A Reference Guide for Field Epidemiologists

Abstract

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. Show more