Epidemiology and Population Health

3 credits · School of Nursing

This course focuses on methods to assess factors associated with the distribution and determinants of health and disease in human populations. The course introduces students to epidemiologic methods for describing disease rates; cohort, case-control, and cross-sectional studies; odds ratios, relative risks, confidence intervals, and tests of significance; and concepts of confounding, effect modification, and bias. Concepts of public health and health promotion, determinants of health, epigenetics and cultural diversity are examined. This course prepares students to analyze and translate evidence into practice and serves as a foundation in clinical prevention and population health. Prerequisite: 8014. [3]