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EDC111 Introduction to Epidemiology

ND1 levelComputing & ICT10 topics

EDC111 covers 10 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Concept of epidemiology
  2. Basic disease and infection terminology
  3. Infectious disease process
  4. Modes of disease transmission
  5. Causative agents and reservoirs
  6. Human, animal and plant diseases
  7. Principles of communicable disease control
  8. Epidemic investigation steps
  9. Surveillance and notification
  10. Control of endemic and epidemic diseases

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One topic, as StudyPath teaches it.

Concept of epidemiology

Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states in specified populations, and the application of this study to control health problems. Mastering its core ideas—definition, purpose, key concepts of distribution, determinants, and the epidemiologic triad—helps students answer questions about how diseases spread, what factors influence them, and how to design interventions.

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