DNP 825 Which epidemiological study design would you use to evaluate an intervention in your current or future practice?  Re: Topic 2 DQ 2

DNP 825 Which epidemiological study design would you use to evaluate an intervention in your current or future practice? 

Re: Topic 2 DQ 2

Randomized Clinical tirals epidemiology design is well-designed medical research, gives cause and risk. Belbasis et al (2018) agrees that this Clinical design is my choice due to its components of dealing with health event, involves persons, locttion, timelline , cause , risk factors ad modes of transmission. This design would be used to evaluate the prevelence of Humnan immunodeficiency virus ( HIV) and pregnant women population in my future practice. This design choice is in agreement with article from Atiiola et al ( 2018) . Pregnant women are most vulnerable high-risk population impacted by HIV. Mode of transmission is prevalent in population with history of intravenous drug use, multiple sexual partners, blodd transfusion history. HIV infection becomes an epidemic for this population when coinfected with other viral disease such as Tuberculosis, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C.  The authors of this article assessed epidemiology of HIV among women in ten facilities in south-west Nigeria. The result revealed positve HIV pregnant women were 6 time more likely to require more post partum care, blood loss and complictions (Atilola et al 2018).

The clinical deisgn will help to understand earlier disease characteristics , offer educational interventions, initiate antiviral prohylaxis and monotr medication adherenae to privent mother-to child transmission This design is best option due to the fact that it will provide overview of epdemiology and cinical manifestations of HIV infection in pregnant women, provide therapeutic modlities which includes psychological care plan ( Atewogbola et al 2021).

Belbasis L, Bellou V. Introduction to Epidemiological Studies. Methods Mol Biol. 2018;1793:1-6. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7868-7_1. PMID: 29876887.

Atewogbola, G. O., Olufemi, B. T., Babawale, A. A., Taiwo, M. A., Tadese, S. A., Olaniyan, A. A., Sule, W. F. (2021). Multiple sexual partners as major predictor of human immunodeficiency virus seropositivity among pregnant women, osun state, nigeria. Viral Immunology, 34, 632-638. https://dx.doi.org/10.1089/vim.2021.0029

Atilola, G., Randle, T., Obadara, T., Komolafe, I. O., Odutolu, G., Olomu, J., Adenuga, L. (2018). Epidemiology of hiv and tuberculosis in pregnant women, south west nigeria. Journal of Infection and Public Health, 11, 826-833. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jiph.2018.06.004