How Research Informs Epidemiological Data to Inform Clinical Health Care and Health Policy

Value: 100 points

Due: In an effort to facilitate scholarly discourse, create your initial post by Day 3, and reply to at least two of your classmates, on two separate days, by Day 7.

Grading Category: Discussion Boards

Note: In this type of discussion, you will not see the responses of your classmates until after you have posted your own response to the question.

Initial Post

Read the following article:
- Linley, L., Prejean, J., An, Q., Chen, M., & Hall, H. I. (2012). Racial/ethnic disparities in HIV diagnoses among persons aged 50 years and older in 37 U.S. states, 2005–2008. American Journal of Public Health, 102(8), 1527–1532. doi:10.2015/AJPH.2011.300431
  1. Describe the purpose of this research article.
  2. What is the research design used in this study? How does this research design add strength to the epidemiological outcomes?
  3. What can you say about the race/ethnicity of % of patients with a diagnosis of HIV infection in the 50 years and older group and the 13-49 years old group?
  4. What is one example of how this research study informs or could inform your role as a DNP graduate applying research designs in epidemiological studies the concepts of epidemiology?
  5. What was your area of greatest learning from reviewing this research article?

Your post must have at least two unique peer-reviewed, scholarly references. These references should come from sources other than your textbook or web sites and must be included in the text of the initial discussion post.

Replies

Reply to at least two of your classmates. In your reply posts, each reply must include a minimum of two unique peer-reviewed, scholarly references that are not from your textbook or web sites. Please include your references in your reply posts and offer supporting thoughts or ask additional questions.

Please refer to the Grading Rubric for details on how this activity will be graded. The described expectations meet the passing level of 80%. Students are directed to review the Discussion Grading Rubric for criteria that exceed expectations.

How Research Informs Epidemiological Data to Inform Clinical Health Care and Health Policy

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