SW 1003 - Epidemiology of Health and Disease

This course will introduce basic principles, methods, and uses of epidemiology. This is a doctoral level course designed to introduce epidemiology, its methods and its role in public health. The course overviews fundamental epidemiologic methods used in public health research and practice. The student will be familiarized with basic measures used in describing disease frequency in populations. The course will explore descriptive and analytic approaches to the study of disease, along with a perspective on the role of epidemiologic methods in health services planning and evaluation. At the end of the course students should have a general understanding of the uses and limitations of epidemiologic inquiry. This understanding should provide the basis for applying epidemiologic concepts in work-related settings and in other courses in the social work and public health curriculum. 3 credit(s)

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