Case Control Studies

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 the ERIC Notebook offered by the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health gives an introduction to case control studies. It includes examples and practice questions.

Learning Objectives: 
  • Describe the basic case control study design
  • Describe the advantages and disadvantages of case-control studies
  • Define, calculate and interpret the odds ratio (OR)
  • Determine the appropriate source population for the cases in case control studies
  • Determine the appropriate source population for the control group in case control studies
PHEP Capabilities: 
Public Health Surveillance and Epidemiological Investigation