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    This document outlines the course Applied Epidemiology (PPH 413) at Kenyatta University's Environmental Health Department. The course will cover descriptive and analytical study designs including case series, cross-sectional surveys, retrospective and prospective studies, case-control studies, cohort studies, and randomized controlled trials. Students will learn about exposure and risk measures, disease monitoring and modeling, the Mantel-Haenzel procedure, disease surveillance, and disease control strategies. The final exam counts for 70% of the evaluation and there are two sit-in CATs counting for 30%. Recommended references include textbooks by Gordis and Bonita et al.

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    This document outlines the course Applied Epidemiology (PPH 413) at Kenyatta University's Environmental Health Department. The course will cover descriptive and analytical study designs including case series, cross-sectional surveys, retrospective and prospective studies, case-control studies, cohort studies, and randomized controlled trials. Students will learn about exposure and risk measures, disease monitoring and modeling, the Mantel-Haenzel procedure, disease surveillance, and disease control strategies. The final exam counts for 70% of the evaluation and there are two sit-in CATs counting for 30%. Recommended references include textbooks by Gordis and Bonita et al.

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    KENYATTA UNIVERSITY

    ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT


    COURSE NAME: APPLIED EPIDEMIOLOGY (PPH 413)

    Lecturer: Mr. Jonathan Abuga

    Evaluation: Final exam (70%), 2 sit-in CATs (30%)

    Course outline

    Descriptive studies: case series, cross-sectional surveys, retrospective and prospective studies.

    Analytical studies: case-control, cohort, experimental study designs, randomized, controlled


    trials (clinical and community trials).

    Exposure and risk. Measures of association/risk: Relative risk, odds ratio and attributable risk.

    Monitoring and modeling for diseases.

    The mantel hanzel procedure and its application.

    Disease surveillance.

    Disease control strategies

    Recommended References
    1. Epidemiology, 4th edition by Leon Gordis
    2. Basic Epidemiology, 2nd Edition by Bonita R, Beaglehole R & Kjellstrom T
    3. Articles and others reading materials given from time to time

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