运动科学学院“卓越论坛”讲座信息（Barbara Ainsworth教授）

Instructor:Barbara Ainsworth

Name of Class:Introduction to Epidemiology

Dates: 2019年4月8日-12日 6:30-9:30pm

Location:

Monday, 3hours, Topic: Epidemiology and Pubic Health

1. Developmentof epidemiology in public health outbreaks

2. Modern epidemiology inpublic health profession

3. Descriptiveepidemiology

Handouts: PowerPointslides used in class; story to read

Tuesday, 3hours, Topic: Surveillance of Physical Activity

1. Descriptiveepidemiology of physical activity

2. Identifying people at riskfor low physical activity

3. Physicalactivity assessment

Handouts: PowerPointslides used in class; in-class exercise

Wednesday,3 hours, Topic: Physical Inactivity as a Risk Factor for Illness

1. Conceptof longitudinal studies

2. Physical Activity andInactivity as exposures for illness outcomes

3. How todetermine cause and effect associations in longitudinal studies

Handouts: PowerPointslides used in class

Thursday, 3hours, Topic: Continuation of Wednesday’s class

1. Computingthe relative risk and 95% confidence interval & strength of association

2. Practiceproblems

3. Readingan epidemiology research study

Handouts: PowerPointslides used in class; sample manuscript & questions

Friday, 3hours, Topic: Understanding Epidemiology Study Results

1. Reviewingepidemiology research studies

Handouts: PowerPointslides used in class; manuscript tables

Barbara Ainsworth, PhD, MPH is a Regents’ Professor ofHealth Solutions at Arizona State University, USA. Her expertise is in physicalactivity epidemiology and evaluation of the energy costs of physical activity.