PHYSICAL ACTIVITY EPIDEMIOLOGY

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify the strengths and weaknesses of epidemiological study designs and critical issues in the analysis of physical activity-related research. Audience: Graduate 2. Compare and contrast the specific measurement tools used in physical activity surveillance and research and identify the errors associated with these tools. Audience: Graduate 3. Identify current public health recommendations for physical activity and describe how they have evolved. Audience: Graduate 4. Describe the contemporary trends in physical activity in the United States and know how they have been measured. Audience: Graduate 5. Identify the relationships between physical activity and various health conditions/diseases. Audience: Graduate 6. Review and analyze the epidemiologic evidence for a link between physical activity and a specified outcome of interest (e.g. physical activity and depression), and present a review of the evidence Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify the strengths and weaknesses of epidemiological study designs and critical issues in the analysis of physical activity-related research. Audience: Graduate 2. Compare and contrast the specific measurement tools used in physical activity surveillance and research and identify the errors associated with these tools. Audience: Graduate 3. Identify current public health recommendations for physical activity and describe how they have evolved. Audience: Graduate 4. Describe the contemporary trends in physical activity in the United States and know how they have been measured. Audience: Graduate 5. Identify the relationships between physical activity and various health conditions/diseases. Audience: Graduate 6. Review and analyze the epidemiologic evidence for a link between physical activity and a specified outcome of interest (e.g. physical activity and depression), and present a review of the evidence Audience: Graduate