| Course: | Epidemiology Ergonomics | ||||||||||||||||
| Year: | 1 |
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| Semester: | 2º Semestre |
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| Curricular Unit: | Biologia da Actividade Física |
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| ECTS: | 3.0 |
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| Regent: | Maria Filomena Araújo da Costa Cruz Carnide |
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| Objectives: | 1. Knowledge of fundamental concepts related to specific methodologies and and epidemiological research 2. Capacity to interpret the results of epidemiologic studies. . 3 Understand the distribution - the populations in time and space - the determinants of health and disease, and the effectiveness and impact of interventions to control health problems. 4. Capacity to design an epidemiological study |
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| Contents: | Epidemiology, definition and methods: historical perspective and main objectives. Descriptive epidemiology: definition, methods and relevance Analytical epidemiology: definition, methods and relevance Interventional epidemiology: definition and methods Main parameters used in epidemiology: Population, sample, crude and specific rates, adjusted rates, Incidence, Prevalence and its relationship Planning an epidemiological study: issues to be considered in protocol design. Sampling: definition and types of sampling Methods of information collection and analysis in the same Measures of association: relative risk, odds ratio, attributable risk fraction, population attributable risk, prevention fraction. Principles of causality Bias spice and interaction Systematic reviews |
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| Evaluation: | Continuous assessment : Theoretical-component - perform a writing frequency. The frequency must have a minimum grade of 9.5. -Practical component - making worksheets 2 of which must be evaluated. All entries must have a minimum grade of 9.5. The note of this component is 30% of final grade the discipline. Final evaluation : • Conducting an examination consisting of a written, practical and oral test. To access the oral exam is required obtain evidence in writing and practice a minimum grade of 9.5. The final grade is 70% of 30% theoretical component and the practical component. |
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| Bibliography: | Beaglehole R, Bonita R & Kjellström T (2003). Básica.Lisboa Epidemiology. National School of Public Health. Hulley, S., Cummings, S., Browner, W., Grady, D; Hearst, N., Newman, T. (2001). Designing Clinical Research: An Epidemiologic Approach. 2 nd edition. Philadelphia. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, p. 336 Last J. (1988.) Dictionary of Epidemiology. Lisbon. Directorate General of Health |
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