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Epidemiology: A research manual for South Africa

Epidemiology: A research manual for South Africa

9780199059713
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What is the nature of epidemiology? Why is epidemiology so important in the context of health, and particularly public health, in South Africa? How can it help us answer important questions in clinical medicine and public health? Epidemiology:: A Research Manual for South Africa 3e provides lecturers with useful resources on which to base introductory Epidemiology and Research Methods courses and helps to answer these questions. Written by South African experts, Epidemiology:: A Research Manual for South Africa 3e is aimed at undergraduate or postgraduate students encountering epidemiology and, more generally, quantitative public health research methods for the first time. Epidemiology is taught within the following programmes:: MBChB, BCur, Diploma:: Primary Health Care, and National Diploma:: Environmental Health. It enables readers to evaluate data critically and to report their findings lucidly and accurately.
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OUP South Africa
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9780199059713
9780199059713

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Publication date
2014
Issue number
3
Cover
paperback
Pages count
390
Weight (g)
582
  • Section A Introducing research and epidemiology; 1 Why do epidemiologic research? A South African perspective; Rodney Ehrlich, Judy Katzenellenbogen, Stephen Tollman, John Gear; 2. Key concepts in epidemiology; 2a Causation Rodney Ehrlich; 2b Levels of prevention; Judy Katzenellenbogen, Margaret Hoffman; 2c Measures of frequency of health events; Gina Joubert; 2d Demography; Gina Joubert; 3 Research ethics, human rights and community participation; 3a Ethics, advocacy and human rights; Guide to research ethics committee submission; Jerome Singh; 3b Community participation; Ashraf Kagee, Leslie Swartz; Section B Epidemiological research methods and protocol development; 4 Planning a research project; Gina Joubert, Judy Katzenellebogen; 5 Setting objectives for research; Gina Joubert, Judy Katzenellebogen; 6 Literature review Taryn Young; Jimmy Volmink; 7 Study design Chelsea Morroni, Landon Myer; 8 Population and sampling; Gina Joubert, Judy Katzenellebogen; 9 Data collection and measurement; Gina Joubert, Judy Katzenellebogen; Section C Analysis and presentation; 10 Exploring, summarising and presenting data; Gina Joubert; 11 Analysing and interpreting epidemiological data; Gina Joubert; 12 Precision and validity in epidemiological studies: error, bias and confounding; Landon Myer, Salim Abdool-Karim; 13 Writing a research report; Rodney Ehrlich; Section D Applications of epidemiology; 14 Routine health information systems and disease surveillance; David Coetzee, Hassan Mahomed; 15 Burden of disease and mortality studies; Debbie Bradshaw; 16 Social epidemiology; Landon Myer, Rodney Ehrlich; 17 Infectious disease epidemiology; David Coetzee; 18 Outbreak investigation; David Coetzee, Nicol Coetzee, Carol Metcalf; 19 Noncommunicable disease epidemiology; Kirsty Bobrow, Rodney Ehrlich; 20 Environmental epidemiology; Angela Mathee; 21 Occupational epidemiology; Rajen Naidoo; 22 Measuring disability; Marguerite Schneider; 23 Mental health epidemiology; Crick Lund; 24 Nutritional epidemiology; Corinna Walsh, Gina Joubert; 25 Clinical Epidemiology; Landon Myer; Section E Adjuncts to epidemiologic research; 26 Health systems research; Helen Schneider; 27 Qualitative research methodology: an introduction; Donald Skinner; Appendices; I Standardisation; Gina Joubert; II Random number table; Gina Joubert; III Sample size determination, Rauf Sayed;
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