GERO 681 - Epidemiology of Aging

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This core course covers applications of the principle and methods of epidemiology and preventive medicine to the study of aging. There is a review of health assessment techniques that are potentially useful for conducting epidemiological studies of older people; the epidemiology of selected diseases common to old age; primary, secondary and tertiary prevention, as applied to older people, focusing on psycho-social and environmental aspects of health; and differing ideas of long-term care and its role in the prevention, intervention and treatment of illness in older people. Students learn how to evaluate and present research in a specific area of gerontological epidemiology with faculty supervision.
Note: Also listed as PREV 681.