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3.00 Credits
Epidemiology of major acute and chronic infectious diseases worldwide. Characteristics of host, agent, environment. Immunity of individuals and populations. Methods of control and eradication. Types of epidemics. Experimental, serological, and analytical techniques used in epidemiology of infectious disease. Prerequisite: EPDM 509.
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3.00 Credits
Epidemiologic methods of outcomes research and continuous quality-improvement techniques in medical care processes. Medical care as a process, use of control charts in process improvement, measurement of quality of care, and patient satisfaction with medical care. Cost benefit, cost effectiveness, cost utility, and decision-tree analysis applied to medical care and public health. Laboratory includes: demonstration of process control charts, flow charts, Pareto diagram, decision tree and data scanning. Prerequisite: EPDM 509 or EPDM 510.
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3.00 Credits
Critical review of the epidemiology of the leading chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disease, cancer, and diabetes. Acquaintance with coding systems for the diseases. Emphasizes research and health-promotion issues that relate to control and prevention of these diseases. Acquaintance with experimental designs and analytic techniques commonly used in chronic disease epidemiology. Experimental and epidemiologic evidence relating risk factors such as diet, smoking, exercise and biologic variables as well as interactions between genes and environment to these chronic diseases. Incidence, secular trends, burden, mortality, survival and surveillance, as they relate to chronic diseases. Brief overview of anatomy, pathology/morphology of these diseases. Prerequisite: EPDM 509* (*may be taken concurrently).
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3.00 Credits
Critically reviews epidemiology of the major causes of cancer death in developed nations, including anatomic (ICD-9 and ICD-0-2) and morphologic/pathogenic (ICD-0-2) classifications. Emphasizes research and health-promotion issues that relate to control and prevention of cancer. Topics include: pathology vocabulary; multistage model of carcinogenesis; sources of cancer data; validity and value of population measures of cancer; magnitude of the cancer problem; trends in cancer frequency, incidence, burden, mortality, and survival; surveillance objectives and methods; consistent risk and protective factors for major cancer types; the role of infectious diseases in cancer etiology and progression; nutrition and cancer; screening objectives, recommendations, and controversies; interactions between genetic and environmental exposures in the etiology of cancer; and other selected etiologic hypotheses. Prerequisite: EPDM 509.
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3.00 Credits
Descriptive epidemiology of the major cardiovascular diseases, including: myocardial infarction, sudden death, angina pectoris, hypertension, and stroke. Acquaintance with experimental designs and analytic techniques commonly used in cardiovascular epidemiology. Experimental and epidemiological evidence relating risk factors such as diet, smoking, blood lipids, blood pressure, and exercise to cardiovascular diseases. Acquaintance with the design and results of the major intervention studies. Prerequisite: EPDM 509.
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3.00 Credits
Global demographic trends, determinants, and measures of population-age structure. Health, morbidity, disability, and mortality; comprehension of morbidity and mortality; mechanisms, biomarkers, and genetics of aging. Aging research: surveys, clinical trials, and ethics. Chronic conditions/diseases (i.e., dementia, musculoskeletal conditions, osteoporosis, obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease); risk factors (i.e., diet, smoking, physical activity); and prevention. Economic aspects, drug use. Laboratory includes critical evaluation of current literature reports. Prerequisite: (EPDM 509* or EPDM 510*), (STAT 509* or STAT 521*) (*may be taken concurrently).
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2.00 Credits
Introduces research methods for conducting global health surveys using complex sampling techniques (cluster sampling, lot quality-assurance sampling). Exercises include data analysis and programming with EPIINFO, survey design, and geographic information systems. Addresses design, collection, and analysis of data from the KPC (knowledge, practice, coverage [immunization]). Prerequisite: EPDM 509, (STAT 509 or STAT 521).
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3.00 Credits
Evaluates epidemiologic principles and methodologic approaches used in the assessment of environmental exposure, selection of applicable study designs, and determination of analytic methods used in the investigation of environmental health problems within populations. Epidemiologically analyzes selected and controversial environmental exposures that impact significantly on public health practice, disease morbidity and mortality outcomes, and health policy. Prerequisite: (EPDM 509 or EPDM 510), (STAT 509 or STAT 521).
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1.00 Credits
Presentations and discussions of topics of current interest in epidemiology. Students work in groups on topics selected at the beginning of a quarter. Requires a written report and oral presentation at the completion of a project. Seminar facilitates maximal interaction among doctoral students and faculty to facilitate professional development. Doctoral students required to enroll Fall Quarter each year they are in the program, but attendance and participation are required Fall, Winter, and Spring quarters. Prerequisite: EPDM 509; Limited to doctoral degree students, or consent of instructor.
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1.00 Credits
Background, objectives, methodologies, results, and public health implications of most epidemiological studies conducted on Seventh-day Adventists worldwide, but especially in California. Data on the health behaviors and health/disease experience of this low-risk population. Healthy volunteer effect, self-selection versus lifestyle hypothesis, and other relevant epidemiological issues. Prerequisite: EPDM 509* (*may be taken concurrently).
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