Assessment 3: Critical Appraisal to Determine Causality

Context
In Part B, you are able to apply their knowledge of causation and association. The skills gained from
this assessment allows you to make a judgement on causality and association based on the
epidemiological research and evidence. You will demonstrate your ability to apply the Bradford Hills
criteria, a key tool in determining association and causality within epidemiological studies.
Establishing association and causality are key skills in epidemiological disease investigation.

Task
Part B requires you to choose one of the articles that you have critically appraised in Part A, and
using the Bradford Hills criteria as a guide, write within 1000-words on your judgment of association
and causation. You will need to provide your opinion/decision/recommendations for a couple of the
Bradford Hills criteria. Headings can be utilised where required.
You may need to search for additional research articles to support your findings.
Please refer to the Instructions for details on how to complete this task.

Instructions
Select 1 of the 2 articles that you critically appraised in Part A. Address a couple of Bradford Hill’s
Criteria's to present your opinion/decision/recommendation in establishing the causality and
association of the findings. Your assessment should include should include the following:

1 Give the title of the article and introduce the objective of the paper
2 CHOOSE ANY TWO of the following criteria's and and address them accordingly
2.1 Temporality
2.2 Strength of association
2.3 Consistency
2.4 Dose-response relationships
2.5 Biological plausibility
2.6 Specificity
2.7 Experimental data
2.8 Coherence
2.9 Analogy

Referencing
It is essential that you use appropriate APA style for citing and referencing research. Please see more
information on referencing here https://library.torrens.edu.au/academicskills/apa/tool

Submission Instructions
Submit this task via the Assessment 3 link in the main navigation menu in PUBH6005 Epidemiology.
The Learning Facilitator will provide feedback via the Grade Centre in the LMS portal. Feedback can
be viewed in My Grades.

Academic Integrity Declaration
I declare that except where I have referenced, the work I am submitting for this assessment task is
my own work. I have read and am aware of Torrens University Australia Academic Integrity Policy
and Procedure viewable online at http://www.torrens.edu.au/policies-and-forms
I am aware that I need to keep a copy of all submitted material and their drafts, and I will do so
accordingly.