Measuring Health

Graduate

PH 139 will develop strong foundations in introductory analytic epidemiology and cultivate the ability to communicate epidemiologic concepts in plain language. Analytic epidemiology , the science of investigating patterns and determinants of disease and its consequences in populations , is foundational to any effort to improve health or healthcare. Through published studies and hands-on data analysis, students will examine, derive, and interpret measures of disease (summary outcome measures including means, medians, risks and rates; prevalence, incidence, and mortality), its determinants and consequences (measures of effect including difference, risk ratios, attributable risk, population attributable risk, and PAR%), and the role of chance (statistical inference, including p-values and confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, Type I and Type II error) in interpreting these relationships. 0.65 Dartmouth Units: (HP, P, LP, NC) *Core Requirement for Residential MPH and MS Prerequisites: None Offered: Summer - Monday 10:15 am – 11:55 am, 1:05 pm - 2:45 pm ; Lab Wednesday 1:05pm – 4:00pm