Epidemiology by Design: A Causal Approach to the Health Sciences

Epidemiology is recognized as the science of public health, evidence-based medicine, and comparative effectiveness research.
Causal inference is the theoretical foundation underlying all of the above. No introduction to epidemiology is complete without extensive discussion of causal inference; what's missing is a textbook that takes such an approach.

Epidemiology by Design takes a causal approach to the foundations of traditional introductory epidemiology. Through an organizing principle of study designs, it teaches epidemiology through modern causal inference approaches, including potential outcomes, counterfactuals, and causal identification conditions.

Coverage in this textbook includes:

Introduction to measures of prevalence and incidence (survival curves, risks, rates, odds) and measures of contrast (differences, ratios); the fundamentals of causal inference; and principles of diagnostic testing, screening, and surveillance

Description of three key study designs through the lens of causal inference: randomized trials, prospective observational cohort studies, and case-

Platform:

OvidSP

Publisher:

Oxford University Press

Product Type:

Book

Author:

Westreich, Daniel

ISBN:

978-0-19-066576-0

Specialty:

• Medical Education
• Epidemiology
• Evidence-Based Medicine

Language:

English

Edition:

1st

Pages:

240

Publication Year:

2019

Doody's Star Rating®:

Score:

96

Doody Core Title Score:

• 2.2 (Epidemiology)

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