Risk Estimation in Cohort or Case-Control Studies
Locate a research article that features either a cohort study or a case-control epidemiological study related to a topic you expect to deal with in your future as an APRN (I have already picked up the research article and attached it with the order, please see that file and base your assignment on it)
In your initial post answer the following questions. Fully explain and synthesize/apply your knowledge.
- Discuss what measures were used to identify risk and the association of disease among those who were exposed and the population as a whole.
- In your opinion were the methods used a good estimate of relative and attributable risk? Wh
- Explain how identifying and understanding risk for and positive cases of disease among individuals and populations was used in prevention strategies, author recommendations, and community education.
