Nigel Paneth, MD, MPH  

Professor of Epidemiology and Pediatrics and Human Development

Associate Dean for Research                           The course has five sections
College of Human Medicine        
Michigan State University                                1. Overview of epidemiology
4660 S. Hagadorn Rd. Suite 600                    2. Measurement of disease in populations
East Lansing, MI 48823                                  3. Source and types of epidemiologic data
Phone: (517) 353-8623                                  4. Epidemiologic study design
Fax: (517) 432-1130                                      5. Deriving causal inferences

SESSION

CLASS NO.

TOPIC

 Spanish Version   Portuguese version

TOPIC AREA 1: OVERVIEW OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

 translated by Nicolas Padilla

 translated by Maria Rita Barros Justino

1.1

1  (week 1)

Nature and uses of epidemiology

 Introducción a la Epidemiología

 INTRODUÇÃO Á EPIDEMIOLOGIA

1.2

2  (week 1)

Disease transmission and context

Transmisión de enfermedad y contexto

 TRANSMISSÃO DA DOENÇA E SEU CONTEXTO

TOPIC AREA 2: MEASUREMENT OF DISEASE IN POPULATIONS

 

2.1a

3  (week 2)

Disease categorization and classification

Clasificación y categorización de enfermedades

CLASSIFICAÇÃO E CATEGORIZAÇÃO DAS DOENÇAS

2.1b

4  (week 3)

Population sampling

Muestreo de la población

 AMOSTRA POPULACIONAL

2.2

5-6  (weeks 3,4)

Measures of disease frequency, association

 Mediciones de frecuencia de enfermedad MEDIDAS DA FREQÜÊNCIA DE UMA DOENÇA Part I.  Part II.
   

2.3

7-8  (week 5)

Standardized rates and ratios, age/cohort/period analysis

Tasas y razones estandarizadas, Análisis edad/cohorte/periodo

 TAXAS E RAZÕES PADRONIZADAS, ANÁLISES DE: IDADE, PERÍODO E COORTE    

2.4

9-10 (week 6)

Validity, reliability, screening for disease

Validez, integridad y monitoreo para la enfermedad

 VALIDAÇÃO, INTEGRIDADE E MONITORAMENTO DAS DOENÇAS  

2.5

11 (week 7)

Survival and the life table

Tablas de Sobrevida y vida

 TABELAS DE VIDA E DE SOBREVIDA

TOPIC AREA 3: SOURCES AND TYPES OF EPIDEMIOLOGIC DATA

 

3.1

13  (week 8)

Special session on how to computer search and use libraries and vital data systems

 

  

3.2

14  (week 8)

Vital data

 Morbidity data:  registries, surveillance

Datos vitales

Datos de morbilidad: registros, monitoreo

 DADOS VITAIS 

DADOS DE MORBIDADE: REGISTROS E VIGILÂNCIAS

TOPIC AREA 4: EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDY DESIGNS

 

4.1a

15  (week 9)

Study base and directionality

Base de estudios y direccionabilidad,

4.1b

16  (week 9)

Community surveys

encuestas comunitarias

4.2

17 (week 10)           

Randomized trials

Estudios aleatorizados

  

4.3

18-19 (weeks 10,11)

Cohort studies

 Estudios Cohorte  
   

4.4

20-21 (weeks 11,12)

Case-control studies

 Estudios de casos y controles  
   

TOPIC AREA 5: DERIVING CAUSAL INFERENCES

    

5.1

22-23 (weeks 12,13)

Bias and confounding

 Sesgos y confusores  
   

5.2

24-25 (weeks 13,14)

Statistical association and causality

 Asociación estadística y causalidad