EPDC MPHG 5102: EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PRINCIPLES OF DISEASE CONTROL

This course is a study of the general principles involved in understanding the frequency, distribution, and etiology if acute and chronic diseases, and the methods of disease surveillance and control. It covers a variety of topics, including the definition, scope and manifestation of epidemics; common study designs in epidemiology; determining and interpreting association; establishing causation; and optimal screening and diagnostic tests; disease surveillance.