Study Design

Order Description • Review your studies on John Snow and the London cholera outbreak along with what you have learned about experimental study designs. Develop a study design for each of the following major designs presented utilizing the components and concepts comprising Dr. Snow's cholera outbreak: • Cross-sectional. • Case control. • Cohort. • Clinical trial. For each study design address the following components: • Historical concepts and practices that provided the foundation for the practice of epidemiology and epidemiological research related sciences. • Advantages of this design as it relates to this health issue. • Disadvantages of this design as it relates to this health issue. • Common statistical measures utilized in this study design. • Sampling issues with each study design as it relates to this health issue. • Bias in epidemiological research and understand how it is controlled in research design. For the second part of the assignment, select a recent (within the past 5 years) or a well-known public health issue and complete the following: • Provide a one-page summary of the outbreak. • Identify and discuss literature regarding the outbreak. • Evaluate the effectiveness of the outbreak resolution based on the strengths and limitations of the study designs utilized in the literature. • Develop a different study design that best fits the outbreak and justify the selection through a discussion of the study design's strengths and limitations as it relates to your chosen health issue. • Identify sampling issues you would expect to encounter in your selected study design. • Review the Study Design Scoring Guide for information on how this assignment is graded. • Name potential biases possible in this study design and your selected health issue.