Question Description
The cases responses must include sufficient support (at least 2 scholarly sources less than 5 years old, the Bible and the course textbook for each answer). Each response to each question must contain at least 250 words.
BOOK: Khaliq, A. A. (2020). Managerial epidemiology. (1st ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Publishers. ISBN: 9781284082173.
Chapter 14, Case Study 14.2
Respond to the following question sets. Include a description of how you derived the response.
- What research question was addressed in this study, or what hypothesis was tested?
- Why are incidence rates of DM in this study reported per 1,000 person-months rather than per 100 per 1,000 women, and what does person-months mean?
- What do hazard rations in Table 14.14 indicate? Are these results statistically significant? Explain your answer.
- Why in this study were the estimates of the health outcome (DM) statistically adjusted for variables such as age, maternal risk factors, neonatal outcomes, and postpartum maternal lifestyle?