Public Health & Epidemiology

Public Health and Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of health and disease in populations. It is a field of study that uses data from many different disciplines, including biology, medicine, sociology, psychology, anthropology, and economics.

The goals of public health and epidemiology are to promote health and prevent disease. Public health and epidemiology are important because they can help us understand the causes of health and disease, and how to prevent them.

Some of the topics that are studied in public health and epidemiology include:

• Health promotion
• Disease prevention
• Health disparities
• Epidemiologic methods
• Biostatistics
• Environmental health
• Occupational health
• Community health
• Maternal and child health
• Chronic disease epidemiology
• infectious disease epidemiology