Epidemiology

Read "Chapter 1: What is Epidemiology?" and answer 'Study questions' 1.1, 1.4, and 1.7.

Watch the video titled "Lecture 7: Epidemiology: a brief history" and follow along with the discussion.

Read "Lesson One: Introduction to Epidemiology," pages 1-1 to 1-20. Pay close attention to the role and the importance of epidemiolgy as it pertains to public health practice.

Watch the video titled "Public Health 250A - Lecture 5: Descriptive Epidemiology IV:  Morbidity Pattern," from the time mark starting at 12:10. Pay special attention to the definitions of key terms.

Read the entire article to learn more about the ways in which epidemiology can improve decision-making in public health.

Read pages 3 to 8 to learn more about the ways in which epidemiology can improve decision-making in public health.

Read the entire report to to examine measures of morbidity and mortality in the epidemiological study of lung cancer.

Read Lesson 3, pages 3-1 to 3-38 and complete Exercises 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, and 3.6. Once you are familiar with the material, complete questions 1-5, 8-13, and 17-22 in the "Self-Assessment Quiz" found on pages 3-56 to 3-61.

Watch the video titled "Lecture 4: Descriptive Epidemiology III" and follow along with the discussion.

Read the entire module to reinforce your understanding of different epidemiological measures and understand the difference between incidence and prevalence.

Read pages 15 to 28 in "Chapter 2: Measuring Health and Disease" and answer 'Study questions' 2.1 and 2.2.

Read the discussion paper titled "Fertility and Income" and reflect on the complex relationship between income, fertility, and health.

Read the article to learn more about the impact of economic development on various outcomes including fertility, child mortality, and the demographic transition.

Access the database, and explore the various health indicators across different countries of the world.

Watch the video titled "The Seemingly Impossible is Possible" to enhance your understanding of the potential implications of epidemiological data. You can also access the Gapminder tool (http://www.gapminder.org/world) in order to visualize how different indicators relate to each other over time

Read pages 4-1 to 4-9, 4-23 to 4-39, and 4-44 to 4-50 in Lesson 4 titled "Displaying Public Health Data".  Complete Exercises 4.3 and 4.4.

Scroll down to "Chapter 2: Measuring Health and Disease" and read the section titled "Age-standardized rates" on pages 29 to 30 and answer 'Study questions' 2.6, 2.8, and 2.9.

Read the entire article titled "Standardization: A Classic Epidemiologic Method for the Comparison of Rates" to reinforce the concepts of standardization.

Scroll down to "Chapter 2: Measuring Health and Disease" and read the section titled "Comparing Disease Occurrence" on pages 34 to 35 and answer 'Study questions' 2.4 and 2.5.

Scroll down to "Lesson Three: Measures of Risk" and read pages 3-38 to 3-42 and 3-44 to 3-50. Complete Exercises 3.7 and 3.8. Once you are familiar with the material, complete questions 11 to 16, 23, and 24 in the 'Self-Assessment Quiz' on pages 3-55 to 3-60.

Begin by reading the entire webpage titled "Summary Statistics for Dichotomous Outcome Data: Comparing two groups" in order to review the difference between relative risk and odds ratios. Next, click on the section entitled "Putting these statistics in words" (found on the left side of the screen) in order to learn how to express relative risk and odds ratios in words.

Scroll down to "Chapter 2: Global Health Inequity - the Need for Action" and read pages 29 to 34. Notice how health measures are compared across countries in order to identify inequities.

Watch the video titled "Public Health 250B - Lecture 3: Measures of Disease" STARTING at the 1:00 hour time mark in order to obtain more information related to standardization.

Use the slides from the lecture titled "Estimating Risk" to review the approaches used to estimate risk.

Watch the video titled "Public Health 250B - Lecture 4: Measures of Association."

Watch the video titled "Public Health 250B - Lecture 5: Measures of Association."

Scroll down to "Chapter 2: Measuring health and Disease" and read page 32 titled "Health determinants, indicators, and risk factors."

Scroll down to "Chapter 5: Causation in epidemiology" and read pages 83 to 97. Learn more about causation in epidemiology. Answer 'Study questions' 5.1, 5.2, 5.4, and 5.3 on pages 96 and 97. Be sure to check your answers on pages 195-196.

Scroll down to "Lesson One: Introduction to Epidemiology" and read the section titled "Concepts of Disease Occurence" (pages 1-52 to 1-55), and complete 'Exercise' 1.8 on page 1-56.

Read the web page to learn the difference between association and causation.

Read the article and and reflect on the causal criteria that can be used to establish causation.

