HHSC 420 Chronic Disease and Injury Epidemiology

3 semester hours

Epidemiology is the study of health, illness, and associated factors as the population level. Overview of the history of the discipline, association and causality, and exploration of cross-sectional and case-control research will be completed in order to understand the epidemiological basis for preventative medicine. Emphasis on study design, data and specimen collection, and data analysis.

Lecture, 3 Hours

Prerequisites: BIOL 101 and MATH 104 .

Corequisite: HHSC 421 .