National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Discussion

Read the article on how NHANES data has been used to monitor disease in LAC.  Identify at least one  exposure and outcome (there are several discussed so fee free to bring up different examples than your peers).  Do you think a Cross Sectional study was the best study design for this research?  What were the benefits of using a Cross Sectional study in this scenario?  Is another designs feasible?  What are the limitations of this study?  Would you have done anything differently?

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Methods—
Results—
Conclusions—
Keywords:
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HSV-1—
HSV-2—
Any HPV infection—
High-risk HPV infection—
HAV—
HBV infection—
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HBV immunization—
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sociodemographic characteristics
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homeless or incarcerated persons
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to eliminate transmission of hepatitis
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