Description:
This issue of the ERIC Notebook offered by the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health gives an introduction to cohort studies. It includes examples and practice questions.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe how cohort studies are developed and conducted
- List the advantages and disadvantages of cohort studies
- Identify whether or not a given situation warrants a prospective or retrospective study
- Define and calculate risk ratio
- Define and calculate incidence rate and incidence rate ratio
- Define and calculate risk difference and rate difference
PHEP Capabilities:
Public Health Surveillance and Epidemiological Investigation
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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