Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases
Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases
Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases
This book provides physicians, nurses,
nurse practitioners, physician assistants, pharmacists, and others with the most
comprehensive information on routinely used vaccines and the diseases they
prevent.Topics covered includes: Principles of Vaccination, General
Recommendations on Immunization, Immunization Strategies for Healthcare
Practices and Providers, Vaccine Safety, Storage and Handling, Vaccine
Administration, Diphtheria, Haemophilus influenzae, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B,
Human Papillomavirus, Influenza, Measles, Meningococcal Disease, Mumps,
Pertussis, Pneumococcal Disease, Poliomyelitis, Rotavirus, Rubella, Tetanus and
Varicella.
Author(s): Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention,USA
This note
explains introduction to epidemiology, Frequency measures used in epidemiology,
Measures of central location and dispersion, Organizing epidemiologic data,
Public health surveillance and investigating an outbreak.
Author(s): US Department of Health and Human Services
This note covers
Concept of Health and Disease, Infectious disease epidemiology, Disease
prevention and control, Disease screening and Epidemics investigation.
This note covers Epidemiology Definition, functions, and
characteristics, An evolving historical perspective, Studying populations basic
demography, The Phenomenon of Disease, Measuring Disease and Exposure,
Standardization of rates and ratios, Relating risk factors, Analytic study
designs, Causal inference, Sources of error, Multicausality Confounding,
Multicausality Analysis approaches, Data analysis and interpretation, Practical
aspects of epidemiologic research, Data management and data analysis and
Epidemiology and public health.
Author(s): Department of Epidemiology School
of Public Health
This note explains the following topics: History of Epidemiology and
Public Health, Disease Transmission, Measures of Morbidity, Measures of
Mortality, Mortality in Different Populations, Transmissible Spongiform
Encephalopathy, Arteriosclerosis and Coronary Heart Disease, Influenza.
This note covers the following topics: Uses of Epidemiology, Two Broad
Types of Epidemiology, The Epidemiologic Triangle, Epidemiologic Activities ,
Measuring Disease Occurrence, Direct Standardization of Measures of Disease
Occurrence, Indirect standardization with examples in Stata, Measures of effect
I Risk Difference and Attributable Fraction with examples in Stata.