Critical Appraisal Assignment. Literature & Language Essay

 Assignment: Critical Appraisal (20 pts)

Critical Appraisal Assignment: Instructions:  the paper is limited to 4-5 pages, not including title page, the appendices (1-2) and reference list.  APA style is required for all sections of the paper.  Title page should include these elements:Critical Appraisal:  _____________________*Name of student, class title and numberDate(*the second portion of the title should reflect the chosen article, such as “Biomass and tuberculosis”, “Unintended poisoning of children under 5”, “Adverse life events and postpartum psychiatric episodes”, or “Migration and HIV acquisition”)______________________________________________________________________Step 1Choose either an epidemiological case control study or a cohort study for critical appraisal from the following choices:Case Control StudiesLakshmi PVM, Virdi NK, Thakur JS, et al.  Biomass fuel and risk of tuberculosis: a case–control study from Northern India. J Epidemiol Community Health 2012;66:457-461. 
Ahmed B, Fatmi Z, Siddiqui R.  SP1-9 Predictors of unintentional poisoning among children under-5 years of age in Karachi: a matched case-control study. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2011; 65: A376. 
Population Based Cohort StudiesMeltzer‐Brody, S., Larsen, J. T., Petersen, L., Guintivano, J., Florio, A. D., Miller, W. C., ... & Munk‐Olsen, T. (2018). Adverse life events increase risk for postpartum psychiatric episodes: A population‐based epidemiologic study. Depression and anxiety, 35(2), 160-167.
Olawore, O., Tobian, A. A., Kagaayi, J., Bazaale, J. M., Nantume, B., Kigozi, G., ... & Gray, R. H. (2018). Migration and risk of HIV acquisition in Rakai, Uganda: a population-based cohort study. The Lancet HIV, 5(4), e181-e189. Incorporate the following components within the written appraisal paper:Step 2Select and review the appropriate Joanna Briggs Critical Appraisal tool/checklist for case control or cohort study, found in the assignment folder.  Carefully read the selected article, keeping in mind the key elements from the appropriate checklist.  Read or re-read Chapters 9, 10 and 13 (Gordis), and view the Northwest Center for Public Health Practice (hyperlinked) Types of Studies in Epidemiology.NOTE: this module is required viewing for Week 11; retain the certificate of completion for submission via the appropriate NWCPHP certificate dropbox.Step 3 – Introductory paragraph to critical appraisal document:Identify and summarize, in your own words, the key health issue(s) addressed in the selected study, and its associated statistics (such as incidence and prevalence).  If the article provides tables or graphs summarizing the data, you may copy and paste these into an appendix with appropriate APA citation (appendix pages will not affect your page limit).  Identify the population at risk as described in the selected study.Step 4 – Connection to national/international health objectivesRelate the identified health issue to a national or international health objective(s).  Sources for these may include Healthy People 2020 (national), or the World Health Organization (international).Step 5 – Placing study in the context of a public health theory/modelIn the next section, you are asked to apply models or theories to the article, which may or may not itself reference these elements.If your chosen study focuses on infectious disease, place the study findings in the context of the epidemiological triangle, identifying the four elements described by Gordis in Figure 2-1, p. 19:  Host, Agent, Environment, and Vector.  If you choose a study that does not involve infectious disease, review and apply relevant health promotion theories and models as initially described in the Riverside Community Health Foundation document found in the Assignment folder for this appraisal (you are encouraged to explore additional articles and resources that further explicate your chosen model). In your paper, address how such theories/models are applicable to your chosen study and its target population.  Regardless of which study is chosen, provide a discussion about how the Web of Causation model applies to the target population (see the Ventriglio et al. article in the assignment folder for a discussion of this model and epidemiology). Step 6 – Summary of appraisalSummarize your findings:  What was the level of evidence shown in this paper, using the JBI Approach to Levels of Evidence? Provide a justification for your choice.   What were the strengths of the study, and what were the weaknesses?  What plans of action/interventions are proposed or implied?  What areas for further epidemiological research are indicated?Step 7 Complete a reference list of all articles and information sources utilized in this assignment, following APA 6th edition formattingStep 8Complete the JBI checklist and provide as an appendix.  If providing tables or charts from the article, provide as a 2nd and separate appendix.  Follow APA guidelines for how to format the appendix/appendices (you may find this source to be helpful).