NURS 8133: Epidemiology

Question1:   The Carlsson and Nelson articles are published in highly revered medical journals. Each group of researchers is providing the USPSTF with a recommendation to change the current screening processes.  Read through each article, visit the USPSTF website (Opportunity for Public Comment) and make your own judgment of whether the researchers supply a significant argument for change. Are you convinced that the change needs to occur – why or why not?

Question 2 :   Apply the guidelines for judging whether an observed association is causal (found on pages 250-253 of the Gordis text) to the evidence supplied in the Jackson article.

Question 3:   Compare and contrast the differences in “net benefits” in the Gordis text with the recommendations in the Harris article.  What are the similarities and differences in the terminology?

Information Needed:

Carlsson Article:      Prostate Cancer Screening: Facts, Statistics, and Interpretation in Response to the US Preventive Services Task Force Review

https://arkansasstateuniversity.instructure.com/courses/81124/pages/week-5-required-articles?module_item_id=2441807

Nelson Article:    Screening Women for Intimate Partner Violence

https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/full/10.7326/0003-4819-156-11-201206050-00447?rfr_dat=cr_pub++0pubmed&url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org

Text Book:    Celentano, D., Szklo, M., & Farag, Y. M. K. (2024). Gordis Epidemiology (7th ed.). Elsevier