Public health and epidemiology fundamentals
CSP written lesson, 6 min read. CSP Domain 6: Occupational Health and Applied Science
Written with AI help from the rules it covers, then fact-checked against them. Study aid, not site-specific safety advice. The official rule controls.
What you'll learn
- Distinguish incidence from prevalence
- Calculate risk, relative risk and odds ratio from a two-by-two table
- Match cohort and case-control studies to the right measure
- Describe the chain of infection and where controls break it
What this lesson covers
This lesson covers the epidemiology a CSP needs: incidence and prevalence, risk ratios and odds ratios, study designs, the chain of infection and how to read the numbers without overreaching. It matters because exam questions give a two-by-two table and ask what the result means.
This lesson is included with a pass
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