Association between low vitamin D and colorectal cancer among African Americans

This is part 1 of a Scholar practitioner Project (SPP) for an epidemiology course.

SPP Description:

• Background (one page maximum)
o Statistics and information about the health outcome/disease(s)
o Statistics and information about the exposure/risk factor(s)
o Brief discussion of possible connection between exposure(s) and outcome(s) and justification for the study
• Target population and sample size
o Description of target population and sample
 Inclusion and exclusion criteria
 The sampling strategy to be used
o Sample size considerations (how large of a sample do you need and why)
• Recruitment (primary data collection) or data selection (secondary data) strategies
o If collecting your own data, describe:
 How you will find and contact potential participants (where, when, with what method)
 The type of data collection method to be used (e.g., online survey)
 How many times participants will be contacted and by what method
o If using secondary data (an existing database), describe:
 The procedures used for recruitment, participation, and data collection by the owners of the database (i.e., how were the data in the database collected?)
 How you will gain access to the dataset
• Selection biases
o Description of potential selection bias concerns (i.e., how representative your sample will be of the larger population)
o Discussion of strategies you will use to minimize selection bias in your study