Epidemiology
Code
429
Academic unit
Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública
Department
Saúde Pública e Comunidade
Credits
4.0
Teacher in charge
Carlos Manuel Matias Dias
Total hours
18
Teaching language
Português
Objectives
In the end students will be able to:
Describe the aims of epidemiology and its main uses;
Recognize the main phases of the epidemiological approach to identify health problems and search its causes;
Describe the main parameters used to measure the frequency of population health and disease status and their interpretation;
Define the concept of risk, its main variants and interpret its meaning and implications for intervention;
Describe the main types of epidemiological study and the conditions for their application;
Define the concept of screening, describe the conditions for its use and the evaluation of its effects;
Identify the role of epidemiology for health administration.
Subject matter
Introduction to the unit and e-learning support. Presentation and discussion of the program and timetable;
Introduction to the principles of epidemiology and to the epidemiological methods: relation with other disciplines;
The epidemiological approach and strategy, consequences for health administration;
Specificities of epidemiological research and its relation with other forms of research;
Critical appraisal of epidemiological studies;
Uses of epidemiology in Public Health and Health Administration.
Evaluation of the educational experience.
Bibliography
– Beaglehole, R.; Bonita, R.; Kjellstrom - Epidemiologia básica – 1ª edição portuguesa. Lisboa: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, 2003.
– Last, J - Dicionário de Epidemiologia - tradução portuguesa. Portugal, Ministério da Saúde, Departamento de Estudos e Planeamento da Saúde, 1995.
– MacMahon, Pugh – Epidemiology: Principles and Methods. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1970.
– Armenian, H.; Shapiro, S. eds. – Epidemiology and Health Services. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.
– Rothman, K.; Greenland, S. - Modern Epidemiology. Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven Pubs., 1998.
Teaching method
– Conferences and debates
– Demonstrations and case studies