A study was carried out in Santo Antonio de Jesus, a town in Bahia State, northe

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A study was carried out in Santo Antonio de Jesus, a town in Bahia State, northeast Brazil, to determine the relationship between various biological, socio/economic, behavioral, and geographical factors and the prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni infection. The study interviewed children born in 1970-1971. The overall prevalence of S. mansoni infection was 31.0%. Several variables reflected different aspects of the population's way of life were strongly associated with the prevalence of infection.     

For the following study, identify:

Study design _______________________________________________________________________

Exposure variable(s) __________________________________________________________

Outcome variables(s) __________________________________________________________

A behavioral epidemiologist is designing an intervention to reduce alcohol consumption in school age children. The neighborhood she is targeting is low income with liquor stores on every block, a lack of green spaces, no recreational areas for children, and a lack of adult supervision. What are the behavioral influences at play in this scenario and how may they influence the behaviors of the children?

Read the editorial posted on BB entitled “Physical Activity, Behavioral Epidemiology, and Public Health.” The article states that behavioral epidemiology contains two distinguishable concepts and applies them to the example of smoking. List the two concepts and apply both to the example of physical activity.

Explanation / Answer

1. The study design is correlational design. This design involves measuring two or more variables and assessing the relationship between them, with no manipulation of an independent variable.

2. The exposure variables were biological, socio/economic, behavioral, and geographical factors in Santo Antonio de Jesus.

3. The outcome variable was the prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni infection.

Please post the other questions separately as we are supposed to answer just one question or four sub parts of the same question.

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