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Infection and immunity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Infection and immunity

...epidemiology. Epidemiology [eppy-deem-ee-yoll-odjee] is the statistical study of data on the occurrence, distribution, potential causes, prevention and control of diseases, disorders and disabilities (the three Ds) in human populations. Epidemiologists (experts in this discipline) collect and analyse population data to discover ‘Who gets ill and why?’ Snow plotted the...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Exploring anxiety
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring anxiety

...epidemiology' (Whiteford et al., 2015). Clearly then, the cultural context in which a diagnosis is made is an important factor for epidemiological studies based on diagnostic classifications. Fortunately, this is acknowledged in DSM-5. Box 4 lists some of the significant changes from the previous edition of the DSM that are relevant to anxiety. Box 4 Major changes from...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements
Society, Politics & Law

Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements

...Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) and United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), 2019). During the rest of the twenty-first century, climate change and changes to land use practices are projected to make wildfires even more frequent and intense. It is predicted that global wildfires will increase by 14 percent by 2030, 30 per cent by 2050, and 50 percent...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Young people’s wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Young people’s wellbeing

...epidemiology in mental health, 9, pp. 1–50. Fullagar, S.P. (2005) ‘The paradox of promoting help-seeking: Suicide, risk and the governance of youth’, International Journal of Critical Psychology, 14, pp. 31–51. Hall, W. J., Chapman, M. V., Lee, K. M., Merino, Y. M., Thomas, T. W., Payne, B. K., Eng, E., Day, S. H. and Coyne-Beasley, T. (2015) ‘Implicit...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Obesity: balanced diets and treatment
Science, Maths & Technology

Obesity: balanced diets and treatment

...epidemiological data (e.g. Sternfeld et al., 2004) do suggest that even mild exercise over a prolonged period is associated with a worthwhile reduction in the normal age-related increase in body weight observed in middle-aged women. Current drug treatments for obesity are limited, in part because of problems with side effects. One recent (2004) development, currently in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Mental health in society
Health, Sports & Psychology

Mental health in society

...Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 23(2), pp. 155–65. Wing, J.K. and Brown, G.W. (1970) Institutionalism and Schizophrenia, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. Yates, M. (2021) ’Rebellious Vagrants: Fires, Fights and Fisticuffs at the Mansfield Union in the Mid-Late Victorian Period’, Midland History, 46(3), pp. 301–17...Mental health in society: Further...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Interpreting data: Boxplots and tables
Science, Maths & Technology

Interpreting data: Boxplots and tables

...epidemiology of a disease using hazard functions. Australian Journal of Satistics, 27, 283–297. A table like Table 2.1 may be adequate for someone who is merely taking a quick look at the data, perhaps prior to carrying out an analysis, but it is not the best way of presenting the figures to most readers. The objectives in producing a table that is actually being used...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Emotions and emotional disorders
Health, Sports & Psychology

Emotions and emotional disorders

...epidemiological cut offs?’, Psychological Medicine, vol. 32, pp. 1195–201. Mitchell, A.J., Vaze, A. and Rao, S. (2009) ‘Clinical diagnosis of depression in primary care: a meta-analysis’, The Lancet, vol. 374, pp. 609–19. Murray, C.L. and Lopez, A.D. (1996) The Global Burden of Disease: A comprehensive assessment of mortality and disability from disease,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs