Book Title: A Reference Guide for Field Epidemiologists
Book Description: This reference guide has been developed specifically for students, faculty and alumni of the field epidemiology training programs in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands, but is general enough for use in any intermediate level program. It contains definitions and worked examples of key field epidemiology concepts such as surveillance, outbreak investigation, and communicable disease control.
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The Field Epidemiology in Action (FEiA) team are a consortium of partners, with the core team based in Newcastle, Australia, at the Hunter New England Local Health District and University of Newcastle. FEiA supports National Departments of Health in the Pacific to establish field epidemiology training programs focussed on public health impact. The reference guide has been developed specifically for students, faculty and alumni of the field epidemiology training programs in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands, but is general enough for use in any intermediate level program. It contains definitions and worked examples of key field epidemiology concepts such as surveillance, outbreak investigation, and communicable disease control.
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A Reference Guide for Field Epidemiologists Copyright © 2025 by University of Newcastle is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
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Epidemiology and Medical statistics
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A Reference Guide for Field Epidemiologists Copyright © 2025 by University of Newcastle is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
This book was published by University of Newcastle via the Council of Australian University Librarians Open Educational Resources Collective. The online version is available at https://newcastle.pressbooks.pub/ref-guide-field-epidemiologists/.
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A Reference Guide for Field Epidemiologists by Megge Miller, Meg Dalmau, Sarah Alland, James Flint, Laura Macfarlane-Berry, Patrick Tappouras and Stephanie Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Licence by University of Newcastle.
Recommended citation: Miller, M., Dalmau, M., Alland, S., Flint, J., Macfarlane-Berry, L., Tappouras, P., & Wheeler, S. (2025). A Reference Guide for Field Epidemiologists. University of Newcastle. https://newcastle.pressbooks.pub/ref-guide-field-epidemiologists/.
Recommended attribution: A Reference Guide for Field Epidemiologists by Megge Miller, Meg Dalmau, Sarah Alland, James Flint, Laura Macfarlane-Berry, Patrick Tappouras and Stephanie Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Licence by University of Newcastle.
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