PREV 716 CHRONIC DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGY
The purpose of this course is to provide students with an introduction to chronic disease epidemiology. Students are introduced to the application of epidemiologic methods in the context of major chronic diseases in order to determine: 1) disease risk factors and determinants, 2) disease burden in a population and its sub-populations, 3) efficacy and effectiveness of prevention and treatment interventions, and 4) guidelines for individual treatment and public health disease control. Students acquire the skills to interpret, evaluate, and design basic chronic disease epidemiology research projects; to locate and interpret chronic disease surveillance data; and to design public health programs for chronic disease surveillance and control. Prerequisite: Must have completed an introductory epidemiology course (PREV 600), or have a specific exception from instructor. Recommended: Completion of an introductory biostatistics course