2nd Edition
Basic Principles of Epidemiology
1. Introduction
2. Transmission of Communicable Diseases and Concepts of Disease Causation
3. Measures of Morbidity and Mortality
4. Epidemiological Study Designs: An Overview
5. Descriptive Studies
6. Cross-Sectional Studies
7. Case-Control Studies
8. Cohort Studies
9. Clinical Trials
10. Survival Analysis
11. Evaluation of a Diagnostic Test and Screening in Health
12. Measures of Agreement
13. Investigation of an Epidemic
14. Public Health Surveillance
15. Bias, Confounding, and Interaction in Epidemiological Studies
16. Causality in Epidemiology
17. Sample Size Estimation for Epidemiological Studies
18. Sampling Methods
19. Application of Artificial Intelligence in Public Health
20. Ethical Considerations in Epidemiological Research with Human Subjects
Biography
Mohammad Tajul Islam, MBBS, DTM&H, MSc (CTM), MPH, is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Public Health at North South University, Bangladesh. Previously, he served as a Technical Advisor for the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and as a Senior Advisor for Save the Children International. With extensive experience in research and public health intervention programs, he has contributed significantly to the field.
Mohammad Delwer Hossain Hawlader, MBBS, MPH, PhD, is a Professor of Public Health and Director, NSU Global Health Institute (NGHI) at North South University, Bangladesh. He has extensive experience of leading multiple international collaborative research projects. He authored over 150 international peer-reviewed journal publications and three book chapters.
Russell Kabir, BDS, MPH, MSs, PhD, is Associate Professor of Public Health & Biostatistics at Anglia Ruskin University, UK. He leads the MSc Public Health and Community Wellbeing programme at Chelmsford, Essex. He is the author of over 180 peer-reviewed publications and has co-authored many edited book chapters.
