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Many different study designs are used in epidemiological research. State which study design is being used in each of the scenarios described below. Your choices are as follows: EXPERIMENTAL STUDY
RETROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY
PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY
CASE-CONTROL STUDY
CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY
ECOLOGICAL STUDY
a. A hospital-based study of antidepressant medication use during pregnancy and the risk of cleft lip in the offspring. Investigators are currently enrolling two groups of women: those who just delivered an infant with a cleft lip and a sample of women who just delivered an infant without any birth defects. The presence or absence of birth defects is based on the newborn physical exam. All mothers are being interviewed to determine their use of antidepressant medications during the pregnancy that just ended.
TYPE OF STUDY:
b. A study of infertility in young adult men after treatment for testicular cancer. Investigators are currently enrolling two groups of men who were treated for cancer between 1990 and 2000: (1) those who were treated with surgery combined with chemotherapy and (2) those who were treated with surgery combined with radiation. The frequency of infertility occurring from the time of treatment through December 2016 is being evaluated in the two groups.
TYPE OF STUDY:
c. A study of the impact of different educational strategies to reduce the consumption of soft drinks among teenagers. The investigators are currently enrolling healthy teens and assigning them to one of two groups: those who view a film on the health risks of soft-drink consumption and those who read printed material on these risks. The frequency of soft drink consumption is being measured at enrollment and six months later. Any changes over time are being compared between the two groups.
TYPE OF STUDY:
d. A study of the impact of needle exchange programs on the transmission of HIV. The needle exchange programs allow drug users to obtain clean needles and syringes free of charge. The investigators are comparing the incidence of new HIV infections in U. S. cities with and without needle-exchange programs. Information on HIV incidence in each city is being obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Information on the presence or absence of needle exchange programs in each city is being obtained from health officials in each city.
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