Introduction 1
Part 1: Getting Started with Epidemiology 5
Chapter 1: Entering the World of Epidemiology 7
Chapter 2: Epidemiology 101 — Understanding the Basics 17
Chapter 3: Exploring the Development of Epidemiological Thinking 41
Chapter 4: Eyeing the Milestones in Public Health 59
Chapter 5: Recognizing Diseases and Controlling Them 77
Part 2: Understanding Disease Causation 103
Chapter 6: Tackling the Epidemiologic Triangle 105
Chapter 7: Inspecting Dex_scriptive Epidemiology: Person, Place, and Time 117
Chapter 8: Viewing Disease Patterns 135
Chapter 9: Linking Demography and Disease 149
Chapter 10: Digging into Math: Calculating Rates and Risks 163
Part 3: Prevention Is Better Than a Cure 187
Chapter 11: Focusing on the Levels of Prevention 189
Chapter 12: Preventing Disease with Vaccine 199
Chapter 13: Recognizing Methods of Disease Surveillance 223
Chapter 14: Investigating an Outbreak 231
Chapter 15: Identifying Disease by Screening 247
Part 4: Examining a Study Finding 265
Chapter 16: Figuring Out Whether an Association Is Causal 267
Chapter 17: Investigating the Types of Epidemiologic Studies 287
Chapter 18: Encountering Bias and Confounding 313
Chapter 19: Focusing On Ethics in Health Research 329
Part 5: The Part of Tens 343
Chapter 20: Ten Careers with a Degree in Epidemiology 345
Chapter 21: Ten Tips for Acing Your Epidemiology Classes 351
Glossary 357
Index 363
