EPID 5420 - Epidemiology of Chronic Disease

(3 credits)

Prerequisites: EPID 5100.

Examines chronic disease from an epidemiologic perspective. Students learn and apply epidemiologic methods to the evaluation, prevention, and control of chronic diseases of major public health importance in the United States. Topics may include chronic disease surveillance, development of community-based interventions, the role of public health agencies and health care systems in the prevention and control of chronic disease, and socio-economic and behavioral factors in the etiology of chronic illness.

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