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Concept List — Introduction to Public Health

500 concepts across 16 topic areas. Review labels for length ≤ 32 chars and correct Title Case before proceeding to dependency generation.

Public Health Foundations (FOUND) — 1–20

  1. Public Health Definition
  2. Population Health
  3. Health vs. Disease
  4. Determinants of Health
  5. Public Health History
  6. Germ Theory of Disease
  7. Epidemiological Triad
  8. Natural History of Disease
  9. Public Health Functions
  10. Essential Public Health Services
  11. Public Health Infrastructure
  12. Health Indicators
  13. Burden of Disease
  14. Primary Prevention
  15. Secondary Prevention
  16. Tertiary Prevention
  17. Primordial Prevention
  18. Public Health Workforce
  19. CEPH Accreditation Standards
  20. One Health Framework

Epidemiology (EPID) — 21–69

  1. Incidence Rate
  2. Prevalence Proportion
  3. Cumulative Incidence
  4. Mortality Rate
  5. Case Fatality Ratio
  6. Infection Fatality Ratio
  7. Morbidity Rate
  8. Attack Rate
  9. Secondary Attack Rate
  10. Age-Standardized Rates
  11. Relative Risk
  12. Odds Ratio
  13. Hazard Ratio
  14. Attributable Risk
  15. Population Attrib Fraction
  16. Number Needed to Treat
  17. Cross-Sectional Study Design
  18. Case-Control Study Design
  19. Cohort Study Design
  20. Randomized Controlled Trial
  21. Ecological Study Design
  22. Natural Experiment Design
  23. Bradford Hill Criteria
  24. Directed Acyclic Graph
  25. Counterfactual Model
  26. Confounding Variable
  27. Selection Bias
  28. Information Bias
  29. Effect Modification
  30. Surveillance System Design
  31. Passive Surveillance
  32. Active Surveillance
  33. Sentinel Surveillance
  34. Syndromic Surveillance
  35. Reportable Conditions
  36. Outbreak Investigation
  37. Case Definition
  38. Epidemic Curve
  39. Index Case Identification
  40. Source Hypothesis Testing
  41. R0 Basic Reproduction Number
  42. Effective Reproduction Rt
  43. Serial Interval
  44. Generation Time
  45. Herd Immunity Threshold
  46. Screening Sensitivity
  47. Screening Specificity
  48. Positive Predictive Value
  49. Negative Predictive Value

Biostatistics (BSTAT) — 70–109

  1. Descriptive Statistics
  2. Measures of Central Tendency
  3. Measures of Dispersion
  4. Normal Distribution
  5. Binomial Distribution
  6. Poisson Distribution
  7. Negative Binomial Distribution
  8. Probability Fundamentals
  9. Conditional Probability
  10. Bayes' Theorem
  11. Sampling Methods
  12. Sample Size Estimation
  13. Statistical Power
  14. Null Hypothesis Testing
  15. Type I Error Alpha
  16. Type II Error Beta
  17. P-Value Interpretation
  18. Confidence Interval
  19. Chi-Square Test
  20. Fisher's Exact Test
  21. Student T-Test
  22. Mann-Whitney U Test
  23. Analysis of Variance ANOVA
  24. Kruskal-Wallis Test
  25. Linear Regression
  26. Logistic Regression
  27. Poisson Regression for Rates
  28. Cox Proportional Hazards
  29. Kaplan-Meier Survival Curve
  30. Meta-Analysis Methods
  31. Forest Plot Interpretation
  32. Heterogeneity in Meta-Analysis
  33. Multiple Comparisons Problem
  34. Standardization Methods
  35. Missing Data Mechanisms
  36. Multiple Imputation Methods
  37. Interrupted Time-Series Analysis
  38. Excess Mortality Estimation
  39. Sensitivity Analysis Stats
  40. Systematic Review Protocol

Environmental Health (ENVH) — 110–137

  1. Environmental Risk Assessment
  2. Hazard Identification
  3. Dose-Response Assessment
  4. Exposure Assessment
  5. Risk Characterization
  6. Air Quality Index
  7. Criteria Air Pollutants
  8. Particulate Matter PM2.5
  9. Ozone Health Effects
  10. Indoor Air Quality
  11. Water Safety Standards
  12. Drinking Water Treatment
  13. Waterborne Disease Pathogens
  14. Safe Drinking Water Act
  15. Toxicology Dose-Response
  16. Bioaccumulation
  17. Endocrine Disruption
  18. Built Environment Health
  19. Urban Heat Island Effect
  20. Food Desert Definition
  21. Climate Change Health Impacts
  22. Vector-Borne Disease Expansion
  23. Wildfire and Air Quality
  24. Environmental Justice
  25. Cumulative Exposure Burden
  26. EJScreen Tool
  27. Legacy Contamination
  28. Green Space Health Benefits

