Week 2: Discussion - Epidemiological Methods
Assignment Requirements
1. Choose one of the following:
o Zika
o Salmonella
o MRSA
o Clostridioides difficile
o Depression (Choose population: Adult, Older Adult, Adole
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Week 2: Discussion - Epidemiological Methods
Assignment Requirements
1. Choose one of the following:
o Zika
o Salmonella
o MRSA
o Clostridioides difficile
o Depression (Choose population: Adult, Older Adult, Adolescent)
o Attention Deficit Disorder
o Dementia
o Osteoporosis
2. Next, choose a diagnostic or screening method (related to your choice from the list of
health issues above). You may use one of the following web sites to locate a screening
tool, a scholarly article, or a tool from a professional web site of your choice (for
example, from the American Psychological Association).
U.S. Preventative Services Task Force (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external
site.)
SAMHSA-HRSA (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)
3. Reply to the following prompt:
o Describe the diagnostic or screening tool selected, its purpose, and what age
group it targets.
o Has it been specifically tested in this age group?
o Next, discuss the predictive ability of the test. For instance, how do you know the
test is reliable and valid? What are the reliability and validity values? What are
the predictive values? Is it sensitive to measure what it has been developed to
measure, for instance, HIV, or depression in older adults, or Lyme disease? Would
you integrate this tool into your advanced practice based on the information you
have read about the test, why or why not?
4. You should include a minimum of two (2) scholarly articles from the last five (5) years (3
is recommended).
5. Respond to a minimum of two (2) individuals, peer and/or faculty, with a scholarly and
reflective post of a minimum of two (2) paragraphs of 4-5 sentences. A minimum of one
(1) scholarly article should be utilized to support the post in addition to your textbook.
Zika virus is a tetrogenic viru
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