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PART 1 GETTING STARTED WITH EPIDEMIOLOGY |
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Chapter 1 Entering the World of Epidemiology |
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Recognizing How Numbers Can Help Study Disease |
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Grappling with the epidemiologic triangle |
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Understanding epidemiologic transition |
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Connecting demography and disease |
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Figuring out rates and risks |
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Focusing on Prevention Rather Than a Cure |
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Identifying prevention levels |
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Delving into Study Finding |
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Figuring Out What You Know about Epidemiology: Some Q&As |
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Chapter 2 Epidemiology 101 --- Understanding the Basics |
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Defining Epidemiology --- What to Expect from Your Coursework and Beyond |
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Avoiding errors when conducting an epidemiological study |
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Realizing Why Epidemiology Is Important |
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Identifying and measuring health status |
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Focusing on disease prevention |
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Understanding How Epidemiology Tools Are Applied |
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Using epidemiologic methods to identify risks |
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Measuring morbidity and mortality |
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Describing the impact of an intervention |
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Preventing diseases before they hit |
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Investigating epidemics of unknown cause |
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Evaluating public health programs |
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Contrasting the Roles of a Physician and Epidemiologist |
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Describing diseases differently |
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Grasping the difference between acute and chronic disease |
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Eyeing over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription medication |
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Examining the role of traditional healers |
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Considering How a Disease Is Transmitted |
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Defining key infection terms |
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Spreading infection of an outbreak from person to person |
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Getting infection of an outbreak from a common source |
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Relating infections with cancers |
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Searching for Sources of Epidemiologic Data |
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From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) |
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From the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) |
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From the World Health Organization (WHO) |
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From the Vital Statistics System |
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Chapter 3 Exploring the Development of Epidemiological Thinking |
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Meeting Hippocrates --- the First Epidemiologist |
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Observing "airs, waters, and places" |
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Relating diseases to polluted water |
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Tackling the Miasma Theory |
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Getting benefits from a misconception |
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Examining Contributions to Medicine and Public Health - Thomas Sydenham |
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Using Concepts of Environmental Epidemiology --- Noah Webster |
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The Germ Theory --- Washing Hands Is Essential |
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Working on Workers' Diseases --- Bernardino Ramazzini |
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The Birth of Vital Statistics: No Labor Pains Involved |
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Examining the Start of Epidemiology and Public Health in the United States |
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Developing public health institutes |
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Reforming Public Health in England |
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Deteriorating health after the Industrial Revolution |
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Moving toward sanitary reforms |
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Looking At Modern Epidemiology |
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Molecular and genetic epidemiology |
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Chapter 4 Eyeing the Milestones in Public Health |
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Finding the Treatment of Scurvy---James Lind |
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Examining Lind's experiment |
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Discovering Sources of Cholera in London's Golden Square --- John Snow |
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Questioning the miasma theory |
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Uncovering Causes of Pellagra --- Joseph Goldberger |
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Suggesting pellagra not communicable |
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Connecting pellagra with poverty and helping with diet |
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Describing the 1918 Influenza Pandemic |
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Gathering mortality data of the pandemic |
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Finding Smoking as a Cause of Lung Cancer |
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Recognizing what chemicals in cigarette cause cancers |
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Feeling the Beat of the Framingham Heart Study |
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Chapter 5 Recognizing Diseases and Controlling Them |
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Identifying the Modes of Transmission |
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Eyeing the Chain of Infection: Can You Break It? |
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Discovering what carriers are |
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Recognizing a susceptible host |
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Focusing on the portals of exit |
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Examining the Natural History of Disease |
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Describing the nature of infectious diseases |
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Passing through the stages |
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Listing Common Notifiable Diseases |
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Controlling Waterborne Diseases |
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Naming common waterborne diseases |
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Taking steps in controlling waterborne diseases |
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Tackling Problems of Airborne Infections |
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Recognizing common airborne infections |
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Controlling airborne infections |
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Curving Vector-Borne Diseases |
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Listing common vector-borne diseases |
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Finding ways to combat vector-borne diseases |
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Limiting Parasitic Infections |
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Identifying common parasitic infections |
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Taking steps to control parasitic infections |
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Controlling Sexually Transmitted Infections |
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Carrying out control measures for STIs |
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Dealing With Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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Finding common emerging infections |
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Controlling emerging infections |
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Identifying Diseases Caused by Heavy Metals |
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PART 2 UNDERSTANDING DISEASE CAUSATION |
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Chapter 6 Tackling the Epidemiologic Triangle |
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Scrutinizing an Acute Disease Model |
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Looking at environment factors |
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Inspecting a Chronic Disease Model |
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Understanding How Climate Change Can Affect Health |
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Linking climate change with infectious diseases |
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Finding vector-borne diseases related to climate change |
