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Disease Detectives
Disease Detectives (Population Growth)
Online games
There are two online games that teach about investigation of an outbrake.
Free Textbook
If you are interested in more information about epidemiology, the CDC has an excellent free textbook online. It can be downloaded from the CDC. Chapter 1 is a good introduction to epidemiology. You can skip Chapter 2, you should already know what a histogram is from Math classes. Chapter 3 it is the most important and it review how to calculate risk, morbidity and mortality. Each year the regional and state competitionhere have several questions on these topics . You do not need Chapter 4. Chapter 5 and 6 have more detail that you need but give you a good idea about surveillance and how to investigate an outbreak. The glossary at the end of the book it is very useful to learn the terminology we will be using.
CDC Epidemiology Textbook.
Sun, 10/25/2009 - 14:29 — webmasterNext meeting will be next Saturday October 31st. Please try to arrive at 12:20-12:25pm. We need a full hour, but we need to spot on time as some students have other events after Disease Detective.
Please review the handout, I sent out last week, we will have a test on that handout. Read the glossary attached to this email. We will discuss it in class.
If you are interested in more information about epidemiology, the CDC has an excellent free textbook online. It can be downloaded at http://www.ihs.gov/MedicalPrograms/PortlandInjury/PDFs/PrinciplesOfEpidemiologyInPublicHealthPractice.pdf.
First Disease Detective Meeting
The first disease detective meeting will be on Saturday October 24, 12:30-1:30 pm.
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Please print and review the handout before the meeting.
Disease Detectives
Disease Detectives
This event requires students to apply principles of epidemiology to a published report of a real-life health situation or problem.
