Nicollate Awuor

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• Answer added in Epidemiology and Public Health
  68 Do you have any data that associates the health of people and the status of the environment with the presence of coal-fired power plants?
  By Amelia Bojo · Central Mindanao University
  Nicollate Awuor · Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

  Dear Amelia, Do you mean literature on the same or what kind of information? Are you doing a literature review or something? Biomagnification and bioa... [more]

  Dear Amelia, Do you mean literature on the same or what kind of information? Are you doing a literature review or something? Biomagnification and bioaccummulation of some of the chemicals released from such plants may be worth mentioning as contributors to health effects.
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  69 Can anyone recommend an ebook or paper which provides a guide on how to do meta analysis of epidemiological studies?
  By Swapnil Gadhave · University of Pune
  Nicollate Awuor · Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

  Dear Gadhave This book ,(Epidemiology: Study Design and Data Analysis, Second Edition by Mark Woodward )has a whole chapter on meta analysis. I hope i... [more]

  Dear Gadhave This book ,(Epidemiology: Study Design and Data Analysis, Second Edition by Mark Woodward )has a whole chapter on meta analysis. I hope it will be of help. Below is the chapter content: META-ANALYSIS Reviewing Evidence Systematic Review A General Approach to Pooling Investigating Heterogeneity Pooling Tabular Data Individual Participant Data Dealing with Aspects of Study Quality Publication Bias Is Meta-Analysis a Valid Tool in Epidemiology? Exercises
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  7 What are the public health challenges to health education and counseling?
  By Nicollate Awuor · Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
  Nicollate Awuor · Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

  Imparting knowledge and skills is just one thing, change of attitude and ensuring practice of the acquired skills and knowledge is another and I think... [more]

  Imparting knowledge and skills is just one thing, change of attitude and ensuring practice of the acquired skills and knowledge is another and I think it is the major challenge.
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  7 What are the public health challenges to health education and counseling?
  General challenges like culture for example. 
  General challenges like culture for example.
  By Nicollate Awuor · Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
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