This unit describes and evaluates the main epidemiological research designs and related statistical analyses. Discussion focuses on how health and disease are measured and compared across populations and how researchers measure associations between exposures and health outcomes. Analytical skills are developed using statistical computer software for analysis of research data and the critical appraisal of epidemiological studies, which incorporates understanding of the roles of bias, chance and confounding in interpreting study results. The historical development of epidemiological and biostatistical methods and their relevance to clinical and health practice today is highlighted. The... -- Course Website
Instructor: Professor Jane Heyworth
Prerequisites: for the Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing major: (INDG1150 Aboriginal Encounters: Strangers in our Backyard or INDG1140 Knowing Country: The Dreaming and Darwin) and AHEA2201 Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing; for pre-NC2012 students: (HIST1100 Aboriginal His
