Concepts and methods used in the study of chronic diseases.
Introduction to Epidemiology: Basic epidemiological concepts and principles, including study designs, measures of disease frequency and association, and sources of error.
Chronic Disease Burden: The magnitude and impact of the leading chronic diseases worldwide, including cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory diseases.
Risk Factors: The modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors associated with chronic disease, including behavioral, environmental, genetic, and social determinants.
Natural History of Disease: The timeline of the development and progression of chronic diseases, including pre-clinical and clinical stages, and key outcomes such as mortality and disability.
Screening and Prevention: Approaches to early detection and prevention of chronic disease, including screening programs, vaccines, and lifestyle interventions.
Chronic Disease Surveillance: Monitoring and tracking the occurrence and distribution of chronic diseases over time and across populations, including static and dynamic methods.
Health Disparities: The unequal allocation of chronic disease burden and prevention resources across different populations, including ethnic and racial groups, socioeconomic status, and gender.
Health Policy and Systems: The impact of healthcare systems and policies on chronic disease prevention and management, including access to care, quality improvement, and health equity.
Methodological Issues: Challenges and limitations in conducting and interpreting epidemiologic research on chronic disease, including biases, confounding, and causality.
Emerging Issues: Current and emerging trends and challenges in chronic disease epidemiology, including aging populations, infectious disease and chronic disease overlap, and the impact of environmental and climate change.
Cancer Epidemiology: The study of the frequency, distribution, and determinants of cancer in a population.
Cardiovascular Epidemiology: The study of the causes, prevention, and treatment of heart and blood vessel diseases.
Diabetes Epidemiology: The study of the causes, prevention, and treatment of diabetes and its complications.
Alzheimer's Epidemiology: The study of the causes, risk factors, and prevention of Alzheimer's disease.
Mental Health Epidemiology: The study of the incidence, prevalence, and risk factors of mental illness in a population.
Chronic Respiratory Epidemiology: The study of chronic respiratory diseases such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and lung cancer in a population.
Autoimmune Diseases Epidemiology: The study of autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and multiple sclerosis in a population.
Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology: The study of the incidence, prevalence, and risk factors of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in a population.
Chronic Liver Disease Epidemiology: The study of liver diseases such as cirrhosis and hepatitis in a population.
Chronic Pain Epidemiology: The study of the prevalence, risk factors, and management of chronic pain in a population.