This course covers the principles of epidemiologic research aiming to provide the evidence base for community-based screening and primary prevention. Regarding screening, topics concern methods to estimate the burden of disease due to specific causes, to assess the potential effects of early treatment, and to examine the properties of community-based diagnostic tests. Associated measures are i.e. the population-attributable risk, effect size and sensitivity, specificity and positive and negative predictive values. With respect to primary prevention, attention will be paid to the specific requirements for performing community-based interventions, such as the design of studies.
Strategies for randomization such as individual and cluster-based randomization will be discussed and quasi-experimental studies will be introduced. As regards the analyses, associated statistical methods such as ordinary regression and multilevel analyses will be discussed. Finally, problems met in practical data collection and potential solutions will be provided as a hands-on start for research projects in public health.
Study load
4 ECTS credit points
Calendar
Registration
Ms. R.C. (Renate) Kroese (r.c.kroese@med.umcg.nl)
Phone: +31 50 363 2868
Coordinators
ms. U. (Ute) Bültmann, Phd
prof. S.A (Menno) Reijneveld
Additional information
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