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Notice to Readers: Epidemiology in Action: Intermediate Methods
Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health
Epidemiology/International Health Departments and CDC
will cosponsor "Epidemiology in Action: Intermediate
Methods" during February 24--28, 2003. The course provides
additional training in applied epidemiology to those who have taken the introductory "Epidemiology in Action" or a
similar introductory course in applied epidemiology. The focus of this course is aimed at strengthening the quantitative skills
needed by public health practitioners working to resolve public health problems and institute control and prevention measures.
The emphasis is on data analysis procedures to evaluate an exposure-disease relation involving several explanatory
variables.
The course includes a review of the fundamentals of
descriptive epidemiology and biostatistics, options for control
of extraneous variables, stratification, matching, logistic regression, modeling strategies, survival analysis,
and computer programs useful in epidemiology.
Successful completion of work in fundamentals of epidemiology and biostatistics, familiarity with use of a
computer, including previous experience in Epi Info and/or SAS, is
required. Participation in the introductory Epidemiology In
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February 1 or until filled.
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