Before a Disease Detective can crack an outbreak, they need to know how epidemiologists think, where this science came from, and how public health keeps watch over a community's health every single day, not just during emergencies. That's what this guide covers.
The same material as a slide-by-slide deck: good for a class walkthrough or a quick visual review before practice.
The Clinical Approach vs. the Public Health Approach
How epidemiology grew from one doctor's hunch into a global science
The roles of epidemiology in public health, and the steps to solving a health problem
How a disease unfolds inside a body over time, and the many different causes of disease
Core vocabulary from CDC's Principles of Epidemiology in Public Health Practice glossary: open a group to read its terms, or tap Quiz me to test yourself
How health departments spot problems before they explode into outbreaks
Everything from this unit, condensed for your one-page cheat sheet