Epidemiological research is ubiquitous. Even if you don’t realise it, you come across epidemiological studies and the impact of their findings every single day. You have probably heard that obesity is increasing in high income countries or that malaria is killing millions of people in low income countries. It is common knowledge that smoking causes cancer and that physical activity is protective against heart disease. These facts may seem obvious today, but it took decades of epidemiological research to produce the necessary evidence. In this course, you will learn the fundamental tools of epidemiology which are essential to conduct such studies, starting with the measures used to describe the frequency of a disease or health-related condition. You will also learn how to quantify the strength of an association and discuss the distinction between association and causation. In the second half of the course, you will use this knowledge to describe different strategies for prevention, identify strengths and weaknesses of diagnostic tests and consider when a screening programme is appropriate.
Ce cours fait partie de la Spécialisation Epidemiology for Public Health
Spécialisation Epidemiology for Public HealthImperial College LondonÀ propos de ce cours
A background in health sciences or/and quantitative methods would be useful, but not essential.
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Calculate and interpret appropriate measures in order to describe disease frequency, association and attributable risk for given scenarios.
Calculate sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values, in order to interpret these values in the context of screening.
Compétences que vous acquerrez
- incidence
- Epidemiology
- Prevalence
- association
A background in health sciences or/and quantitative methods would be useful, but not essential.
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Programme de cours : ce que vous apprendrez dans ce cours
Measures of disease frequency
Measures of association
Attributable risk and strategies for prevention
Disease detection and screening
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