Vaccination programmes are a vital public health tool and are present in virtually every country in the world. Promoting an understanding of the implementation issues that vaccination programmes face, this textbook outlines and discusses how epidemiologic methods can be used to measure the incidence of vaccine preventable disease, and the effectiveness, safety and relative benefit vs risk of vaccines and vaccination programmes.
Written by expert practitioners in an accessible and concise style, this practical book is accompanied by a companion website with exercises, data sets and case studies which allow readers to practice analyses and approaches on real life data and problems.
Suitable for professionals working in public health, biology, and those working in health economics, health management, and vaccine development, Epidemiologic Methods for Evaluating Vaccination Programmes also serves as a textbook for postgraduate students in public health and epidemiology.