TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 3. Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Surveillance A1 - Martin, Christopher A2 - Markle, William H. A2 - Fisher, Melanie A. A2 - Smego, Raymond A. PY - 2014 T2 - Understanding Global Health, 2e AB - Understand the important contributions of chance, bias, and confounding as potential sources of false epidemiologic associations and apply methods to control for these factorsDescribe commonly used measures of morbidity and mortality as they are used in the global settingDiscuss the various types of epidemiologic study designs together with their relative strengths and weaknesses as well as the measures of association they provideInterpret test results within the context of screening and surveillance with attention to sensitivity, specificity, and predictive valueApply epidemiologic methods to the control of infectious diseaseDistinguish the two types of surveillance and describe the components of a useful surveillance program SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57931605 ER -