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Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) (Health Sciences)

DOAB provides a searchable index to the information about these books, with links to the full texts of the publications at the publisher’s website or repository.

Keywords:

Medical sciences Public health Medicine Dentistry Nursing

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e-book
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Principles of Epidemiology in Public Health Practice: An Introduction to Applied Epidemiology and Biostatistics

This course was developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a self-study course. Students who successfully complete this course should be able to correctly: Describe key features and applications of descriptive and analytic epidemiology. Calculate and interpret ratios, proportions, incidence rates, mortality rates, prevalence, and years of potential life lost. Calculate and interpret mean, median, mode, ranges, variance, standard deviation, and confidence interval. Prepare and apply tables, graphs, and charts such as arithmetic-scale line, scatter diagram, pie chart, and box plot. Describe the processes, uses, and evaluation of public health surveillance. Describe the steps of an outbreak investigation.

Course related:

SN3303 Public Health and Infection Control

Subjects:

Public Health and Health Sciences

Keywords:

Public health Epidemiology Biometry

Resource Type:

e-book

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