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Causes of Human Disease: Understanding Causes of Disease 
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Causes of Human Disease: Understanding Causes of Disease
 at 
University of Leeds 
Overview

Learn the epidemiological methods used to understand the causes of diseases and how social factors influence their development

Duration

2 weeks

Total fee

₹8,814

Mode of learning

Online

Difficulty level

Beginner

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Course Level

UG Certificate

Causes of Human Disease: Understanding Causes of Disease
 at 
University of Leeds 
Highlights

  • Earn a certification after completion
  • Learn from expert faculty
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Causes of Human Disease: Understanding Causes of Disease
 at 
University of Leeds 
Course details

Who should do this course?
  • The course is suitable for anyone with a general interest in the science behind causes of human disease
What are the course deliverables?
  • Explain how evidence is gathered through epidemiology to measure the health of the population and understand causes of human disease
  • Discuss the social and environmental factors that contribute to causes of disease and poor health
  • Summarise key features and differences of global patterns of disease with a focus on health inequalities
More about this course
  • What causes human disease? Why do some people get a disease but others don’t? Through this course, you’ll learn how epidemiologists are helping to find answers to these complex questions and how the health of a population is measured and analysed
  • By looking at stimulating case studies, you’ll explore how the social determinants of health contribute to human disease and how health inequalities exist. You will then look at health inequalities across the globe and investigate how and why different socioeconomic factors determine human health

Causes of Human Disease: Understanding Causes of Disease
 at 
University of Leeds 
Curriculum

The main processes in understanding the structure of a population and its impact on a country’s health

Key indicators used to monitor the health status of populations and the distribution of diseases

Analytical epidemiology and how evidence is used to understand causes of human disease at the population level

Risk factors for specific health conditions

Social determinants of health that contribute to the causes of disease

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Causes of Human Disease: Understanding Causes of Disease
 at 
University of Leeds 
Faculty details

Tracey Farragher
I am Lecturer in Public Health Epidemiology at the University of Leeds

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Causes of Human Disease: Understanding Causes of Disease
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University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
Leeds ( West Yorkshire)

Phone
+91 95 6009 4426
Email
SouthAsia@leeds.ac.uk
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