10 Statistical Inference and Hypothesis Testing Chapter Outline I. NATURE AND PURPOSE OF STATISTICAL INFERENCE A. Differences between Deductive and Inductive Reasoning B. Differences between Mathematics and Statistics II. PROCESS OF TESTING HYPOTHESES A. False-Positive…
11 Bivariate Analysis Chapter Outline I. CHOOSING AN APPROPRIATE STATISTICAL TEST II. MAKING INFERENCES (PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS) FROM CONTINUOUS DATA A. Joint Distribution Graph B. Pearson Correlation Coefficient C. Linear Regression Analysis III. MAKING INFERENCES (NONPARAMETRIC ANALYSIS)…
2 Epidemiologic Data Measurements Chapter Outline I. FREQUENCY A. Incidence (Incident Cases) B. Prevalence (Prevalent Cases) 1. Difference between Point Prevalence and Period Prevalence C. Illustration of Morbidity Concepts D. Relationship between Incidence and Prevalence II. RISK …
24 Introduction to Public Health Chapter Outline I. DEFINITIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH II. HEALTH IN THE UNITED STATES A. Major Sources of Mortality and Morbidity B. Actual Causes of Death C. Disability-adjusted Life Years D. Health…
6 Assessment of Risk and Benefit in Epidemiologic Studies Chapter Outline I. DEFINITION OF STUDY GROUPS II. COMPARISON OF RISKS IN DIFFERENT STUDY GROUPS A. Absolute Differences in Risk B. Relative Differences in Risk …
28 Health Management, Health Administration, and Quality Improvement Chapter Outline I. ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND DECISION MAKING II. ASSESSING ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE A. Measurement Tools and Budgeting B. Variance Analysis 1. Break-even Calculation III. BASICS OF QUALITY improvement …
8 Statistical Foundations of Clinical Decisions Chapter Outline I. BAYES THEOREM A. Community Screening Programs B. Individual Patient Care C. Influence of the Sequence of Testing II. DECISION ANALYSIS A. Steps in Creating a Decision Tree …
23 Birth Outcomes A Global Perspective Joy E. Lawn, Elizabeth M. McClure, Hannah Blencowe Chapter Outline I. BIRTH COUNTS II. DEFINING BIRTH OUTCOMES A. Epidemiologic Definitions and Time Periods 1. Preterm Birth and Stillbirth …
3 Epidemiologic Surveillance and Epidemic Outbreak Investigation Chapter Outline I. SURVEILLANCE OF DISEASE A. Responsibility for Surveillance B. Creating a Surveillance System C. Methods and Functions of Disease Surveillance 1. Establishment of Baseline Data 2. Evaluation…
15 Methods of Primary Prevention Health Promotion Chapter Outline I. SOCIETY’S CONTRIBUTION TO HEALTH II. GENERAL HEALTH PROMOTION III. BEHAVIORAL FACTORS IN HEALTH PROMOTION A. Theories of Behavior Change 1. Health Belief Model 2. Stages of…
