362 EPH Required Readings

This Page will have all the Required Readings for Epidemiology and Population Health (362 EPH). It will be updated periodically. So you will need to check frequently.

Spring 2011

  1. Prevalence and Incidence
  2. Prevalence Rate
  3. Incidence Rate
  4. Read the ABSTRACT of Prevalence of overweight and obesity among children in the UAE
  5. Read the ABSTRACT of Global Prevalence of Diabetes
  6. Read the ABSTRACT of Incidence of Down syndrome in Dubai, UAE
  7. UAE Basic Health Indicators
  8. Traffic fumes ‘trigger 9,000 heart attacks a year in Britain
  9. Online global atlas shows prevalence of leading infectious cause of blindness
  10. Disability-Adjusted Life Year (DALY)
  11. Read the first page of National Survey of Health and Development (longest-running birth-cohort study in the world)
  12. Experts raise alarm on childhood obesity in UAE
  13. WHO assesses global burden of disease from chemical exposure
  14. Read the BACKGROUND section on pages 1 and 2 of Does the socioeconomic context explain both mortality and income inequality? Prospective register-based study of Norwegian regions
  15. Half of deaths in UAE caused by heart diseases
  16. Safety Checklists Cut Down on Hospital Mortality Rates: Study
  17. Steady obesity epidemic plagues Canada, U.S.
  18. Rates for New Cancer Cases and Deaths by Race/Ethnicity and Sex
  19. What is Health Inequity?
    Read the 5 definitions of the 5 terms. The rest is a list of examples.
  20. European life expectancy increasing
  21. Traffic deaths No.1 infant killer in UAE
  22. Read the ABSTRACT .. Epidemiology of foot injury in a high-income developing country
  23. Social inequity in maternal health (Read it all)
  24. Read the ABSTRACT .. Health Inequity in Children and Youth With Chronic Health Conditions
  25. Read the ABSTRACT .. Poverty and inequity in adolescent health care.
  26. Health_Inequities and Why it Matters
  27. Video .. Health Inequalities – Social Determinants of Health Film
  28. Video .. Poverty .. A Social Determinant of Health
  29. UAE population up by 65% in four years
  30. Poverty .. Definition
  31. Read the first two paragraphs of Super Size Me
  32. UAE: Teens are more health-conscious but they still try smoking, survey says
  33. UAE: Poor food and no play fatten school students
  34. UAE: Blood disorders on the rise in UAE
  35. ABSTRACT : Adverse Events in Hospitals May be Ten Times Greater than Previously Measured
  36. THE HHS ACTION PLAN TO REDUCE RACIAL AND ETHNIC HEALTH DISPARITIES
  37. ABSTRACT: Access to care, health status, and health disparities in the United States and Canada.
  38. Abu Dhabi: Injury statistics system about to launch online
  39. Epidemiological Studies
  40. Prevalence of Multiple Sclerosis in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  41. ABSTRACT : Prevalence of Depression and Suicidal Behaviors Among Male Migrant Workers in United Arab Emirates
  42. Read the first 2 paragraphs: UAE Health Advertisements Regulation Could Challenge Industry
  43. Health initiative aims to make UAE free from iodine deficiencies
  44. Plan to bar entry of people with infectious diseases into UAE
  45. UAE is facing a heart health crisis

THAT is it (Readings from 21 to 45 are included in the final exam….

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Posted on February 25, 2011 at 9:11 am by DrHayajneh · Permalink
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