Gerstman, B. B. (2003). Epidemiology Kept Simple: An Introduction to Traditional and Modern Epidemiology (2nd ed.). New York: Wiley-Liss.
[Lat updated: 11/24/03]
Chap 1 (Epi Past and Present): To gather background in basic terminology, the uses of epidemiology, demographic and epidemiologic transition, and the history of epidemiology in preparation for the study of epidemiology and public health.
Chap 2 (Cause): To describe the stages in the natural history of disease and prevention, the epidemiologic iceberg, and fundamental notions of cause. including sufficient/component cause, causal interaction, the causal web, and agent, host, and environmental interaction.
Chap 3 (Infectious Disease Process): To identify the specific components of the infectious disease process.
Chap 6 (Incidence and Prevalence): To calculate and interpret various types of case counts, incidence proportions, incidence rates, and prevalences in opened and closed populations.
Chap 8 (Association and Impact): To calculate and interpret risk differences, risk ratios, and attributable fractions.
Chap 9 (Types of Studies): To understand epidemiologic hypothesis generation and the types of studies used to address epidemiology research questions.
NOT COVERED --> Chap 10 (Experimental Studies)
[MPH] Chap 11 (Observational Studies): To be able to design and interpret ecological studies, cross-sectional studies, cohort studies, and case-control studies.
Chap 12 (Error in Studies): To recognize the types and sources of systematic errors in epidemiologic studies.
Chap 16 (From Association to Causation): To incorporate sufficient background to make reasonable inferences and about cause and effect based on the information in Chap 16.