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Written Assignment Unit 3UNIVERSITY OF THE PEOPLEHS 3311: Epidemiology16thFEB, 2021.
Part A: Define the term screening in the context of epidemiology.
Part B: Discuss the five characteristics of a good screening test. Outline the process ofscreening for a disease of your choice.Lung Cancer ScreeningInexpensiveScreening should be affordable for individual is and organizations to obtain high-quality results.According to Maxim, Neibom, and Utell (2014), a good screening test should be accurate inperfecting the discrimination between people that have the disease and those that are healthy. Itshould also be cheaper and non-invasive. Considering the screening of lung cancer using low-dose computed tomography (low-dose CT) scan, healthcare providers normally obtain a detailed

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