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Epidemiology and Public Health

(UU-MHM-540)

Assessment 2 Guidance

Assessment Task: (word limit 3000 words)

“You are required to choose a Specific named developing country and identify infectious

disease outbreak. Critically discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the study designs

used to identify risk factors and frequency. This essay should demonstrate the ability to

comprehend and understand epidemiology terms and to analyse the contributing economic,

political, environmental, and social causal factors to the disease.”

Basic calculations guide

• Crude death rate

Total # of deaths per calendar year/ Estimated mid-year population that year x 1000 or 10000

• Cause specific death rate

Total # of deaths from a cause in an age range per year/ Estimated mid-year population in age

range that year x 1000 or 10000

• Age specific death rate

Total # of deaths <age range> per year/Estimated mid-year population <age range> that year x

1000 or 10000 • Infant mortality rate

Total # deaths <1 in a time period/total number of live births in same time

period x 1000 • Standard mortality rate

Total # of deaths (age group) / expected deaths that year (age group) x 100

• Death to case fatality

Total # deaths of a specific cause in a time period/# of new cases of same disease in the same

time period x 100 • Case fatality

# died / # cases x 100

• Primary attack rate

#died/# at risk x 1000

• Secondary attack rate

#cases in contact with primary cases/total number of contacts x 100 or 1000

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Word count and submission deadline

The word count limit for this assignment is 3000 words, +/- 10%. The word count must be

adhered to. The submission deadline is end of week 7 Sunday by 23:59 hours VLE (UTC) time.

If you miss the deadline, then then the UNICAF rules on late submission/non submission will

come into effect.

Referencing

You must use the APA Referencing style when referencing this piece of coursework. All work must

be referenced correctly and appropriately. Guidelines for referencing, including when, how and

what to reference can be found by accessing the “Student Help Center” link on the VLE page of

the module just below the welcoming message.

Turnitin

Unicaf University uses anti-plagiarism software throughout postgraduate studies. All

submitted written work automatically goes through this software. Each of your modules of

study will have an assessment submission link on the VLE site.

Marking criteria

The pass mark for this coursework is 70%. You will receive your grade and feedback for this

assignment within 6 working days from the submission deadline.

Completion of Assessment

The deadline date for submitting this assessment is end of week 7 Sunday by 23:59 hours

VLE (UTC) time. This is a deadline – you may submit your work prior to this date, but not after

the date. Coursework submitted later than the due date will only be accepted if there is a

valid reason for late submission.