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Nutritional Epidemiology and Research Methods © Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC © Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC NOT FOR SALE OR DISTRIBUTION NOT FOR SALE OR DISTRIBUTION © PhotoAlto/Laurence Mouton/Getty Images© Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC © Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC NOT FOR SALE OR DISTRIBUTION NOT FOR SALE OR DISTRIBUTION CHAPTER 3 © Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC © Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC NutritionalNOT FOR SALE OR DISTRIBUTION EpidemiologyNOT FOR SALE OR DISTRIBUTION © Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC © Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC NOT FOR SALEand OR DISTRIBUTION Research MethodsNOT FOR SALE OR DISTRIBUTION CHAPTER OUTLINE© Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC © Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC NOT FOR SALE OR DISTRIBUTION NOT FOR SALE OR DISTRIBUTION ■ Introduction ■ Epidemiology in Community Health ■ Nutritional Epidemiology ■ Interpretation of Cause and Effect in Nutritional Epidemiology © Jones■ Types & of Bartlett Public Health Learning, Nutritional LLCEpidemiology Research © Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC NOT■ FORDescriptive SALE Measures OR DISTRIBUTION of Community Health NOT FOR SALE OR DISTRIBUTION ■ The Epidemiological Methods ■ Quantitative and Qualitative Methods ■ Types of Sampling ■ Concepts of Collaborative Research © Jones & Bartlett■ Reporting Learning, Research LLC Results © Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC ■ Epidemiological Approaches to Community Health Assessment NOT FOR SALE OR DISTRIBUTION NOT FOR SALE OR DISTRIBUTION LEARNING OBJECTIVES ■ Define nutritional© Jones epidemiology. & Bartlett Learning, LLC © Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC ■ Discuss theNOT different FOR types SALE of epidemiological OR DISTRIBUTION research. NOT FOR SALE OR DISTRIBUTION ■ Discuss the difference between quantitative and qualitative research methods. © Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC © Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC NOT FOR SALE OR DISTRIBUTION NOT FOR SALE OR DISTRIBUTION © Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC © Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC NOT FOR SALE OR DISTRIBUTION NOT FOR SALE OR DISTRIBUTION 83 © Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC. NOT FOR SALE OR DISTRIBUTION. 9781284348286_CH03_083_104.indd 83 08/06/17 7:36 PM 84 Chapter 3 Nutritional Epidemiology and Research Methods 6 © Jones▸ & Bartlett Learning, LLC © Joneshealth. &e Bartlett science ofLearning, epidemiology LLC is important to Introduction community and public health nutritionists because it can NOT FOR SALE OR DISTRIBUTION NOT FOR SALE OR DISTRIBUTION Community and public health nutrition research has be utilized to assess and understand health, diseases, and increased over the years, but nutritionists must continue injury in a community or target population. Epidemi- to increase the scientic knowledge base that is unique ology is a population-focused applied science that uses to their practice to provide high-quality, scientically research and a statistical data collection methodology oriented, evidence-based© servicesJones and& Bartlett solutions Learning,to to- to LLC determine the following7: © Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC day’s nutrition-related healthNOT conditions.FOR SALE Community OR DISTRIBUTION ■ e population that is aectedNOT by a FORdisease SALE or disorder OR DISTRIBUTION nutrition research is dened as the “organized study ■ e incidence or prevalence of a health problem of a trend at both the basic and more applied levels that in the community focuses on social, structural, and physical environmental ■ e likelihood the causes and risk factors contrib- inequities© Jones through & active Bartlett involvement Learning, of community LLC uting to the© Jones health problem& Bartlett may Learning, or may not LLCbe members,NOT organizational FOR SALE representatives, OR DISTRIBUTION and researchers determinedNOT FOR SALE OR DISTRIBUTION in all aspects of the research process with the specic topics varying between investigators and the public.”1 One example of epidemiological research in the Learning to conduct successful research and epidemi- community is that of the Racial and Ethnic Approaches ological studies is crucial to community nutrition. to Community Health Across the United States (REACH © Jones & EpidemiologyBartlett Learning, is the study LLC of the determinants, © JonesU.S.) Program. & Bartlett e Centers Learning, for Disease LLC Control and NOT FORoccurrence, SALE OR and distributionDISTRIBUTION of health and disease in a NOTPrevention FOR SALE (CDC) OR created DISTRIBUTION REACH U.S. to address the dened population.2,3 It studies scientically the factors problem of health disparities among dierent racial that aect the health of individuals in the community. It and ethnic groups and to show that the health status also serves as the foundation for intervention programs of groups most aected by health inequities can be improved. REACH U.S. supports strategies that ad- that use evidence-based information to address the pre- 8 © Jones2-4 & Bartlett Learning,dress LLC health disparities throughout© Jones the life & span. Bartlett One Learning, LLC vention of health conditions.NOT FOR Today, SALE epidemiologists OR DISTRIBUTION NOT FOR SALE OR DISTRIBUTION employ a range of study designs, from observational to of the success stories of the REACH U.S. program was experimental, with the purpose of revealing unbiased conducted at the Genesee County (Michigan) Health relationships between exposures (e.g., nutrition, bio- Department. e department coordinated a multifac- logical agents, stress, or chemicals) and outcomes (e.g., eted community eort to reduce the high death rates diseases,© wellness, Jones and & Bartletthealth indicators). 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