Public health intervention relies on a science-based evidence or prior vetted knowledge for preventative or control measures for existing or emerging public health challenges. Unfortunately, establishing a conclusive epidemiological evidence… read more →
Quality research design is essential in public health, health promotion efforts, and epidemiological studies. Lack thereof threatens the internal and external validity of a study. The internal validity of a… read more →
Abstract Confidence intervals are one of the statistical tools for conducting hypothesis testing. Hypothesis testing is a common rule in research for testing the validity of the unknown population parameter.… read more →
The Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is an emerging disease prevalent in the Eastern province of Middle East. The disease was first reported in September 2012 and it has… read more →
Health care inequality is social inequality, and a reminder of human injustice towards vulnerable population. According to Whitehead, healthcare disparity is “differences in health that are not only avoidable and… read more →
Fundamentally, any medical practitioner or health institution will never treat a disease of condition appropriately without correctly diagnosing the disease or condition. Many clinical tests rely on the sensitivity and… read more →
Clinical study design is used to establish the statistical parameters for the scientific hypothesis being tested. In 1964, Zidovudine (AZT) was synthesized at Wayne State University for cancer therapy under… read more →
The development of a good clinical research database is the epitome of valid scientific data collection and management. Good scientific data starts with an unbiased state of mind or a… read more →
Conducting clinical research studies, and selecting appropriate subjects within the inclusion criteria is the key to a successful ethical scientific study (Dombey, Markel, & Derenzo, 2012). In any clinical trial,… read more →
The main objective of risk management and minimization assessment is tailored in protecting subject’s well-being, welfare and privacy, in clinical studies. Thus, it is important to understand that investigational medicinal… read more →
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