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HL20506: Epidemiology in public health

Follow this link for further information on academic years Academic Year: 2019/0
Further information on owning departmentsOwning Department/School: Department for Health
Further information on credits Credits: 6      [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
Further information on notional study hours Notional Study Hours: 120
Further information on unit levels Level: Intermediate (FHEQ level 5)
Further information on teaching periods Period:
Semester 1
Further information on unit assessment Assessment Summary: CW 100%
Further information on unit assessment Assessment Detail:
  • Assignment (CW 70% - Qualifying Mark: 1)
  • Statistical Analysis Task (CW 30% - Qualifying Mark: 1)
Further information on supplementary assessment Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Further information on requisites Requisites: Before taking this module you must take HL10499
Further information on descriptions Description: Aims:
To introduce students to key epidemiological and statistical concepts and methods used in public health practice and policymaking.

Learning Outcomes:
On successful completion of this unit students will be able to demonstrate:
* Critical understanding of the history and theory of epidemiology.
* Knowledge of measures of mortality and morbidity.
* Ability to understand key statistical techniques used in public health and epidemiology.
* Ability to interpret quantitative research underpinning public health policy interventions.

Skills:
Knowledge and understanding (taught, facilitated and assessed)
Intellectual skills (facilitated and assessed)
Analytical skills to interpret quantitative data (taught, facilitated and assessed)
Mathematical/statistical skills (taught, facilitated and assessed)
Written communications (facilitated and assessed)
Problem solving (taught, facilitated and assessed)
Work independently (facilitated)
Time management and planning (facilitated).

Content:
Students will study:
* The history and theory of epidemiology, including discussion of early cases, recent innovations in the field and key theoretical concepts.
* Measures of disease occurrence (incidence, prevalence) and exposure effect (risk, rate and odds ratios and exposure response functions).
* Epidemiological study designs, including cross-sectional, case-control, cohort, intervention and ecological studies, randomised control trials, meta-analyses and systematics reviews.
* Statistical factors and techniques, such as bias and confounding, basic regression, analysis of subgroups and interaction, sample size calculations and causal inference.
* Surveillance and the critical role of routine data collection to inform epidemiological studies, quality of data, response rates.
* Contribution of epidemiology to health impact assessments (HIA).
Further information on programme availabilityProgramme availability:

HL20506 is a Designated Essential Unit on the following programmes:

Department for Health
  • UHHL-AFB18 : BSc(Hons) Health and Exercise Science (Year 2)
  • UHHL-AKB18 : BSc(Hons) Health and Exercise Science with Professional Placement (Year 2)
  • UHHL-AFM18 : MSci(Hons) Health and Exercise Science (Year 2)
  • UHHL-AKM18 : MSci(Hons) Health and Exercise Science with Professional Placement (Year 2)

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