Module 1 - Population Health
Part 1 - Asking Questions and Generating Evidence
Contents
Page 1
Introduction
Essential Questions
Learning Objectives
Page 2
What is Public Health?
Why are Quantitative Methods Important for My Career?
Page 3
Why Study Populations?
Seven Steps to Answer Public Health Questions
Page 4
Defining Populations
Categories of Eligibility Criteria for Study Populations
Dynamic and Stationary (Fixed) Populations
Sampling from a Population
Page 5
Two Fundamental Types of Study Questions
Descriptive Research
Analytic (Causal) Research
Drawing Samples from a Population
Drawing Representative Samples for Estimating Population Parameters
Random Selection
Drawing Samples to Identify the Determinants of Health and Disease
Page 6
Association versus Causation
Page 7
Elements of a Cause
Three Essential Attributes of a Cause
The Sufficient-Component Cause model
Page 8
Induction Period and Latency
Causal Inference
Conceptual Frameworks for Evaluating Relationships Between Exposures and Outcomes
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