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Course syllabus - Methods to Investigate Health

Scope

7.5 credits

Course code

FHA062

Valid from

Autumn semester 2015

Education level

Second cycle

Progressive Specialisation

A1N (Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements).

Main area(s)

Science of Public Health

School

School of Health, Care and Social Welfare

Ratified

2014-11-20

Status

This syllabus is not current and will not be given any more

Literature lists

Course literature is preliminary up to 8 weeks before course start. Course literature can be valid over several semesters.

    • Ratified date: 2015-09-23
    • Latest update: 2015-09-23

    Books

    Bonita, R.; Beaglehole, R.; Kjellström, Tord.

    Basic epidemiology [electronic resource]

    2nd ed. : Geneva : World Health Organization, c2006. - 1 online resource (xi, 213 p.)

    ISBN: 978-92-4-068183-5 (electronic bk.) LIBRIS-ID: 11926375

    URL: Link

    Szklo, Moyses; Nieto, F. Javier

    Epidemiology : beyond the basics

    3rd ed. : Sudbury, Mass : Jones & Bartlett Publishers Inc, cop. 2014 - xiii, 515 s.

    ISBN: 9781449604691 LIBRIS-ID: 16732765

    Articles

    Mann, C J

    Observational research methods. Research design II: cohort, cross sectional, and case-control studies

    Emergency Medicine Journal 2003 : 20,

    Shapiro, Samuel

    Causation, bias and confounding: a hitchhiker’s guide to the epidemiological galaxy. Part 1. Principles of causality in epidemiological research: time order, specification of the study base and specificity

    The Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care 2008 : 43(2),

    Shapiro, Samuel

    Causation, bias and confounding: a hitchhiker’s guide to the epidemiological galaxy. Part 2. Principles of causality in epidemiological research: confounding, effect modification and strength of association

    The Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care 2008 : 43(3),

    Shapiro, Samuel

    Causation, bias and confounding: a hitchhiker’s guide to the epidemiological galaxy. Part 1. Principles of causality in epidemiological research: statistical stability, dose- and duration-response effects, internal and external consistency, analogy and biological plausibility

    The Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care 2008 : 43(4),

    Szczech, Lynda Anne; Coladonato, Joseph A; Owen, W; William, F

    Key concepts in Biostatistics: Using Statistics to Answer the Question “Is there a difference?”

    Seminars in Dialysis 2002 : 15(5),

    Zaccai, J H

    How to asses epidemiological studies

    Postgraduate Medical Journal 2004 : 80,

Specific requirements

A completed bachelor´s degree from an institution of higher education of three years or more, equivalent to 180 credits in one of the following subject areas: Public Health Science, Caring Science with Specialisation in Nursing, Nursing science, Medical Science, Physiotherapy, Social Work, Sociology, Psychology, or the equivalent. In addition Swedish B/Swedish 3 and English A/English 6 are required. For courses given entirely in English exemption is made from the requirement in Swedish B/Swedish 3.

Grade

Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail