Methods in social epideiology
| Numbering Code | P-PUB01 8K035 LB90 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ Intensive, First semester |
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| Number of Credits | 1 | Course Type | Lecture |
| Target Year | Professional degree students | Target Student | |
| Language | Japanese and English | Day/Period | Intensive |
| Instructor name | KONDO NAOKI (Graduate School of Medicine Professor) | ||
| Outline and Purpose of the Course |
In clinical practice, it is common to encounter patients with social issues such as poverty and isolation. By providing medical care that takes into account the social issues and residential environment of patients, we can expect to increase the effectiveness of treatment and prevention. In this course, students will learn the practical aspects of social epidemiology research in clinical settings, including research to evaluate disparities in patients' health, access to medical services, and treatment effectiveness due to socioeconomic status, as well as the development and evaluation of intervention methods to resolve these issues. This course will provide you with the basic knowledge and skills necessary to build evidence to prevent patients from returning to the environment that made them sick. |
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| Course Goals |
・ Learn how to evaluate patients' socioeconomic problems. ・ Learn the key topics of social epidemiology research, which is mainly conducted in clinical practice, and how to conduct them. ・ Learn the basics of causal inference using multilevel analysis, counterfactual models, Directed Acyclic Graphs, etc., which are widely used in social epidemiology. |
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| Schedule and Contents |
The following dates are subject to change. 1. 6/14 Topics of social epidemiology research in clinical settings 2. 6/21 Descriptive epidemiology: Distribution of health inequalities and how to evaluate the data (Yuri Ito) 3. 6/28 Observational study: Inferring the relationship between individual social factors and health 4. 7/5 Experimental and quasi-experimental research: Verifying the effects of interventions 5. 7/12 Causal inference in social epidemiology (Kosuke Inoue) 6. 7.19 Multilevel analysis in social epidemiology (Koryu Sato) 7. 7/26 Research on social prescribing (Daisuke Nishioka) 8. 8/1 Making a research plan of social epidemiology |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy | Attendance 40% Report 60% | ||
| Course Requirements | None | ||
| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) | You will make a research plan in this course. If you wish to actually proceed with the research plan you are creating, please consult with the course instructor (Kondo) for advice and support for building a research team. | ||
