Epidemiology and Public Health

Theoretical-Practical Aspect: It uses an expository-active methodology that is easy to understand. The exhibition will focus on identifying and understanding the basic theoretical concepts of Epidemiology and its relationship with the areas of Public, Clinical and Environmental Health. Presentation of each method (drawing) and statistical technique depending on the clinical/environmental reality.
Practical Strand: Presentation of clinical cases with interpretive theoretical models and practical exercises.
– Continuous Assessment: there are two tests (written tests). Students who obtain a classification of <7.5 values (Scale of 0 to 20 values) in the 1st Frequency are prohibited from participating in the 2nd evaluation moment. The final grade will result from the average of the ratings obtained in the two evaluations by frequency.
– Assessment by Exam: it will cover all the material taught in the subject. Rating ranges from a scale of 0 to 20 values.

On the foundations of Epidemiology as a branch of medical science integrated into an epidemiological approach to health and disease problems. Know the basic and methodological principles of research in epidemiology with application to public health as well as other scientific areas.
The student must acquire skills to:
Develop the study of morbidity and mortality phenomena and how to prevent the occurrence of certain factors responsible for these same phenomena. Ability to apply statistical measures to assess disease frequency and its relationship to disease surveillance.
The student must acquire competences to:
An extensive overview of the issues of epidemiology, epidemiological research and Public Health linked to professional practice. The acquisition of these skills will allow a better understanding of public health in terms of etiology and disease prevention, health promotion and understanding of the social and organizational environments of populations.

Part I: Epidemiology (introductory perspective); Etiology and Natural History of Diseases; Prevention levels; Health and Disease (Mechanisms and Causes of Disease; Triad: Host, Agent and Environment; Risk Factor) and Types of Causal Relationship (the determination of Cause and Effect) and common pitfalls in Causal Research (15h).
Part II: Research Designs in Epidemiology and their relation to the study of health and disease in the community (8h).
Part III: Introduction to descriptive measures in Epidemiology: Rates, Ratios and Proportions; Association and Impact Risk Measures (20h).
Part IV: Introduction to Statistical Measures at the level of Diagnosis and Agreement (20h).
Part V: Epidemiology and Public Health: The contribution of epidemiological research in the creation and development of surveillance and intervention measures in public health (12h).

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