What is the nature of epidemiology? Why is epidemiology so important in the context of health, and particularly public health, in South Africa? How can it help us answer important questions in clinical medicine and public health?

Written by South African experts, Epidemiology: A Research Manual for South Africa 2e is aimed at undergraduate or postgraduate students encountering epidemiology, and, more generally, quantitative public health research methods for the first time. It enables readers to evaluate data critically and to report their findings lucidly and accurately. Epidemiology: A Research Manual for South Africa 2e also provides teachers with a useful resource on which to base introductory Epidemiology and Research Methods courses.

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Undergraduate and graduate students as well as practitioners of: Public health, Community health, Primary health care, Medicine, Nursing, Advanced nursing science.