1 You are working in a health center at a large university and are concerned about an increase in the incidence of antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea in the student population that you serve. Before you launch an educational campaign aimed at both your staff and the university community, you need to establish the severity of the problem.
Identify a database at the local, state, or national level that can help you obtain the necessary information.
How can you determine the incidence and prevalence of gonorrhea in your community?
What are some of the potential errors that can occur in the reporting of gonorrhea to a local, state, or national database?
What are some of the barriers to reporting in your community?
2 You are a manager on a medical unit in a community hospital. You are concerned about a recent increase in falls with injury on your unit. How might you assess this situation?
Where might you find the data in your hospital to support your concern?
What type of study could you perform to identify the cause(s) for the increase in falls with an injury?
How will you select your population of interest?
How will you select a control group or comparison group?
What are the potential errors in measurement that you may encounter?