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PHE 534 / 634 – Social Epidemiology Methods & Theory

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Surveys social epidemiology practice including measurement, study design, analysis and translation for researching behavioral, social, economic, and cultural determinants of population distributions of health outcomes. The course emphasizes the application of social epidemiology methods tightly coupled to theory salient to community health practice & policy.

Prerequisites

Epi 512 – Epidemiology I
BSTA 525 – Introduction to Biostatistics

Slash Listed Courses

Also offered as PHE 634 for doctoral students.


¹ CEPH Primary Instructional Faculty
² CEPH Non-Primary Instructional Faculty

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