An introduction to the use of statistics in the health field.
Emphasis is on descriptive statistics, estimation, linear regression, and contingency tables.
Lectures, reading, demonstrations, experiential activities in a laboratory setting, and written and oral assignments. An introduction to epidemiology as a body of knowledge and a method for analyzing community health problems. Emphasis is on how to measure and describe the health of populations, the natural history of diseases in population groups, standardization of rates, sources of data, study designs, measurements of risk, evaluation of screening tests, causal inferences, and outbreak investigation. Lectures, reading, and individual and group assignments. An introduction to the underlying principles of health education and behavioral science as used in public health.