Environmental Health Sciences Curriculum: CDC Health ...
Environmental Health Sciences Curriculum: CDC Health-Related Quality of Life data
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Assignment title: Review of an Article[1] on Determinants of Quality of Life for People with Asthma
Instructions for Students
Read the provided article by Ford et al. (2004) on quality of life determinants among people with asthma.
For option 1):
1. Identify disparities in HRQOL among two groups of interest among those that have asthma (e.g., smokers vs. non-smokers, employed vs. not employed).
2. Develop a hypothesis to explain the observed disparities in HRQOL between the selected groups.
3. Give special consideration to potential social or environmental exposures that may impact asthma-related HRQOL as you develop your hypothesis.
4. Present your ideas in a brief paper (2-3 pages).
For option 2):
1. Select a group of interest among those that have asthma that displays relatively poor scores on the quality of life measures.
2. Consider potential environmental or social causative agents of these trends and the health and risk information needs of the group in question.
3. Based on these considerations, develop health and risk communication strategies and messages for the selected group and present in a 2-3 page paper.
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[1] Ford, ES, Mannino, DM, Redd, SC, Moriarty, DG, & Mokdad, AH. (2004). Determinants of quality of life among people with asthma: Findings from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Journal of Asthma, 41(3), 327-36.
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