RT Book, Section
A1 Martin, Christopher
A2 Markle, William H.
A2 Fisher, Melanie A.
A2 Smego, Raymond A.
SR Print(0)
ID 57931605
T1 Chapter 3. Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Surveillance
T2 Understanding Global Health, 2e
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-179100-7
LK accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57931605
RD 2024/04/19
AB Understand  the  important  contributions  of  chance,  bias,  and  confounding  as  potential  sources  of  false  epidemiologic  associations  and  apply  methods  to  control  for  these  factorsDescribe  commonly  used  measures  of  morbidity  and  mortality  as  they  are  used  in  the  global  settingDiscuss  the  various  types  of  epidemiologic  study  designs  together  with  their  relative  strengths  and  weaknesses  as  well  as  the  measures  of  association  they  provideInterpret  test  results  within  the  context  of  screening  and  surveillance  with  attention  to  sensitivity,  specificity,  and  predictive  valueApply  epidemiologic  methods  to  the  control  of  infectious  diseaseDistinguish  the  two  types  of  surveillance  and  describe  the  components  of  a  useful  surveillance  program