To Test the Efficacy of a Health Education Program in Reducing

question 25

Multiple Choice

To test the efficacy of a health education program in reducing the risk of foodborne and waterborne diseases, the residents of two Peruvian villages were given an intensive health education program. At the end of two years, the incidence rates of important waterborne and foodborne diseases in these villages were compared with those in two similar control villages without any education program. Which of the following study designs most appropriately characterizes this situation?

• A) Cross-sectional study
• B) Case-control study
• C) Prospective cohort study
• D) Historical prospective cohort study
• E) Clinical trial
• F) Community trial

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