Read the article titled "Theories for Social Epidemiology in the 21st Century" and reflect on the social production of health and inequity.

In "Closing the Gap in a Generation" read the "Executive Summary" on pages 1 to 23. Pay special attention to the different social determinants of health the Commission addresses. 

Explore this website to learn more about risk factors for cancer.

Read the slides from the lecture titled "Causal Association" to review the key concepts of  causality.

Scroll down and read pages 39-51 in "Chapter 3: Types of studies."  Complete 'Study questions' 3.1, 3.2,  and 3.5 found on page 60.

Read the entire article to learn about the applications, strengths, and limitations of: ecological studies, cross-sectional studies, case-control studies, cohort studies, and randomized controlled trials.

Watch the video titled "Lecture 20: Case Control Studies," paying particular attention to the strengths, weaknesses, and applications of case control studies.

Watch the video titled "Lecture 6: Study Design Overview, Cohort Studies," starting at 21:18 time mark. Pay particular attention to the applications, benefits and drawbacks of a cohort study design.

Scroll down and read the sections titled "Sources of Error in Studies", and “The Hierarchy of Evidence”.

Watch the video titled "Lecture 27: Confounding: Part 1."

Scroll down and read pages 51-59 in "Chapter 3: Types of studies" on the potential errors in epidemiological studies.  Answer 'Study questions' 3.3, 3.4,  and 3.7 found on page 60.

Read the slides of the lecture titled "Cohort Studies" to learn about different cohort study designs and examples.

Read the slides in "Section A: Distinctions of a Case Control Study" (pages 3-26) to review design elements, examples and calculations in case control studies.

Read the slides in "Section B - Bias and Confounding" (pages 15-30) to learn about confounding and the different types of bias.

Scroll down to "Chapter 7: Communicable Diseases: Epidemiology surveillance and response" and read pages 117 to 130. Answer 'Study questions' 7.2, 7.3, and 7.4.

Scroll down to Chapter 6 titled "Epidemiology and prevention: Chronic noncommunicable Diseases" and read the section titled "Screening" (pages 110-114). Answer 'Study questions' 6.3 and 6.4 on page 114.

Scroll down to "Lesson Five: Public Health Surveillance" and read pages 5-1 to 5-16 to learn more about surveillance in public health.

Read pages 1-15 in the document titled "International Health Regulations: Guidance for National Policy-Makers and Partners."

Watch the video titled "IHR implementation at ports, airports and groundcrossings" (in the language of your choice) in order to learn about the implementation of International Health Regulations (IHR).

Read the entire page.

Read the content under the heading "Consensus Indicators for Behavioral Health".

Read the content under the headings "Abstract" and "Methods."

Watch the entire video. (110 minutes)

Watch the entire video. (111 minutes)

Read the entire report to learn about the risk of communicable diseases after a hurricane.

Read the entire chapter to learn more about the utility of screening in public health.

Scroll down to "Chapter 11: First Steps in Practical Epidemiology" and read the section titled "Critical Reading" (pages 178-181).   Answer 'Study questions' 11.1 and 11.2.

Read the article titled "How To Assess Epidemiological Studies" and become familiar with the key critical questions to ask when reading an epidemiological journal article.

Download the full publication.  Then, read "Handout 23.1, Checklist for the Critique of a Scientific Paper" (pages 213 - 214) in order to learn more about critiquing a scientific paper.

Review the entire article to become familiar with the application of advanced critical review skills in evaluating current epidemiological research.

Scroll down and read "Chapter 10: Epidemiology, Health Policy and Planning" (pages 165 to 175). Answer 'Study questions' 10.2 and 10.3.

Download the PDF version of the article. Then, read the article and reflect on key approaches to translating epidemiological research into practice and policy.

Read the entire article titled "Sick Individuals and Sick Populations," and familiarize yourself with the distinction between the impact of population and high-risk strategies for disease prevention.

Scroll down and read pages 99 to 110 in "Chapter 6:  Epidemiology and Prevention: Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases" in order to learn about the application of the four stages of disease prevention. 

Read the report titled "Social Media and Public Health Research" and develop one recommendation for how social media tools could be integrated into Next Generation University courses.

Scroll down and read pages 6-1 to 6-39  and 6-51 to 6-58 in "Lesson Six: Investigating an Outbreak." Complete exercise 6.1 on page 6-7 and exercise 6.2 on page 6-13. 

Read the entire article titled "Ethical Issues in Epidemiologic Research and Public Health Practice." Reflect on how ethics must influence how epidemiological data is collected and disseminated.

Follow the instructions and prompts given by Leslie, Shoua and the rest of the team to investigate and solve the outbreak at Watersedge!