本課程主要在介紹健康與疾病相關的流行病學，以及介紹運用於公共衛生與臨床上常見的流行病學原則與方法。讓學生能了解罹病率與死亡率的測量方法、診斷與篩檢時的信度與效度評估、預防與治療測量有效性的評估(隨機試驗)、分析性流性病學(世代與橫斷性研究/個案對照研究以及因果關係等)。期望學生能實際運用流行病學方法來分析及批判台灣多元文化族群之健康議題。

　　The purpose of this course is an introduction of the epidemiology approach related to health and diseases. The principles and methods of epidemiology are presented with applications of epidemiology to public health and clinical practice. The goal of this course is let students understand the measures of morbidity and mortality, the validity and reliability of diagnostic and screening tests, the efficacy of preventive and therapeutic measures (Randomized Trials), and the analytic epidemiology (Cohort study , Cross-sectional study/ Case-control study, and the Causal Inference…..). Finally, students can apply the principles and methods of epidemiology to analyze and criticize health issues among multi-ethnic population in Taiwan.