Epidemiologic App:Popltn Hlth

3 Credits · Level: Undergraduate

This course introduces the general principles, methods, and applications of epidemiology. Fundamental concepts covered in this course include outbreak investigations, measures of disease frequency, standardization of disease rates, study design, measures of association, hypothesis testing, bias, causal inference, disease screening, and ethical issues in Epidemiology studies. Lecture and case studies include applications of the discipline to infectious disease, chronic disease, social behavioral studies, health services research, and health policy.