This unit provides an introduction to epidemiological and statistical concepts necessary for understanding patterns of health and disease in populations. It extends the overview provided in HSC1061, reviews how health and disease are measured, and covers how patterns of health and disease in populations are investigated, including study designs and basic statistical methods for analyzing health data. Students are introduced to different study designs and to the concepts of bias and confounding. Case studies include local, national and global examples of epidemiological research, including Australian Indigenous health issues and global health inequalities. -- Course Website
Instructor: TBA (Caulfield), TBA (South Africa)
Prerequisites: HSC1061
