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Session
One: The Evolution of the Epidemiological
Approach
| Text Readings: |
Essentials of Epidemiology in Public
Health, Chapter 1
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| Web Readings: |
Guidelines
on Studies in Environmental Epidemiology (1983)
International
Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS), World Health Organization,
Washington, D.C., Chapters 1-2.
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| Learning Objectives |
Upon completion of this
class, students will be able to:
- Define and discuss
the goals of environmental and public health
- Distinguish between
basic, clinical and public health research
- Define epidemiology
and explain its objectives
- Discuss the key
components of epidemiology (population & frequency,
distribution, determinants and control of disease)
- Discuss important
figures in the history of epidemiology including John Graunt,
James Lind, William Farr and John Snow.
- Discuss important
modern studies including the Streptomycin Tuberculosis Trial, and
Hill's studies on smoking and lung cancer, as well as the
Framingham Heart Study
- Discuss the current
activities and challenges of modern epidemiologists.
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| Homework Assignment for Class
One: |
- Epidemiological
methods were initially developed with what purpose in mind?
- How have chemical
agents been characterized in environmental epidemiology? How
have physical agents been characterized?
- What is the most
difficult aspect of epidemiological research and why?
- Complete the exercises found
at the end of Chapter 1 of
Essentials of Epidemiology & Public Health and
post questions and answers on the course web board under session
1.
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