yang573 wrote:Looking back at the stickied question marathon post and the first few pages, it looks like we don't have to hide questions, just answers.
What is an ecological study?
An ecological study is a study where the level of data analysis is at a group level, rather than an individual level. So instead of individuals ranked by exposure, it is groups that are used instead.
Re: Disease Detectives B/C
Posted: April 12th, 2016, 7:22 pm
by yang573
cemsc10 wrote:
yang573 wrote:Looking back at the stickied question marathon post and the first few pages, it looks like we don't have to hide questions, just answers.
What is an ecological study?
An ecological study is a study where the level of data analysis is at a group level, rather than an individual level. So instead of individuals ranked by exposure, it is groups that are used instead.
That's right. Specifically, numbers such as mean and incidence rates are used to assess the group(s) of interest.
Re: Disease Detectives B/C
Posted: April 13th, 2016, 5:32 pm
by cemsc10
Question:
List two diseases caused by bacteria and viruses (so 4 total).
Re: Disease Detectives B/C
Posted: April 13th, 2016, 6:58 pm
by dcrxcode
cemsc10 wrote:Question:
List two diseases caused by bacteria and viruses (so 4 total).
Bacteria: cholera and Q fever. Virus: Ebola and Herpes
Re: Disease Detectives B/C
Posted: April 15th, 2016, 6:53 am
by cemsc10
Correct! Your turn!
Re: Disease Detectives B/C
Posted: April 15th, 2016, 4:00 pm
by dcrxcode
Question (Lots of different responses):
Why did rates of disease transmission increase so rapidly in the first part of the 20th century?
Re: Disease Detectives B/C
Posted: April 19th, 2016, 1:06 pm
by yang573
dcrxcode wrote:Question (Lots of different responses):
Why did rates of disease transmission increase so rapidly in the first part of the 20th century?
World War I, and to a lesser extent, World War II, brought soldiers all over the world and then back home. The Spanish Flu pandemic is the most severe result of these transmissions.
Re: Disease Detectives B/C
Posted: April 19th, 2016, 3:27 pm
by dcrxcode
yang573 wrote:
dcrxcode wrote:Question (Lots of different responses):
Why did rates of disease transmission increase so rapidly in the first part of the 20th century?
World War I, and to a lesser extent, World War II, brought soldiers all over the world and then back home. The Spanish Flu pandemic is the most severe result of these transmissions.
That's correct!
Other good answers:
• New transportation technology like airplanes
• Poor hygiene
• Misunderstanding of scientific principles of disease transfer
• War
• Poverty/poor living conditions
Your turn.
Re: Disease Detectives B/C
Posted: April 19th, 2016, 8:26 pm
by yang573
Name three diseases that are commonly transmitted via drinking water and are still an issue to this day.
Re: Disease Detectives B/C
Posted: April 20th, 2016, 5:09 pm
by cemsc10
There's lots but Cholera, Campylobacter, and Giardia come to mind first.