APPLIED EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PUBLIC HEALTH
APPLIED EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PUBLIC HEALTH

Summary/Abstract: Epidemiology is both a science and a fundamental method of public health. Epidemiology is a philosophy and methodology that can be applied to learning and solving a very wide range of health problems. The "art" of epidemiology is the use of different research designs and statistical methods and the application of optimal strategies to successfully respond to specific health questions and to obtain the necessary information. The epidemiological method is used to generate much of the scientific information needed by public health professionals to design, implement, and evaluate the effectiveness of disease prevention and health promotion programs. We provide an up to date review of epidemiology and public health textbooks with and specifically explore the extent to which standard methodological works by epidemiologists provide all of the analytic tools needed by those assessing public health problems and priorities. Epidemiology has a rich history of successes in determining underlying causes of diverse health problems and in assessing the effectiveness of preventive approaches.

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