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.
- The report must include the following components, based on aspects of your critical appraisal: Background; Methods; Results; Discussions; Policy implications.
- 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)
- 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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