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Tracey Farragher,
Michael Routledge,
and
Nazia Ahmed
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- The main processes in understanding the structure of a population and its impact on a country’s health.
- Key indicators used to monitor the health status of populations and the distribution of diseases.
- Analytical epidemiology and how evidence is used to understand causes of human disease at the population level.
- Risk factors for specific health conditions.
- Social determinants of health that contribute to the causes of disease.
- Socio-economic factors and health inequalities.
- The life course approach to the study of risk factors and the causes of disease.
- Key features and differences of global patterns of disease.
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