NURS8310: Week 7 – Discussion 

nstructions:

To prepare:

• Locate a mass media article published within the last year that describes findings of an epidemiological study. Be sure that the article is about an epidemiological study and not another area of population health.
• Then, use the Walden Library to locate the peer-reviewed research article on which the mass media report is based.

By Day 3 of Week 7

Post a response to the following:

• Briefly summarize the study you found, and then include the citations for both the mass media and the peer-reviewed articles.
• Explain what epidemiological concepts are included in the mass media article (e.g., measures of association, study design, confounders, and bias) and how they compare to those in the peer-reviewed article.
• Give your assessment of how well the mass media article represented the actual research that was conducted. Describe any obvious omissions from the mass media article that epidemiologists critiquing the study would need to know.
• Finally, imagine that a patient brings this mass media article to you and asks you for your informed opinion. Explain how you would respond or interpret the article for the patient.

Required Readings (click to expand/reduce)
Curley, A. L. C. (Ed.). (2020). Population-based nursing: Concepts and competencies
for advanced practice (3rd ed.). Springer.
● Chapter 5, “Applying Evidence at the Population Level”
● Chapter 6, “Using Information Technology to Improve Population Outcomes”
Friis, R. H., & Sellers, T. A. (2021). Epidemiology for public health practice (6th ed.).
Jones & Bartlett.
● Appendix A, “Guide to the Critical Appraisal of an Epidemiologic/Public Health
Research Article”
American Journal of Health Behavior. (n.d.). Writing a press release .
https://ajhb.org/journal/writing-press-release/
Walden University Doctoral Capstone Form and Style. (n.d.). APA style for capstone
writers: Abstracts for the capstone .
https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/formandstyle/apa/abstracts#:~:text=The%20abstra
ct%20should%20begin%20on,exceed%20one%20page%20in%20length
Walden University Library. (n.d.). Evaluating resources: Journals .
https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/library/evaluating/resource-types/journals