Two of these courses are collaborative efforts with other UCLA Centers. Epidemiology 255/CHS 255 is offered as an elective in the Maternal and Child Health Training Program of the UCLA Center for Healthier Children and Families, and Epidemiology 259 is part of the curriculum of the UCLA Emergency Preparedness Center (formerly the Center for Public Health and Disaster Relief).

Epidemiology 247
Epidemiology of Injuries in the Elderly

Lecture, two hours. Requisite: course 100. Description of frequency of, risk factors for, and possibilities of preventing injuries in the elderly populations. Comparison of injury outcomes (morbidity and mortality) younger vs. older populations. Emphasis on methodological issues of studying elderly people. S/U or letter grading.

Epidemiology 251
Epidemiology of Nonintentional Injuries

Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Requisites: course 100 or 200, Biostatistics 100A. Pertinent epidemiology methods for study of nonintentional trauma, including that from motor vehicle crashes occupational exposures, falls, and other major external causes, which focus on research approaches data sources, analytical techniques. Substantive findings on related subproblem areas presented for critical review. Letter grading.

Epidemiology 252
Epidemiology of Assault, Homicide, and Suicide

Lecture, two hours; discussion, one hour Requisite: course 100 or 200. Presentation and evaluation of epidemiologic research approaches to study of violent injury, including description of incidence, study design, risk factor analysis, and control evaluation. S/U or letter grading.

Epidemiology 253
Acute Traumatic and Chronic Repetitive Injuries from Work-Related Exposures

Lecture, two hours; discussion, one hour. Requisites: course 100, Biostatistics 100A. Lectures and discussions on magnitude, scope, research approaches, and intervention strategies for work-related acute traumatic and chronic repetitive (musculoskeletal) injuries. Emphasis on injury research methods for all external causes of injury, utilizing epidemiology for high-risk group and risk-factor identification and injury prevention. S/U or letter grading.

Epidemiology 255/Community Health Sciences 255
Keeping Children Safe – Causes and Prevention of Pediatric Injuries

Lecture, two hours. Injuries have been leading killer of children in the U.S. for decades. Children have specific risk factor for injuries, many of which are preventable. Presentation of approaches to research and prevention of pediatric injuries. Letter grading.

Epidemiology 259
Disaster Epidemiology

Lecture, two hours. Requisites: course 100 or 200, Community Health Sciences 295. Introduction to epidemiologic methodology to study disasters and their health outcomes including surveillance, loss estimation, risk factor as assessment, intervention, and evaluation. Letter grading.

Epidemiology 417
Injury Prevention Strategies and Countermeasures

Lecture, two hours. Requisite: course 100. Lectures with discussion on injury prevention strategies and countermeasures, including critical review of effectiveness in the public health context. Emphasis on major public health injury problems from assaultive, self-inflicted, or unintentional causes. S/U or letter grading.

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