Brunel University London

MSc Public Health and Health Promotion (online)

MSc Global Public Health and Social Justice (Online)

MSc Public Health (Online)

MSc Health Economics and Health Policy (Online)

Module: Economic Evaluation of Health Interventions

Module Code: HH5652

Module Leader Sonila Tomini

Assessment Method: A report (up to 2,000 words) based on critical appraisal of a published economic evaluation of public health / health promotion intervention.

Submission Deadline 11:59 am UK time Thursday, 31st October 2024.

Assessment Details

For this assessment, you are required to critically appraise the following published study: Ethgen, O., Hiligsmann, M., Burlet, N. and Reginster, J.Y., 2015. Public health impact and cost[1]effectiveness of dairy products supplemented with vitamin D in prevention of osteoporotic fractures. Archives of public health, 73(1), pp.1-7.

The full-text article can be downloaded from: https://archpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13690-015-0099-3

Submission:

Your final submission will be a report (up to 2000 words) based on your critical appraisal of the above article.

  1. The report must include the following components, based on aspects of your critical appraisal: Background; Methods; Results; Discussions; Policy implications.
  2. When developing the report, please give attention to:
  • The context in which the original study was designed.
  • Your approach to your review, in particular:

o Consider whether to use a formal checklist (e.g. CASP). If you have used any critical appraisal tool be clear which and why

o How you have applied the tool to inform your critique

  • Consider the components of the study being reviewed: o Type of economic evaluation o Study objectives

o PICO (Population, Intervention, Comparators and Outcomes)

o Study methods (consider the key methodological attributes and limitations)

o Study results (consider main results and their uncertainty)

o Study conclusion (consider implications of any study limitation)

  1. What could be concluded based on your own critique, the implications of your conclusions for future policy, practice, and research

Word length: up to 2000 words

Submission deadline: 11:59 am UK time Thursday, 31st October 2024.

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