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- Concepts of Health and Disease. Health and its determinants. The epidemiological transition of the 20th century. Prevention of infectious and non-communicable diseases (primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention). -Secondary prevention. Screening tests. Characteristics of diseases suitable for screening. Characteristics of screening tests. Accuracy of screening tests: sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value. - Aims of epidemiology and main types of epidemiological studies (descriptive, cross-sectional, case-control, and cohort studies). - Measures of frequency: prevalence and incidence. - Measures of association: relative risk, odds ratio, hazard ratio, attributable risk. - Main sources of bias and confounding and techniques for their control. - Experimental studies: clinical trials.

- Concepts of Health and Disease. Health and its determinants. The epidemiological transition of the 20th century. Prevention of infectious and non-communicable diseases (primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention). -Secondary prevention. Screening tests. Characteristics of diseases suitable for screening. Characteristics of screening tests. Accuracy of screening tests: sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value. - Aims of epidemiology and main types of epidemiological studies (descriptive, cross-sectional, case-control, and cohort studies). - Measures of frequency: prevalence and incidence. - Measures of association: relative risk, odds ratio, hazard ratio, attributable risk. - Main sources of bias and confounding and techniques for their control. - Experimental studies: clinical trials.