An Introduction to Epidemiology for Health Professionals

2010
ISBN: 978-1-4614-2600-4
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, Band 1, 163 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 277 g

Reihe: Springer Series on Epidemiology and Public Health

An Introduction to Epidemiology for Health Professionals
Jorn Olsen, Kaare Christensen, Jeff Murray, and Anders Ekbom
Who gets sick? What factors genetic, environmental, social contribute to their illness?
Easy enough to ask, but the answers are becoming increasingly complicated. Today, as the public worries about emerging diseases and the word epidemic is part of the general discussion, epidemiology should be a basic component of medical training, yet often it is undertaught or even neglected. Concise and readable while also rigorous and thorough, An Introduction to Epidemiology for Health Professionals goes beyond standard textbook content to ground the reader in scientific methods most relevant to the current health landscape and the evolution of evidence-based medicine valuable keys to better understanding of disease process, effective prevention, and targeted treatment. This volume:
Presents material accessibly for readers who may have not studied epidemiology.
Focuses equally in descriptive and analytic branches of epidemiology.
Demonstrates applications of descriptive and analytic methods in public health, genetic epidemiology, and clinical epidemiology.
Includes a "Sources of Error" section addressing problems in inference and decision-making, selection bias, and other common pitfalls.
In addition to its usefulness for graduate students in public health and medical students in clinical epidemiology, An Introduction to Epidemiology for Health Professionals is a timely reference for practitioners needing a refresher in this important discipline.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Olsen, Jørn

Ekbom, Anders

Christensen, Kaare

Murray, Jeff

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Evidenzbasierte Medizin (EbM)
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Epidemiologie, Medizinische Statistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Descriptive Epidemiology.- Measures of Disease Occurence.- Measures of Effect.- Standardization.- Causes of Diseases.- Descriptive Epidemiology in Public Healht.- Descriptive Epidemiology in Genetic Epidemiology.- Descriptive Epidemiology in Clinical Epidemiology.- Part II: Analytical Epidemiology.- Design Options.- Follow-Up Studies.- Case-Control Studies.- Design Options in Public Health.- Design Options in Genetic Epidemiology.- Design Options in Clinical Epidemiology.- Making Inference and Making Decisions.- Part III: Sources of Error.- Confounding and Bias.- Confounding.- Information Bias.- Selection Bias.- Bias and Confounding in Public Health.- Bias and Confounding in Genetic Epidemiology.- Bias and Confounding in Clinical Epidemiology.- Part IV: Statistics in Epidemiology.- P Values.- Calculating Confidence Limits.

Über Autor(innen)

Olsen, Jørn
Jørn Olsen is Professor and Chair of the Department of Epidemiology at the UCLA School of Public Health.