Epidemiology Matters: A New Introduction to Methodological Foundations

✍ Scribed by Keyes, Katherine M; Galea, Sandro

• Book ID: 108053972
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 7 MB
• Edition: 1st
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9780199331246

✦ Synopsis

Epidemiology Matters offers a new approach to understanding and identifying the causes of disease -- and with it, how to prevent disease and improve human health. Utilizing visual explanations and examples, this text provides an accessible, step-by-step introduction to the fundamentals of epidemiologic study, from design to analysis.
Across fourteen chapters, Epidemiology Matters teaches the individual competencies that underlie the conduct of an epidemiologic study: identifying populations; measuring exposures and health indicators; taking a sample; estimating associations between exposures and health indicators; assessing evidence for causes working together; assessing internal and external validity of results.
With its consequentialist approach -- designing epidemiologic studies that aim to inform our understanding, and therefore improve public health -- Epidemiology Matters is an introductory text for the next generation of students in medicine and public health