- Docente: Laura Dallolio
- Credits: 6
- SSD: MED/42
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Sciences and Techniques of Preventive and Adapted Physical Activities (cod. 8036)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to provide students with a basic knowledge of epidemiological methods and to acquire basic knowledge of health defence/promotion and disease prevention.
Course contents
History and definition of epidemiology.
Causation and causal inference in Epidemiology.
Sources of data regarding health events.
Measures of occurrence: incidence and prevalence.
Measures of association: relative risk, odds ratio.
Type of epidemiologic studies: randomized controlled trials, cohort studies, case-control studies, crosss-sectional studies, ecological studies.
Confounding factors and bias in epidemiological studies.
Evidence based medicine.
Social Epidemiology.
Data collection and statistical analyses with Epinfo.
Office hours
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