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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{2} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Study Design}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} A program able to lead the researcher on a guided path of analyzing, interpreting, and systematically collecting data & There are both analytical and descriptive study design forms \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 6) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Descriptive Epidemiology}}} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Descriptive studies are normally followed up with analytical studies, this way one can exam associations that may permit cause-effect relationships. & Involves observation, definitions, measurements, interpretations, and dissemination of health-related states or events by using person,place and time. \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 8) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Descriptive Study Designs}}\{\{nl\}\}{\bf{Casre reports:}} A profile of a single individual. Includes qualitative descriptive research of facts in chronological order \{\{nl\}\} {\emph{Case reports and case series can also suggest the emergence of a new epidemic if disease exceed its expectations.}} & {\bf{Cross Sectional Surveys:}} conducted ovver a short period of time {[}usually a few days or weeks.{]} \tn % Row Count 30 (+ 15) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Study Design (cont)}} \tn % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Case series:}} A small group with similar diagnoses & {\bf{Exploratory ecologic designs:}} making comparisons between variables using aggregated data on the population level vs the individual level\{\{nl\}\} {\emph{Ecologic fallacy}}: an error that results when association between two variables when the association does not actually exist. \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 14) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Excerpt From Introduction to Epidemiology Ray M. Merrill;} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Multiple ways to classify Data}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Types of data}}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Nominal Data: unordered categories. \{\{nl\}\} Dichotomous is {\emph{nominal}} data that have two {\bf{distinct}} values \{\{nl\}\} Ordinal Data: information provided by the order among categories. {\emph{Common in health behavior research}} \{\{nl\}\} Discrete Data: intergers or counts that differ by fixed amounts, with no intermediate values possible \{\{nl\}\} Continous Data: measurable quantities not restricted to taking on integer values. \{\{nl\}\}} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 9) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Multiple ways to Classify Data Examples}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{8.4cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/nvstewart_1696215178_Screen Shot 2023-10-01 at 10.51.51 PM.png}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\seqsplit{https://www.healthknowledge.org.uk/public-health-textbook/health-information/3b-sickness-health/rates-ratios-measure-health}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Measuremnts of Data}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Give an example of ratio? \{\{nl\}\} 1 in 6 unintentional deaths are suicides.} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{How is proportion normally expressed? \{\{nl\}\} As a percentage} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Give an example of proportion \{\{nl\}\} 123 people were infected, 44 died. Proportion: 44/123= 0.36 or 36\%} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{What is Rate? \{\{nl\}\} A Frequency measure that involves nominal data} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{What is attack rate ? \{\{nl\}\} New cases that start to occur rapidly overtime in a defined population} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{What is Person-Time rate also known as? \{\{nl\}\} Incidence Density Rate} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{What is the difference between mortality rate and incidence rate ? \{\{nl\}\} Mortality rate is {\bf{deaths occurring during a given time period}}. Incidence rate is {\emph{ New cases occurring during a given time period}}} \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 5) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{What is the formula for SAR ? \{\{nl\}\} (new cases among contacts of known cases)/█((population at beginning of time period)-(primary cases)(*100)} \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 3) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{What is SAR? \{\{nl\}\} Secondary Attack Rate: New rate of cases occurring among known cases} \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 2) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{What is point prevalence? \{\{nl\}\} Existing cases of a disease at a point in time} \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\seqsplit{https://sphweb.bumc.bu.edu/otlt/MPH-Modules/PH717-QuantCore/PH717\_BasicQuantitativeConcepts/PH717\_BasicQuantitativeConcepts4.html}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Other forms of Measurements cont'd}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Numerical Methods}} & {\bf{Measures of dispersion}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Arithmetic Mean, geometric mean, Median, Mode & Range, Interquartile range, Variance, Standard deviation, coefficient of variation \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 5) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Measures of Association}} \{\{nl\}\} When measuring the association between two nominal or ordinal variables data is entered into a {\emph{contingency table}} & When using a {\emph{contingency table}} all entries are classified by each variable in the table. \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 8) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Contigency Example:}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{8.4cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/nvstewart_1696226662_Screen Shot 2023-10-02 at 2.03.24 AM.png}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Interquartile Data + Box Plot example.}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{8.4cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/nvstewart_1696226847_Screen Shot 2023-10-02 at 2.01.20 AM.png}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Age Adjusted Rates}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\emph{Crude Rate:}} An outcome Calculated without any restriction (i.e gender or age). Crude rates can be calculated for entire populations or in a subgroup \{\{nl\}\} {\bf{Example:}} {\emph{Crude Rate of Motor Vehicle Traffic Fatalities in California, Years 2008–2014}} \{\{nl\}\} Total Motor Vehicle Traffic Deaths in California from 2008 through 2014 = 21,854\{\{nl\}\} Total Population in California from 2008 through 2014 (summed across years) = 263,818,096 Crude Rate = (21,854 ÷ 263,818,096) × 100,000 = 8.28 per 100,000 population} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 11) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Age- adjusted rate:}} Summary measures adjusted for differences in age distributions \{\{nl\}\} {\emph{Age-adjusted rates may be preferred for injuries that occur more often among certain age groups than others.}} \{\{nl\}\} Example: "fall-related deaths are more common among the elderly than any other age group."} \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 7) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Direct Method}} = deaths in age group ÷ estimated population of that age group × 100,000. \{\{nl\}\} a given areas age-specific rate} \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Indirect Method:}} a common set of age-specific rates is applied to the populations whose rates are to be standardized.} \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Standard Morbidity/Mortality Rate Ratio= SMR \{\{nl\}\} Used less frequently than direct method. {\bf{SMR}}=Observed/Expected. \{\{nl\}\} useful when age-specific numbers of deaths in the study population are either unavailable or small in number (less than 25 events across all age groups, as per Curtin \& Klein, 1995).} \tn % Row Count 31 (+ 7) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\seqsplit{https://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/mapping\_help/crude\_rate.html} \newline \newline https://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/mapping\_help/age\_adjusted.html \newline \newline https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3406211/\#:\textasciitilde{}:text=In\%20indirect\%20age\%2Dadjustment\%2C\%20a,(SMR)\%20(5). \newline \newline https://www-doh.state.nj.us/doh-shad/view/sharedstatic/StandardizedMortalityRatio.pdf} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Other Forms of Measuremnts used in Public Health}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Frequency Distribution:}} complete summary of the frequencies, or number of times each value appears. & {\bf{Other ways to measure data}}: Bar Charts, steam and leaf plots, box plot, two way scatter plot, line graph, a spot map or area map. \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 7) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\emph{Relative Frequency:}} dividing the number of people in each group by total number of people. \{\{nl\}\} May normally used for presenting the frequency of nominal, ordinal, discrete, or continuous data. & A {\bf{histogram}} shows distribution for discrete or continous data \{\{nl\}\} An {\emph{epidemic curve}} is a {\bf{histogram}} that shows the course of an epidemic by plotting {\emph{number of cases X time of onset}} \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 10) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Excerpt From Introduction to Epidemiology Ray M. Merrill;} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Histogram}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{8.4cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/nvstewart_1696226765_Screen Shot 2023-10-02 at 2.04.57 AM.png}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Spot/Area Map}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{8.4cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/nvstewart_1696226945_Screen Shot 2023-10-02 at 2.08.19 AM.png}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}