2022/2023
Foundations of Epidemiology
Type:
Minor
Delivered by:
Department of Management
When:
3, 4 module
Open to:
students of all HSE University campuses
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
5
Contact hours:
76
Course Syllabus
Abstract
Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and factors of health and disease in human populations and the art of applying those finding to improve disease outcomes. Epidemiology generates the information used by public health practicians to develop, implement, and evaluate effective intervention programmes. This course introduces the basic concepts of epidemiology and demonstrates how they can be applied to public health problems. Special attention is paid to the principles and methods of epidemiologic research, appropriate summaries and displays of data, and the use of classical statistical approaches to describe the health of populations.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Able to define and apply the concepts of health and illness, biomedical model of health, the sick role (Parsons), ‘badness’ versus ‘sickness’, total institutions, 'clinical gaze', 'biomedical discourse', public health policy, medicalisation, bioengineering, ‘biological underclass’, iatrogenesis, impairment and disability, individual model of disability, stigma.
- Applying HRQoL concepts and tools to the development of a public health intervention
- to understand basic tools in epidemiology
- be able to apply basic tools of qualitative research in public health
Course Contents
- Introduction to Epidemiology
- Epidemiology Key Terms
- Calculating Rates
- Epidemiology Approach and Methods
- Epidemiology Data Sources and Study Design
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Bonita, R., Kjellström, T., Beaglehole, R., & World Health Organization. (2006). Basic Epidemiology (Vol. 2nd ed). Geneva: WHO. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=227212
- Carr, S., Pless-Mulloli, T., & Unwin, N. (2007). An Introduction to Public Health and Epidemiology (Vol. 2nd ed). Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill Education. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=234613
- Susan Carr, Nigel Unwin, & Tanja Pless-Mulloli. (2007). An Introduction to Public Health and Epidemiology: Vol. 2nd ed. Open University Press.
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Berkman, L. F., Kawachi, I., & Glymour, M. M. (2014). Social Epidemiology (Vol. Second edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1070426
- Peng R.D., Dominici F. Statistical methods for environmental epidemiology with R: a case study in air pollution and health. New York ; London: Springer, 2008. 144 p.