions that may be posed to your local health department in regard to mitigating the proliferation of the disease. Satisfactorily provided a sound rationale for raising these questions.

Thoroughly developed at least five (5) leading questions that may be posed to your local health department in regard to mitigating the proliferation of the disease. Thoroughly provided a sound rationale for raising these questions.

3. Based on the five (5) questions you developed in Question two (2), provide a rudimentary protocol to disseminate this information to your local community leaders.
Weight: 20%

Did not submit or incompletely provided a rudimentary protocol to disseminate this information to your local community leaders, based on the five (5) questions you developed in Question two (2).

Partially provided a rudimentary protocol to disseminate this information to your local community leaders, based on the five (5) questions you developed in Question two (2).

Satisfactorily provided a rudimentary protocol to disseminate this information to your local community leaders, based on the five (5) questions you developed in Question two (2).

Thoroughly provided a rudimentary protocol to disseminate this information to your local community leaders, based on the five (5) questions you developed in Question two (2).

4. Recommend six (6) steps that may be given to your current or previous place of employment to prevent the proliferation of CVD. Provide support for your recommendations.
Weight: 25%

Did not submit or incompletely recommended six (6) steps that may be given to your current or previous place of employment to prevent the proliferation of CVD. Did not submit or incompletely provided support for your recommendations.

Partially recommended six (6) steps that may be given to your current or previous place of employment to prevent the proliferation of CVD. Partially provided support for your recommendations.

Satisfactorily recommended six (6) steps that may be given to your current or previous place of employment to prevent the proliferation of CVD. Satisfactorily provided support for your recommendations.

Thoroughly recommended six (6) steps that may be given to your current or previous place of employment to prevent the proliferation of CVD. Thoroughly provided support for your recommendations.

5. 6 references
Weight: 5%

No references provided.

Does not meet the required number of references; some or all references poor quality choices.

Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices.

Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices.

6. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements
Weight: 10%

More than 6 errors present

5-6 errors present

3-4 errors present

0-2 errors present