FUNDACION UNIVERSITARIA SAN MARTIN
PROGRAMA DE MEDICINA
SEMESTRE BASICO
UNIDAD 15.
INVESTIGACION EN MEDICINA.
ASPECTOS GENERALES
CASE *
The farmers a largely rural district of Urrao have recently renewed contacts with an isolated indigenous
community in...
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FUNDACION UNIVERSITARIA SAN MARTIN
PROGRAMA DE MEDICINA
SEMESTRE BASICO
UNIDAD 15.
INVESTIGACION EN MEDICINA.
ASPECTOS GENERALES
CASE *
The farmers a largely rural district of Urrao have recently renewed contacts with an isolated indigenous
community in order to gain access to their natural resources.
The public health agency fears that this
interaction will cause higher incidences of infectious diseases and possibly mortality in the indigenous
people.
The agency, therefore, invites a university research team to conduct an exploratory study to
document the health condi- tions of this indigenous community.
Financial resources are made available but
are conditional upon all expenditures being committed by the end of the financial year – that is within a
period of 3 months.
The research team accepts the challenge and develops a research study based on both a demographic
survey (of every fifth household) and a clinical examination of research participants that includes taking blood
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