Case-Control Studies for Outbreak Investigations

Topic: 
Epidemiology & Surveillance
Format: 
Informational Brief
Time: 
40 minutes
Level: 
Introductory
University: 
University of North Carolina
PERLC: 
University of North Carolina PERLC

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Description: 

This issue of FOCUS offered by the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health covers the basics of conducting a case-control study, which uses the idea of odds to describe relationships between exposure and disease.

Learning Objectives: 
  • Describe the basic steps of conducting a case-control study
  • Discuss how to select cases and controls
  • Discuss how to conduct basic analysis for a case-control study, including odds, odds ratios, and matched analysis
  • Provide examples of recent outbreak investigations that have used the case-control study design
PHEP Capabilities: 
Public Health Surveillance and Epidemiological Investigation