Epidemiology

Epidemiology: Principles and Methods for All Health Professionals is designed to address the specific needs and challenges of all health professionals. The textbook begins with a comprehensive introduction to the field of epidemiology, outlining its history and fundamental goals. It discusses statistical and valid statistical associations, including discussion of chance, bias, and confounding, as well as criteria for judging causality based on the totality of the evidence. The text explores various study designs, including descriptive and analytic studies, with detailed analyses on case reports, cohort studies, and randomized controlled trials. It further addresses epidemiological methods, such as risk measurement, and examines the internal and external validity of studies. The text highlights the role of epidemiology in disease prevention, health promotion, surveillance, evidence-based public health policy, and clinical practice.

Epidemiology is ideal for courses and programs in epidemiology, biostatistics, public health, and clinical research methods.

Gina Seits, BS is Assistant Director of Population Health Administration and Grant Support at the COM, FAU.

Panagiota Kitsantas, Ph.D. is Professor of Biostatistics/Epidemiology at the Department of Health Administration and Policy, George Mason University. She is formerly Professor and Chair of the Department of Population Health at the Schmidt College of Medicine (COM), Florida Atlantic University (FAU).

Maria Carmenza Mejia, M.D., M.P.H., FACPM, FASAM is Professor of Population Health at the COM at FAU and is double board certified in preventive and addiction medicine. She is formerly Professor of Family and Community Medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine.

Charles H. Hennekens, M.D., FACPM, FACC is the first Sir Richard Doll Professor of Medicine and Preventive Medicine at the COM, FAU. He is formerly the first John Snow as well as first Eugene Braunwald Professor of Medicine at the Harvard Medical School and first Chief of Preventive Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital.