Description
Below are three scenarios that an epidemiologist might encounter (in theory).
Post #1: due Wednesday by 11:00 PM (150-200 words)
Choose one scenario and describe how you might determine the cause and/or risk factors and what an intervention might look like.
Organic Chemistry is making everyone sick!
Scenario:
Starting Week 3 of the quarter, students taking OrgChem start coming to Student Health complaining of headaches, fatigue, and painful and itchy rashes.
By Week 5, 25 students have complained about this.
How do you determine the cause and/or risk factors?
Liver Cancer in the OC
Scenario:
Orange County health officials report that liver cancer has increased 3% every year for the last five years in the county.
It’s same rate across ethnicity and race, but men are slightly more likely to get it.
How do you determine the cause and/or risk factors?
Why are rich people getting the flu?
Scenario:
The coastal cities and town in the OC are seeing a dramatic increase in what seems like the flu, but there is no influenza virus present.
It seems that most of the sick have homes very near the beach.
How do you determine the cause and/or risk factors?
