Prevention and Control of Diseases and Health Conditions (Coursework Sample)
Project description 1. What criteria would you need to answer before you started a massive community screening? 2. One of the most important clinical health trials focusing on HRT was stopped recently because the risks were found to outweigh the benefits. (We ll be discussing clinical trials in more detail later). This was a prospective epidemiological study. What went wrong? 3. Many new drugs/vaccines have recently entered the general market. But, of particular importance is the HPV vaccine introduced by Merck which can greatly reduce a woman's chances of getting a potentially deadly form of cancer. "Virtually risk-free", the vaccine is marketed by Merck and is being marketed to females 9 to 26. How comfortable are you with this vaccine? 4. During 2009, a panel of experts advised that routine screening for asympptomatic women in the 40s was not warranted and that mammograms for women 50 or over should be given biennially rather than annually. And doctors were encouraged to stop teaching women to examine their breasts on a regular basis.These conclusions released by this task force on breast cancer screening were met with tremendous public opposition despite the fact they were based on evidence-based medicine. What is your public health perspective?
source..Prevention and Control of Diseases
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Q1.
Screening refers to that appliance of a medical process to those people who have no signs of a particular disease. The main aim of screening is determining the probability of having a disease. Therefore, a screening program that will find diseases that affects people less often in the community could only benefits few people, thus why the most important aspect to consider before carrying out a massive community screening, considering relative costs and resources, is a program that will screen for diseases that are common. The common diseases should be given the priority since it will help more people (McKenzie, Pinger, & Kotecki, 2012).
Q2.
In the time of menopause, women experiences declining level of progesterone and estrogen thus having symptomatic changes for women. However, HRT can be efficient treatment for the typical menopause symptoms. According to studies on HRT, they should that the risk: benefit ratio can rise significantly for those women with ages 60 years and above. The risk involved such as stroke, breast cancer, endometrial cancer, ovarian cancer among others complications might have been the main thing that went wrong in the clinical studies (O'Connor-Fleming, & Parker, 2008).
Q3.
HPV is said to be the most common American’s sexually transmitted disease. Merck Pharmaceuticals having introduced a vaccine that protects against the sexually transmitted virus raises many concerns not on the issue of risks but on the issue of ethics. In my opinion, I think the vaccine would makes things worse rather than good. On the issue of ethics, the vaccine will lead to some women letting their guard down when it concerns annual gynecological exams and safe sex (McKenzie, Pinger, & Kotecki, 2012).
Q4.
On the issue of breast cancer and the age bracket is not relevant considering the past statistics on the range of women who have died of breast cancer. According to the Canadian National Breast Screening Study, 5% of the screenings are positive or suspiciou...
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