Principles of Public Health Data and Epidemiology

Catalog description

The Principles of Public Health Data and Epidemiology course examines the basic epidemiological concepts required by a health professional, including disease transmission and prevention; morbidity, vital statistics, and mortality; screening tests; the natural history of disease; clinical trials; cohort study designs; case control and cross-sectional study designs; measures and risks in populations; disease causation; and epidemiology as it relates to program evaluation and public policy. Principles of Public Health Data and Epidemiology provides the student with an understanding of the distribution and determinants of health and disease in population groups. Epidemiology is considered the basic science of public health, and, as such, provides the foundation for many other courses in the MPH program; it is particular germane to Community Health Assessment and Environmental Health.