Utilizing the list below, choose two research methods. Next, find two articles, one on each of the chosen methods, from the Chamberlain College library, or you may use one that is provided within the course and one you find from the library. The articles should be related to population health and infectious disease, chronic health, occupational health, global health, genomics, or environmental health:
- Randomized Control Trial
- Cohort Study
- Case-Control Study
- Cross-Sectional
Read each article and answer the following questions for each article:
- Does the study design specify a question, goal, of the study?
- Explain the methodology (Randomized Control Trial, Cohort Study, Case-Control Study).
- Describe the participant information, include recruitment. Is selection bias present?
- How is data collected?
- Are the variables identified? If yes, discuss. If no, how does this impact your interpretation of the study?
- How was the data analyzed, what statistics are provided? What are potential errors related to the study design?
- What are the weaknesses of the type of study design/method?
- Discuss the outcomes and the implications for implementation.
Post your analysis of the research studies to the DB. Your analysis should have in-text citations and utilize a scholarly voice with APA formatting. You may choose to write a Word doc and upload your doc to the discussion board for this week.
Respond to a total of two posts; either two (2) peer posts or a peer and faculty post, with a minimum of one paragraph of 4-5 sentences for each of their articles. Your reply post should integrate in-text citation(s) and be formatted with APA and a scholarly voice.
Solution:
The two chosen epidemiological methods for this discussion is randomized control trials and cohort study. In regards to randomized control trials, the chosen article is Randomized controlled trial of text message reminders for increasing influenza vaccination by Regan, Bloomfield, Peters, and Effler (2017). The purpose of this study was to explore the effectiveness of text message reminder on increasing influenza vaccination uptake. Randomized control trials was the adopted methodology in this study. This methodology typically entails random allocation of individuals to groups where they receive standard treatment of new intervention under investigation. The participants in this study were selected from records of various organizations that carried the practice. 12354 participants with mobile phones were recruited, where half of them were randomly assigned an SMS and vaccination reminder. The other half received no text message. Data in this study was…..Please click the Paypal icon below to purchase full solution for only $5