epidemiology

[adamada]

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Does anyone have a good definition for "Big E Epidemiology?" Its not in any textbooks or even google-able.

I never heard the expression "little e epidemiology," is that ever used?

 

[apgmph]

😕 😕 i really don't understand the question as you have stated it but ...

the definition, as i learned it, of epidemiology (whether you use a big E or little e) is the study of the effects of a condition/illness/disease on a population.

 

[FoughtFyr]

Does anyone have a good definition for "Big E Epidemiology?" Its not in any textbooks or even google-able.

I never heard the expression "little e epidemiology," is that ever used?

I only had one professor who used that phrasing, but as a remember it;
Big E - population based, public health type epidemiology
Little e - medical epidemiology, the natural course of a specific disease in a given individual.

- H

 

[adamada]

Thank you for the reply.

Does this mean that a randomized trial is Big E or little e? Is the field of "Health Services Research" considered Big E or little e? Sorry, I'm a bit confused on the definitions above....

I only had one professor who used that phrasing, but as a remember it;
Big E - population based, public health type epidemiology
Little e - medical epidemiology, the natural course of a specific disease in a given individual.

- H

 

[FoughtFyr]

Thank you for the reply.

Does this mean that a randomized trial is Big E or little e? Is the field of "Health Services Research" considered Big E or little e? Sorry, I'm a bit confused on the definitions above....

Generally health services research would be "Big E" by those who use the term. But, I have only known one professor who did (use the terms).

- H

 

[adamada]

Hmmm... if health services research is an example of Big E rather than little e epidemiology, can you give any examples of common study designs for the "medical epidemiology" that make up "little e epidemiology"? So far I understand that Big E includes classic cohort studies, case controls, ecological studies, and health services research (and possibly randomized trials??). Its little e I'm unclear on.

Thank you for your help!

Generally health services research would be "Big E" by those who use the term. But, I have only known one professor who did (use the terms).

- H