091023P - WORKSHOP 2 ON ESSENTIALS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY IN PUBLIC HEALTH

Paper presented at the University Of Malaya, Department Of Social And Preventive Medicine by Professor Omar Hasan Kasule Sr.

I. DATA INTERPRETATION (19^th October 2009)

HEALTH STATUS INFORMATION (12.00pm – 01.30pm)

• Hospital Information Systems 
• Public Health Information System 
• Disease Registries with Cancer as an Example 
• Vital Health Statistics Interpretation 
• Demographic Analysis

HEALTH SERVICES INFORMATION (02.30pm – 04.00pm)

• Health Economics 
• Health Policy 
• Health Planning 
• Health Care Financing 
• Health Care Delivery

READING AND WRITING SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE (04.30pm – 06.00pm)

• Literature Search
• Critical Reading of a Journal Article
• Abuse or Misuse of Statistics
• Scientific Writing
• Scientific Publishing

II. EXPOSURE EPIDEMIOLOGY (20^th October 2009)

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES (08.00am – 09.30am)

• The Environmental Problem
• Environmental Pollution
• Epidemiological Studies
• Risk Assessment and Management

OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURES (10.00am – 11.30am)

• Occupational Hazards and Diseases
• Occupational Health Studies
• Prevention of Occupational Disease

NUTRITIONAL EXPOSURES (12.00pm – 01.30pm)

• Incidence and Prevalence of Malnutrition
• Diseases Associated with Malnutrition
• Assessment of Nutritional Status
• Epidemiological Studies of Nutritional Exposures

RADIATION EXPOSURES (02.30pm – 04.00 pm)

• Radiations: Types, Sources, and Measurement
• Effects of Radiation 
• Epidemiological Studies of Radiation 
• Prevention of Radiation Damage:

OTHER EXPOSURES (04.30pm – 6.00pm)

• Biological Markers
• Genetic Exposures
• Pharmaceutical Agents

III. DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGY (21^st October 2009)

DISEASE CLASSIFICATION and DESCRIPTION (08.00am – 09.30am)

• Classification of Disease
• Disease Description
• Disease Measurement
• Disease Diagnosis
• Disease Prognosis

DISEASE DETERMINANTS (10.00am – 11.30am)

• Concepts of Disease Causation
• Concept of Exposure
• Disease Determinants
• Variation of Disease Risk with Age

DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (12.00pm – 01.30pm)

• Concepts of Control, Eradication, and Prevention
• Preventive Medicine: Legal Basis
• Preventive Medicine: Moderation, Balance and Equilibrium

DISEASE SURVEILLANCE (02.30pm – 04.00 pm)

• Definition
• History of Surveillance
• Objectives, Methods, and Scope
• Surveillance System
• Data Collection, Analysis, and Interpretation

DISEASE SCREENING (04.30pm – 6.00pm) 

• Definition, Objectives, Organization, and Benefits
• Characteristics Of Disease & Screening Tests
• Epidemiologic Evaluation of Screening Programs
• Cost Benefit Analysis of Screening Programs
• Ethical Issues

IV. COMMUNICABLE DISEASES (22^nd October 2009)

CONCEPTS (08.00am – 09.30am)

• Epidemiological Characterization
• The Agent: Micro-Organism
• The Host
• The Disease
• Control and Prevention of Communicable Disease

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES BY VIRUSES (10.00am – 11.30am)

• Viral Infections: Feco-Oral
• Viral Infections: Air-Borne
• Viral Infections: Vector-Borne
• Viral Infections: Parenteral
• Viral Infections: Others

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES BY PROKARYOTES (12.00pm – 01.30pm)

• Bacteria Infections: Feco-Oral
• Bacterial Infections: Droplet Spread
• Bacterial Infections: Sexually Transmitted
• Bacterial Infections: Others
• Chlamydial & Rickettsial Infections

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES BY EUKARYOTES (02.30pm – 04.00 pm)

• Protozoal Infections
• Helminthic Infestations
• Fungal Infections

EMERGING COMMUNICABLE DISEASES (04.30pm – 6.00pm)

• Over-view
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases
• Viral Diseases
• Bacterial Diseases
• Parasitic Diseases:

V. NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASE (23^rd October 2009)

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION (08.00am – 09.30am)

• Incidence Trends
• Causes
• Disease Processes
• Prevention & Control

RISK FACTORS (10.00am – 11.30am)

• Nutrition:
• Alcohol:
• Tobacco 
• Physical Inactivity:
• Environmental Factors:

CANCER (12.00pm – 01.30pm)

• Incidence and Mortality
• Cancer Sites
• Risk Factors
• Cancer Prevention

DISEASES BY ORGAN SYSTEM (02.30pm – 04.00 pm)

• Cardio-Vascular and Respiratory Disorders
• Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders
• Gastro-intestinal and Genito-Urinary Disorders
• Traumatic and Musculo-skeletal Disorders
• Other Disorders

DISEASES BY AGE GROUP (04.30pm – 6.00pm)

• Intra-uterine Disorders
• Maternal Disorders
• Infant and Child Disorders
• Adolescent Disorders
• Disorders of the Elderly