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Chapter 7 Inspecting Descriptive Epidemiology: Person, Place, and Time |
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Age --- More than just a number |
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Gender --- Battle of the sexes |
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Race/ethnicity --- Inequalities exist |
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Occupation --- A person's job matters |
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Income --- Money makes the world go `round |
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Education --- Knowledge is power |
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Focusing on Place Factors |
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Defining endemic diseases |
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Finding sporadic diseases |
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Looking at epizootic diseases |
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Changing patterns by seasonality |
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Differentiating between outbreak and cluster |
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Chapter 8 Viewing Disease Patterns |
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Defining the Epidemiologic Transition |
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Seeing how leading causes of death have changed |
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Considering causes of death in the world |
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Transitioning stages in some developing countries |
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Grasping Why Epidemiologic Transition Happens |
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Studying Some Chronic Health Conditions |
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Cholesterol and cardiovascular diseases |
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Understanding How Epidemiologic Transition Affects Healthcare |
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Increasing healthcare cost |
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Compromising quality of life |
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Chapter 9 Linking Demography and Disease |
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Defining Demography --- Why Ifs Important |
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Using Demographic Data to Identify Population at Risk |
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Focusing on population density |
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Tackling Population Pyramids: Not the Ones in Egypt |
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Shaping population pyramids |
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Calculating the dependency ratio |
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Projecting Population -- Simple Math |
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Working out some exercises |
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Projecting more populations |
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Chapter 10 Digging into Math: Calculating Rates and Risks |
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Addressing Some Basics When Calculating Descriptive Epidemiology |
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Recognizing the key elements of a formula |
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Focusing on rate, ratio, and proportion |
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Calculating Crude Morbidity and Crude Mortality Rates |
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Focusing on the terms and formulas |
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Figuring Out Commonly Used Rates |
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Infant mortality rate (IMR) |
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Maternal mortality rate (MMR) |
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Neonatal mortality rate (NNMR) |
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Post-neonatal mortality rate (PNNMR) |
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Cause-specific mortality rate |
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Proportionate mortality rate |
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Measuring Incidence and Prevalence |
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Utilizing the indirect method |
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PART 3 PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN A CURE |
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Chapter 11 Focusing on the Levels of Prevention |
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Identifying Primary Prevention |
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Combating diseases by vaccines |
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Assuring proper nutrition |
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Providing safe water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) |
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Recognizing Secondary Prevention |
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Examining Tertiary Prevention |
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Chapter 12 Preventing Disease with Vaccine |
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Getting the Lowdown on Immunity |
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Understanding the body's immune system |
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Comparing natural and acquired immunity |
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Comparing active and passive immunity |
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Planning Shots for Children, from Birth through Adolescence |
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Looking Closer at Cancer-Preventing Vaccines |
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Identifying cancer-causing viruses |
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Identifying Common Vaccine-Preventable Diseases |
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Preventing Disease for World Travelers |
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Knowing about the yellow fever vaccine |
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Chapter 13 Recognizing Methods of Disease Surveillance |
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Differentiating between Survey, Surveillance, and Monitoring |
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Survey --- Making a single observation |
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Surveillance --- Tracking continuously |
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Monitoring --- Periodically checking |
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Defining the Types of Surveillance |
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Conducting Surveillance: The How-to |
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Chapter 14 Investigating an Outbreak |
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Conducting an Epidemic Investigation |
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Understanding the threshold level of an outbreak |
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Planning for field investigation |
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Digging Out Cases by Surveillance, Step-by-Step |
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Establishing the existence of an outbreak |
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Verifying the diagnosis with data |
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Identifying new and ongoing cases |
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Intensifying the existing surveillance system |
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Performing descriptive epidemiology |
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Using analytical statistics to calculate the attack rates |
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Evaluating the hypothesis |
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Implementing control measures |
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Using Makeshift Hospitals |
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Walking through an Outbreak Investigation |
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Chapter 15 Identifying Disease by Screening |
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Identifying the detectable preclinical phase (DPCP) |
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Naming Ingredients of a Good Screening Test |
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Focusing on disease characteristics |
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Noting effective test characteristics |
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Explaining validity and reliability |
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Looking Closer at Some Common Screening Programs |
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Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) |
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Evaluating Screening Tests |
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Being familiar with key terms |
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Comprehending sensitivity |
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Explaining multiphasic screening |
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Differentiating between mass screening and selective screening |
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PART 4 EXAMINING A STUDY FINDING |
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Chapter 16 Figuring Out Whether an Association Is Causal |
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Examining an association that may not be causal |
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Identifying confounders that affect a causal link |
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Seeing examples of a causal effect |
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Exploring a multifactorial model |
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Understanding Hill's Criteria for Causality |
