Overview
This exercise will be based on the publication by Pan et al., entitled, “Association of Public Health Interventions with the Epidemiology of the COVID-19 Outbreak in Wuhan, China”, JAMA 2020 May 19; 323(19)1-9. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7149375/Links to an external site.
- In your own words, state the primary study objective and describe the study design.
- What are the primary data source and main study variables that were collected.
- Outline the time periods of the study.
- Define the main outcomes measured in the study and how they were measured.
- Briefly describe the descriptive statistics calculated/plotted and how the risk ratios were calculated.
- Briefly describe the trends in incident cases, rates of confirmed cases, and reproduction numbers across the time periods.
- Discuss the overall study conclusions regarding the implementation of COVID-19 public health interventions and trends in COVID-19 cases and transmission.
- Comment on the study's strengths and limitations.
I encourage you to use 2 additional references to support your comments.
Your assignment submission should be 250 words in length. It should contain proper grammar, be free of spelling errors, and reflect critical thinking.