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Epidemiology Matters: A New Introduction to Methodological Foundations
Epidemiology Matters: A New Introduction to Methodological Foundations
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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,
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
is an introductory text for the next generation of students in medicine and public health.