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Mohamed Abbas
July 4, 2023
Public Health

Understanding the Burden: The Power of Prevalence Studies in Public Health Planning

– estimate the prevalence of the outcome for a given population- commonly for public health planning- ‘snap shot’- often conducted as screening and classification prior to initiating...

Mohamed Abbas
July 4, 2023
Public Health

Analyzing Risk-Modifying Factors on Outcomes: Insights from Geographically and Temporally Defined Populations

Studies of risk-modifying factors on outcomes based on differing populations defined either geographically or temporally. When studying risk-modifying factors on outcomes, researchers often analyze how different populations,...

Mohamed Abbas
July 4, 2023
Public Health

Understanding Individual Variations within Science: Avoiding the Fallacy of Division in Group Generalizations

Consists in thinking that relationships observed for groups necessarily apply to all individuals in the group The assumption that relationships observed for groups necessarily apply to all...

Mohamed Abbas
July 4, 2023
Public Health

Exploring the Differences: Comparing the Histories of Individuals with a Specific Outcome to Those Without

compares the histories of individuals with an outcome to individuals without that outcomes, starting as far back at possible Comparing the histories of individuals with a specific...

Mohamed Abbas
July 4, 2023
Public Health

Understanding the Risk Factor Profiles for Specific Outcomes in Science: A Descriptive and Analytic Analysis

1. Descriptive- describe the risk factor profile for an outcome2. Analytic- analyze associations between outcome and risk factors The descriptive analysis focuses on describing risk factors, while...

Mohamed Abbas
July 4, 2023
Public Health

Investigating Associations between Risk Factors and Outcomes: A Guide to Retrospective Case-Control Studies in Epidemiological Research

retrospective case- control studies Retrospective case-control studies are a type of observational study design commonly used in scientific research, particularly in the field of epidemiology Retrospective case-control...

Mohamed Abbas
July 4, 2023
Public Health

Understanding Cohort Studies: A Comprehensive Guide to Observational Study Design in Science

subjects identified according to the presence or absence of the risk facto- followed over time until the outcome occurs or becomes evident What we are referring to...

Mohamed Abbas
July 4, 2023
Public Health

Uncovering the Causal Link: Assembling a Retrospective Cohort Study to Investigate the Relationship between Risk Factors or Exposures and Disease Development

assembly of the cohort according to the presence or absence of past risk factors or exposures The assembly of a cohort according to the presence or absence...