Full Description
Fundamentals of Epidemiology is a foundational resource that equips students with a strong understanding of both the principles and real-world applications of the science of public health. Its applied approach, demonstrating epidemiological concepts in action in a variety of different settings, uniquely prepares students for the challenges and exciting opportunities of this dynamic field.
This engaging textbook cultivates a strong knowledge base through an explanation of the history of epidemiology and its core concepts, while providing a framework for critical thinking about public health topics. Other foundational concepts are then described and explored in the context of the real world, including descriptive epidemiology and surveillance, analytic epidemiology, study designs, effect measure modification, systematic and random error, and data analysis and modeling. Building from chapter to chapter, the textbook reinforces key concepts and their applications to the field while also confronting head-on many common mistakes that new learners of epidemiology make. This textbook incorporates thoughtful public health examples, scenarios, and descriptions that foster the investigative mindset and problem-solving approach that is needed in epidemiology. With abundant illustrations, historical vignettes, case examples, and practice problems covering topics such as social determinants of health, infectious disease, applications of epidemiology to policy and more, this inviting textbook prepares students to think like an epidemiologist, equipping them with the fundamentals essential for careers in public health, medicine, nursing, and other health professions. Purchase includes online access via most mobile devices or computers
Key Features
Provides a more logical sequence for learning epidemiology, with iterative learning strategies aimed at reinforcing key concepts
Includes an in-depth focus on surveillance and descriptive epidemiology
Discusses causality, counterfactual thinking, and exchangeability at a level appropriate for new learners of epidemiology
Provides problem-based learning examples that encompass diverse settings and populations, and links to other health disciplines (health policy, health economics, behavioral sciences, environmental health)
Presents visuals in a consistent manner to foster a sound understanding of the core epidemiological principles
Qualified instructors also have access to a full suite of instructor resources
Contents
Foreword by Timothy L. Lash
Preface
How to Use This Book
Acknowledgments
List of Reviewers
Instructor Resources
Student Resources
Chapter 1. Introduction to Public Health and the Fundamentals of Epidemiology
Chapter 2. Descriptive Epidemiology, Surveillance, and Measures of Frequency
Chapter 3. Introduction to Analytic Epidemiologic Study Designs and Measures of Association
Chapter 4. Randomized Controlled Trial Designs
Chapter 5. Cohort Designs
Chapter 6. Case-Control Designs
Chapter 7. Cross-Sectional Designs
Chapter 8. Effect Measure Modification and Statistical Interaction
Middle Matter
Chapter 9. Error in Epidemiologic Research and Fundamentals of Confounding
Chapter 10. Selection Bias
Chapter 11. Information Bias and Screening and Diagnostic Tests
Chapter 12. Random Error in Epidemiologic Research
Chapter 13. Introduction to Epidemiologic Data Analysis
Glossary
Index
