DISCUSSION QUESTION TO ANSWER: Describe the characteristics and design of a cohort study. Based on a disease or health condition identified from the “2020 LHI Topics” on the Healthy People 2020 website, or an article from the GCU library, discuss a real example of a cohort study (include the link to the article in your post to the forum). Include the participants, exposures or treatment groups, timeframe, and outcomes that were measured. Why is a cohort study described as an “observational” study rather than an “experimental” study design? PLEASE ANWERS ALL PART OF THE QUESTION (point are taken off if all not answered)
MINIMUM WORDS: 250 – MORE
APA style is required for the this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines.
USE: PEER REVIEW ARTICLES
NO BLOGS/ .COM
WILL CHECK FOR PLAGIARISM
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL TO USE:
View “Randomized Control Trials and Confounding,” by Martin (2013), located on the YouTube website.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ybuE39BpQ8
Read “Multicausality: Confounding,” by Schoenbach (2004), located on the Epidemilog.net website.
net/evolving/Multicausality-Confounding.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>http://www.epidemiolog.net/evolving/Multicausality-Confounding.pdf
Read “2020 LHI Topics,” located on the Healthy People 2020 website.
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/leading-health-indicators/2020-LHI-Topics
Read “Understanding Controlled Trials: Why Are Randomized Controlled Trials Important?” by Sibbald and Roland, from British Medical Journal (1998).
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