Epidemiology: The Basic Science of Public Health

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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Epidemiology: The Basic Science of Public Health

Instructors: Dr. Karin Yeatts

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6 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

5,002 reviews

7 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

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Most learners liked this course

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Often called “the cornerstone” of public health, epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of diseases, health conditions, or events among populations and the application of that study to control health problems. By applying the concepts learned in this course to current public health problems and issues, students will understand the practice of epidemiology as it relates to real life and makes for a better appreciation of public health programs and policies. This course explores public health issues like cardiovascular and infectious diseases – both locally and globally – through the lens of epidemiology.

This module introduces the history and field of epidemiology.

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6 videos1 assignment

This module introduces measures of disease frequency.

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6 videos1 reading1 assignment

This module introduces the following study designs: experimental, cohort, case control, cross-sectional, and ecologic.

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7 videos1 reading1 assignment

7 videosTotal 65 minutes

Experimental Study Design Part 17 minutes
Experimental Study Design Part 26 minutes
Experimental Study Design Part 33 minutes
Cohort Study Design15 minutes
Case Control Study Design 13 minutes
Cross-Sectional Studies11 minutes
Ecologic Studies10 minutes

1 readingTotal 10 minutes

Additional Resources10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Module 3 Quiz30 minutes

This module introduces measures of association and confidence intervals.

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5 videos1 reading1 assignment

This module introduces causality.

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2 videos1 reading1 assignment

This module concludes the course.

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1 video

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Dr. Karin Yeatts

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Reviewed on Apr 11, 2018

Thank you very much. It provided a very good basic foundation of epidemiology, public health & research designs to me. Excellent videos & additional resources. Love from Bangladesh.

Reviewed on May 23, 2020

Thanks for giving us such a good learning experience. Although there is lot of content in Public Health but arranging it a bit more properly would help students to learn and enjoy the mooc.

Reviewed on Jun 2, 2020

I had no prior knowledge on epidemiology at all. But the explanations made it easy for me to understand everything easily. Learned a great lot of new things from this course. It was great!

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