PHE 535 - Epidemiology Survey

Institution:

Portland State University

Subject:

Public Health Education

Description:

Designed as an introduction to epidemiology for students in the Oregon Masters of Public Health program. Epidemiology is the science of public health that is concerned with the distribution of disease in populations and risk factors that influence health outcomes. Students will learn epidemiologic methods to identify and solve public health problems. The course will cover measures of disease occurrence, screening for disease, study design, association and causation, biases and confounding as well as genetic epidemiology. An emphasis is placed upon critical reading of the epidemiologic literature and to addressing a public health problem with epidemiologic methods.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.pdx.edu

Phone Number:

(503) 725-3511

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Quarter

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