A Short Introduction to Epidemiology 2nd Edition by Neil Pearce Centre For Public Health Research Massey University ISBN 9780476012363 0476012368

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ISBN 10:  0476012368

ISBN 13: 9780476012363

Author: Neil Pearce Centre For Public Health Research  Massey University

Neil Pearce’s A Short Introduction to Epidemiology offers a crisp, coherent grounding in epidemiologic methods—from design through interpretation—structured around clarity, practical examples, and public health relevance. It’s an excellent primer for both students and practitioners.

 

Table of contents: 

1. Introduction
       – Germs and miasmas
       – Risk factor epidemiology
       – Epidemiology in the 21st century

PART 1: Study Design Options

2. Incidence Studies
       – Incidence studies
       – Defining the source population and risk period
       – Incidence case-control studies

3. Prevalence Studies
       – Prevalence studies
       – Prevalence case-control studies

4. More Complex Study Designs
       – Other axes of classification
       – Continuous outcome measures
       – Ecologic and multilevel studies

PART 2: Study Design Issues

5. Precision
       – Basic statistics
       – Study size and power

6. Validity
       – Confounding
       – Selection bias
       – Information bias

7. Effect Modification
       – Concepts of interaction
       – Additive and multiplicative models
       – Joint effects

PART 3: Conducting a Study

8. Measurement of Exposure and Health Status
       – Exposure
       – Health status

9. Cohort Studies
       – Defining the source population and risk period
       – Measuring exposure
       – Follow-up

10. Case-Control Studies
        – Defining the source population and risk period
        – Selection of cases
        – Selection of controls
        – Measuring exposure

11. Prevalence Studies (Conduct)
        – Defining the source population
        – Measuring health status
        – Measuring exposure

PART 4: Analysis and Interpretation of Studies

12. Data Analysis
        – Basic principles
        – Basic analyses
        – Controlling for confounding

13. Interpretation
        – Appraisal of a single study
        – Appraisal of all available evidence

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