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Examining strength of association |
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Considering dose-response |
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Explaining biological plausibility |
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Conducting more experimentation |
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Making Rothman's Causal Pie |
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Knowing what a sufficient cause means |
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Understanding a necessary cause |
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Defining component causes |
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Getting into contributory cause |
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Chapter 17 Investigating the Types of Epidemiologic Studies |
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Looking At the Anatomy of Epidemiologic Studies |
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Observing observational studies |
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Experimenting experimental studies |
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Using the hierarchy of study design |
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Differentiating between retrospective and prospective studies |
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Conducting a Cross-Sectional Study |
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Identifying the pros and cons |
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Formulating a cross-sectional study |
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Plotting a Case-Control Study |
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Selecting a suitable control |
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Counting the pros and cons |
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Putting together a case-control study |
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Nesting a nested case-control study |
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Identifying the three types of cohorts |
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305 | (1) |
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Recognizing the pros and cons |
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306 | (1) |
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Devising a prospective cohort study |
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306 | (2) |
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Figuring Out an Ecological Study |
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308 | (1) |
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Knowing what ecological fallacy is |
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309 | (1) |
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Focusing on the pros and cons |
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309 | (1) |
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Looking at examples of ecological studies |
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309 | (1) |
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Developing a Questionnaire |
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310 | (1) |
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Creating an efficient questionnaire |
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311 | (1) |
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Using closed and open-ended questions |
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311 | (1) |
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Knowing what else to include |
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312 | (1) |
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Chapter 18 Encountering Bias and Confounding |
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313 | (16) |
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314 | (1) |
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Clarifying What Confounding Means |
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314 | (1) |
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Reviewing Bias-Affecting Research Findings |
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315 | (1) |
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Examining and avoiding selection bias |
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315 | (3) |
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Eyeing and avoiding information bias |
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318 | (2) |
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Recognizing and avoiding instrument bias |
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320 | (1) |
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Understanding response bias |
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321 | (2) |
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Noticing and avoiding lead time bias |
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323 | (1) |
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Identifying and avoiding publication bias |
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323 | (1) |
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Steering Clear of Bias in the Initial Stages of Research |
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324 | (1) |
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324 | (1) |
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325 | (1) |
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Controlling for Confounders |
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326 | (1) |
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Addressing during the design phase |
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326 | (1) |
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Focusing on confounders during analysis |
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327 | (2) |
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Chapter 19 Focusing On Ethics in Health Research |
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329 | (14) |
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Comprehending the Evolution of Ethical Norms in Research |
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329 | (1) |
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Looking into cases of scientific misconduct |
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330 | (1) |
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Examining some unethical practices in the past |
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331 | (3) |
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Responding to unethical studies |
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334 | (2) |
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Grasping the Importance of a Code of Ethics |
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336 | (1) |
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336 | (1) |
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337 | (1) |
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337 | (1) |
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337 | (1) |
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Including this essential information |
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338 | (1) |
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Using an expedited review |
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339 | (1) |
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Waiving the informed consent |
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339 | (4) |
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343 | (14) |
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Chapter 20 Ten Careers with a Degree in Epidemiology |
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345 | (6) |
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345 | (2) |
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Environmental Epidemiologist |
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347 | (1) |
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Surveillance Data Analyst and Epidemiologist |
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347 | (1) |
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Infection Control Officer |
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348 | (1) |
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348 | (1) |
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349 | (1) |
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349 | (1) |
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349 | (1) |
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Chief Medical/Quality Officer |
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350 | (1) |
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Data and Research Coordinator |
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350 | (1) |
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Chapter 21 Ten Tips for Acing Your Epidemiology Classes |
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351 | (6) |
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Ask and Answer Questions in Class |
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352 | (1) |
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Practice, Practice, and Practice |
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352 | (1) |
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352 | (1) |
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353 | (1) |
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353 | (1) |
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354 | (1) |
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Use a Scientific Calculator |
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354 | (1) |
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Memorize Some Definitions and Steps |
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354 | (1) |
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355 | (1) |
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Participate in Group Work |
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355 | (2) |
Glossary |
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357 | (6) |
Index |
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