Review Read Public Health Research Methods to prepare for this week’s discussion and assignments.

Review Read Public Health Research Methods to prepare for this week’s discussion and assignments. o Chapter 5: Public Health Surveillance and Research o Chapter 7: Cohort and Case-Control Studies o Chapter 12: Survey Design and Implementation Watch the following videos to prepare for this week’s discussion and assignments. o Quantitative Analysis [Original Media] (closed captioning available) o Epidemiology Studies – Made Easy (00:09:43) (opens in new window) to prepare for this week’s discussion and assignments. Discussion | Using Research Data to Influence Recommendations Review Complete the assigned readings and review the following resource to prepare for this week’s discussion. United States Preventive Services Task Force: Recommendations for Primary Care Practice (opens in new window) https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Name/recommendations Respond The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPTF) is an independent panel of experts who reviews the scientific literature on a broad range of clinical preventive health care services, such as screening, counseling, and preventive medications. The USPTF develops recommendations for primary care clinicians. 1. Visit the recommendations site (opens in new window), and select one of the recommendations for further review. https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Name/recommendations 2. Go to the page for the specific recommendation, and note all of the sub-recommendations and how they are graded. 3. Find the section called Supporting Documents. 4. In this section, there is a paper titled Final Evidence Review. 5. Review that paper, and then select one of the studies that the task force used in its evidence review. 6. Find that study in the APU library, and then answer the following questions about that study that the task force used in its recommendation: 1. Which recommendation did you select? 2. What are the sub-recommendations and how were they graded? 3. Give the complete citations for the study that you chose to examine. 4. What was the study design? 5. What was the primary outcome of the study? 6. Which sub-recommendation does it support, and how does it support it? Discuss Respond to the initial prompt with a substantive post by the first deadline. Discussion Requirements Initial Posts: 250-300 words o APA formatted references in posts REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS o Mauffette-Leenders, L. A., Erskine, J. A., & Leenders, M. R. (2007). Learning with cases. London, Ontario: Richard Ivey School of Business. o Stroh, D. P. (2015). Systems thinking for social change: A practical guide to solving complex problems, avoiding unintended consequences, and achieving lasting results. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing. Public Health Research Methods