Section A Introducing research and epidemiology
1Why do epidemiological research? A South African perspective
2Key concepts in epidemiology
3Research ethics, human rights, and community participation
Section B Epidemiological research methods and protocol development
4Planning a research project
5Setting objectives
6Literature review
7Study design
8Population and sampling
9Data collection and measurement
Section C Data presentation, analysis and interpretation
10Exploring, summarising and presenting data
11Analysing and interpreting data
12Precision and validity: error, bias and confounding
13Traditional leadership institutions
Section D Applications of epidemiology
14Health information and surveillance
15Burden of disease and mortality studies
16Social epidemiology
17Infectious disease and epidemiology
18Outbreak investigation
19Non-communicable disease epidemiology
20Environmental epidemiology
21Occupational epidemiology
22Measuring disability
23Mental health epidemiology
24Nutritional surveys
25Clinical epidemiology
Section E Other research methodologies
26Health systems research
27Qualitative research methodology: an introduction
Appendices
Appendix I Standardisation (adjustment) of rates
Appendix II Random number table
Appendix III Sample size calculation