Navigating the turbulent waters of field epidemiology : conducting a retrospective cohort study to measure disability among ebola survivors and their close contacts in Sierra Leone / Soushieta Jagadesh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jagadesh, Soushieta, author.

Series:

SAGE Research Methods Cases: Medicine and Health.

SAGE Research Methods Cases: Medicine and Health

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ebola virus disease--Sierra Leone--Case studies.

Ebola virus disease.

Epidemiology--Research--Methodology--Case studies.

Epidemiology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

London : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2020.

Summary:

Field epidemiology is one of the major areas of epidemiology that applies scientific methods in field conditions to generate new evidence often in urgent response to public health problems. In most cases, field epidemiologists must travel to and work in foreign conditions to collect evidence by surveys or sampling, which is later analyzed and interpreted to make decisions in health policy. However, working in foreign conditions, collecting and managing data under time, and situational constraints can pose challenges in developing the "perfect" study design. The case study discusses the practicalities and the nitty-gritty details while conducting research in a foreign environment.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-5297-0772-2

9781529707724

OCLC:

1142465677