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REASSESSING THE ROLE OF
EPIDEMIOLOGY IN PUBLIC HEALTH
Mohammed Sultan
Jazan University, Saudi Arabia
T
he oral presentation will cover the scope and different
roles of epidemiology in public health. Epidemiology is
the backbone of public health. It is the basic science of public
health, as it is the science that describes the relationship of
health and disease with other health-related factors in human
populations. It provides the basic knowledge related to: health
and disease occurrence, distribution and trends through pub-
lic health surveillance (Descriptive epidemiology), causes and
risk factors of diseases and health related events (Analytical
epidemiology), effectiveness of population-based control and
preventive measures (Interventional epidemiology). Further-
more, epidemiology provide health professionals with the ap-
propriate methodologies to evaluate the effectiveness of the
newly developed preventive and curative procedures as vac-
cines (Clinical trials & Community trials), that played a signif-
icant role in diseases elimination and eradication. In addition,
epidemiology will continue to be a main source of knowledge
for health policy. Case studies based on real life public health
issues and events will be presented to reinforce the different
roles of epidemiology in public health as well as public health
policy.