180402P - INTRODUCTION TO EPIDEMIOLOGY 7: Non-Communicable Diseases

A course for staff of the Global Center for Mass Medicine at the Ministry of Health by Dr. Omar Hasan Kasule MB ChB (MUK), MPH (Harvard), DrPH (Harvard) Professor of Epidemiology at King Fahad Medical City Riyadh

7.1 EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION

7.1.1 Over-view

7.1.2 Incidence Trends

7.1.3 Causes 

7.1.4 Disease Processes

7.1.5 Prevention & Control 

7.2 RISK FACTORS

7.2.1 Nutrition

7.2.2. Alcohol

7.2.3 Tobacco  

7.2.4 Physical Inactivity

7.2.5 Environmental Factors

7.3 CANCER

7.3.1 Incidence and Mortality

7.3.2 Cancer Sites

7.3.3 Risk Factors

7.3.4 Cancer Prevention

7.4 DISEASES BY ORGAN SYSTEM

7.4.1 Cardio-Vascular and Respiratory Disorders

7.4.2 Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders

7.4.3 Gastro-intestinal and Genito-Urinary Disorders

7.4.4 Traumatic and Musculoskeletal Disorders

7.4.5 Other Disorders

7.5 DISEASES BY AGE GROUP

7.5.1 Intra-uterine Disorders

7.5.2 Maternal Disorders

7.5.3 Infant and Child Disorders

7.5.4 Adolescent Disorders

7.5.5 Disorders of the Elderly