18 Oct Screening for Disease

Screening for Disease

Discussions are designed to promote dialogue between faculty and students, and students and their peers. In the discussions, students should

demonstrate an understanding of the concepts for the module;

integrate professional resources;

engage in meaningful and respectful dialogue with classmates; and

express thoughts clearly and logically.

Course Outcomes

This discussion provides documentation of student ability to meet the following course outcomes:

CO2: Apply advanced quantitative biostatistical procedures and qualitative biostatistical procedures to relevant public health data sets to identify associations between causative factors and outcomes.

CO3: Explain the impact of proposed, ongoing and/or completed epidemiological studies on current public health programs and initiatives.

CO4: Analyze the results from statistical computing packages reporting results accurately and within context to the given public health data sets.

CO5: Analyze epidemiological methods and the use of qualitative and quantitative statistical methods in relation to current public health trends.

Health screenings are a way for us to prevent disease from occurring in a population. This week we learn about screening for diseases and how they should be reliable, valid, sensitive, and specific.

For this discussion, select a health screening that is used for secondary prevention and then share details about it with the class. In addition to the prevalence and incidence of the disease tested for, the details should include:

A brief description of the screening

Recommendations for testing based on the USPSTF

The population of interest

What type of screening

Validity and reliability reports

Specificity

Sensitivity

Estimates in lives and dollars saved