PH 139 Measuring Health

PH 139 will develop strong foundations in introductory analytic epidemiology and cultivate the ability to communicate epidemiologic concepts in plain language.  Analytic epidemiology, the science of investigating patterns and determinants of disease and its consequences in populations, is foundational to any effort to improve health or healthcare.  Through published studies and hands-on data analysis, students will examine, derive, and interpret measures of disease (summary outcome measures including means, medians, risks and rates; prevalence, incidence, and mortality), its determinants and consequences (measures of effect including difference, risk ratios, attributable risk, population attributable risk, and PAR%), and the role of chance (statistical inference, including p-values and confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, Type I and Type II error) in interpreting these relationships.

0.65 Dartmouth Units: (HP, P, LP, NC)

*Core Requirement for Residential MPH and MS

Prerequisites: None

Offered: Summer - Monday 1:05 pm – 2:45 pm, 3:05 pm - 4:05 pm ; Lab Wednesday 1:05pm – 4:00pm

Instructor

Brenda Sirovich