HS 351 - Introduction to Epidemiology

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This course will introduce the student to applied epidemiology and epidemiology as a research methodology. Applied epidemiology includes population based approaches to disease prevention and control as well as epidemiological concepts and processes relative to international health, wellness, and disease. Measurement and examination of incidence, prevalence, risk, morbidity, mortality rates and ratios will be emphasized. Epidemiological research methods will include a description of study designs used to study health and disease in human populations including randomized trials and four types of observational studies (cohort, case-control, cross-sectional and ecological.