PHT 526 - Epidemiology for Public Health Practices, 3 credit hours

Prerequisite(s): PHT 520 and PHT 525
The course is designed to introduce students to the concepts of epidemiological methods and their practical applications in the understanding of determinants and distributions of diseases and health related events. This course provides a foundation of topics in epidemiology through examining infectious disease, chronic diseases, and general health. The course will cover basic principles of epidemiology, including disease control and analysis of risk factors. Topics will include the history of epidemiology, types of epidemiologic studies and risk estimation and causal inferences. Students will learn from real world health problems and demonstrate how epidemiology is used to better understand, prevent, and treat diseases among the population. We will illustrate and practice using epidemiology to better understand, characterize, and promote health at a population level.