Epidemiology for Public Health Practice 5th Edition by Robert Friis,Thomas Sellers

Exercise 11

Capstone exercise: This exercise is included here because it requires skills developed in the previous chapters of the text. Select a data-based article from the American Journal of Public Health , the American Journal of Epidemiology , or other public health journal of your choice. Refer to Appendix A (Guide to the Critical Appraisal of an Epidemiologic/Public Health Research Article). Using the criteria shown in the Appendix, write a brief critique of the article. In addition to discussing the criteria suggested in the appendix, mention what improvements, if any, you would make in the article.