141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Recorded Annual Meeting Presentations (RAMP) are now available for purchase.
Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

Online Program

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Epidemiology of community's health—transmission, immunity, events, diseases and deaths


Saturday, November 2, 2013 : 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Dr. Joy P. Nanda, DSc, MS, MHS, MBA, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions (Ret), Johns Hopkins University (Ret), Baltimore, MD
During this session, participants will learn disease transmission methods, processes of immunity, key concepts of morbidity and mortality, how they are measured and how they are applied and interpreted in public health

Learning Areas:

Biostatistics, economics
Epidemiology
Public health or related public policy
Public health or related research
Social and behavioral sciences

Learning Objectives:
Define various measures of population events e.g. morbidity and mortality and associated numerators and denominators Describe methods of transmission Explain immunity concepts

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: As a trained community and behavioral epidemiologist, I have more than three decades of extensive research and teaching experience on methods, interpretation and application of epidemiological data and program evaluation. I have taught numerous introductory, intermediate and advanced epidemiology courses at numerous public and private institutions in the U.S. for undergraduate and graduate students as well as to members of public health community. I have also been the instructor for this LI since 2005.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

Back to: 1003.0: Epidemiology for Non-Epidemiologists Day 1 of 2 Fee: $400 for 2-Day Course