Cohort 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 cohort study and discusses how to calculate measures of disease (prevalence, risks) and disease association (relative risk).

Learning Objectives: 
  • Describe the basic steps of conducting a cohort study
  • Discuss how to calculate measures of disease (prevalence, risk) and disease association (relative risk)
  • Practice conducting basic analysis for an example outbreak
  • Provide examples of recent outbreak investigations that have used the cohort study design
PHEP Capabilities: 
Public Health Surveillance and Epidemiological Investigation