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Epidemiology 101
Author: Robert H. FriisOVERVIEW
Each new print copy of Epidemiology 101, Second Edition also includes Navigate 2 Advantage Access that unlocks a complete eBook, Study Center, homework and Assessment Center, and a dashboard that reports actionable data. Experience Navigate 2 today at www.jblnavigate.com/2.
Now in full color, this best-selling text will introduce you to the basics of infectious disease epidemiology, environmental epidemiology, molecular epidemiology, and psychosocial/behavioral epidemiology.
Perfect for those with no prior familiarity with health-related fields or statistics, Epidemiology 101, Second Edition, uses a clear, cohesive writing style and follows the basic Epidemiology 101 curriculum framework as outlined in the AAC&U and APTR Recommendations for Undergraduate Public Health Education. End-of-chapter exercises provide access to a laboratory component for college science courses that require a laboratory.
Key Features:
• Full color pages with 25% more tables and charts throughout to capture the reader’s interest and enhance learning
• Current, tangible examples from the field that are relevant and familiar to young students such as big data, cyberbullying, and disease outbreaks including Ebola and Zika
• New chapters that cover Epidemiology and Data Presentation (with practice questions for the MCAT® examination) and Epidemiology and Screening for Disease
• Access to Navigate 2 online learning materials, including a comprehensive and interactive eBook, student practice activities and assessments, learning analytics reporting tools, and more
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Chapter 1 History, Philosophy, and Uses of Epidemiology
- Chapter 2 Epidemiology and Data Presentation
- Chapter 3 Epidemiologic Measurements Used to Describe Disease Occurrence
- Chapter 4 Data and Disease Occurrence
- Chapter 5 Descriptive Epidemiology: Patterns of Disease-Person, Place, Time
- Chapter 6 Association and Causality
- Chapter 7 Analytic Epidemiology: Types of Study Designs
- Chapter 8 Epidemiology and the Policy Arena
- Chapter 9 Epidemiology and Screening for Disease
- Chapter 10 Infectious Diseases and Outbreak Investigation
- Chapter 11 Social and Behavioral Epidemiology
- Chapter 12 Special Epidemiologic Applications
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