Social and Behavioral Health (SOCBEH) — 138–172

  1. Health Belief Model
  2. Perceived Susceptibility
  3. Perceived Severity
  4. Perceived Benefits and Barriers
  5. Self-Efficacy Construct
  6. Transtheoretical Model
  7. Stages of Change
  8. Social Cognitive Theory
  9. Reciprocal Determinism
  10. Theory of Planned Behavior
  11. Social Norms in Health
  12. Social-Ecological Model
  13. Multilevel Interventions
  14. Social Capital
  15. Bonding vs Bridging Capital
  16. Behavioral Economics Health
  17. Nudge Theory
  18. Default Effects
  19. Loss Aversion in Health
  20. Health Literacy Definition
  21. Functional Health Literacy
  22. Communicative Health Literacy
  23. Critical Health Literacy
  24. Low-Literacy Communication
  25. Cultural Humility
  26. CLAS Standards
  27. Community Health Workers
  28. Promotoras Model
  29. Structural Racism Mechanisms
  30. Weathering Hypothesis
  31. Behavioral Intervention Design
  32. Fidelity vs Adaptation
  33. Motivational Interviewing
  34. Pandemic Fatigue
  35. Vaccine Hesitancy Dynamics

Health Policy and Management (POLMGT) — 173–202

  1. US Health System Structure
  2. Federal Health Agencies
  3. State Health Departments
  4. Local Health Departments
  5. Safety Net Providers
  6. Federally Qualified Centers
  7. Kingdon's Streams Model
  8. Policy Development Cycle
  9. Health Policy Agenda Setting
  10. Employer-Sponsored Insurance
  11. Medicaid Program
  12. Medicare Program
  13. ACA Coverage Provisions
  14. Uninsurance and Underinsurance
  15. Public Health Law
  16. Police Powers in Public Health
  17. Quarantine Authority
  18. Mandatory Reporting Laws
  19. Emergency Use Authorization
  20. PHAB Accreditation
  21. Logic Model Development
  22. PRECEDE-PROCEED Model
  23. MAPP Framework
  24. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
  25. Cost-Benefit Analysis
  26. QALY Concept
  27. Return on Investment Prevention
  28. PDSA Quality Cycle
  29. Lean in Public Health
  30. Performance Management

Global Health (GLOB) — 203–227

  1. Global Burden of Disease
  2. DALYs Concept
  3. Years of Life Lost
  4. Years Lived with Disability
  5. Epidemiological Transition
  6. Demographic Transition
  7. Double Burden of Disease
  8. Universal Health Coverage
  9. Financial Protection Index
  10. Service Coverage Index
  11. Abuja Declaration
  12. Catastrophic Health Expenditure
  13. SDG 3 Health Targets
  14. International Health Regulations
  15. PHEIC Declaration
  16. Global Health Security Index
  17. Neglected Tropical Diseases
  18. Preventive Chemotherapy
  19. Global Health Governance
  20. WHO Structure and Mandate
  21. World Bank Health Financing
  22. GAVI Vaccine Alliance
  23. Global Fund HIV TB Malaria
  24. PEPFAR Program
  25. Sphere Humanitarian Standards

Health Equity and SDOH (EQUITY) — 228–257

  1. Health Equity Definition
  2. Health Disparities Definition
  3. Social Determinants of Health
  4. Dahlgren-Whitehead Model
  5. WHO CSDH Commission Findings
  6. Income Gradient Health
  7. Education as Health Determinant
  8. Housing Quality and Health
  9. Food Security and Health
  10. Employment and Health
  11. Transportation Access Health
  12. Neighborhood Effects Health
  13. Racial Health Disparities
  14. Maternal Mortality Disparities
  15. Infant Mortality Disparities
  16. Life Expectancy Gaps
  17. Historical Trauma
  18. Intergenerational Poverty
  19. Intersectionality Framework
  20. Place-Based Interventions
  21. Moving to Opportunity Study
  22. Community Development Finance
  23. Upstream Policy Levers
  24. Healthy People 2030 Goals
  25. Root Cause Analysis PH
  26. Health in All Policies
  27. Structural Competency
  28. Redlining Health Effects
  29. Criminal Justice Health Impact
  30. Long COVID Equity Burden

Public Health Ethics (ETHICS) — 258–277

  1. Bioethics Principles
  2. Autonomy in Public Health
  3. Beneficence and Maleficence
  4. Justice in Public Health
  5. Stewardship Model Ethics
  6. Nuffield Ladder of Intervention
  7. Utilitarian Ethics in PH
  8. Egalitarian Health Ethics
  9. Communitarian Health Ethics
  10. Research Ethics Belmont Report
  11. Informed Consent
  12. Vulnerable Populations Research
  13. Mandatory Vaccination Ethics
  14. Fluoridation Ethics Debate
  15. Data Ethics in Public Health
  16. Algorithmic Bias Ethics
  17. Distributive Justice
  18. Procedural Justice
  19. Restorative Justice Health
  20. Global Health Ethics

Public Health Communication (COMM) — 278–302

  1. Plain Language Principles
  2. Teach-Back Method
  3. Risk Communication Principles
  4. Mental Models Approach
  5. Numeracy and Health Decisions
  6. Uncertainty Communication
  7. CERC Framework
  8. CERC Six Principles
  9. CERC Five Stages
  10. Audience Segmentation
  11. Message Tailoring
  12. Social Media in Public Health
  13. Infoveillance Methods
  14. Twitter Epidemiology
  15. Health Misinformation
  16. Prebunking Strategy
  17. Inoculation Theory
  18. SIFT Fact-Checking Method
  19. Cultural Tailoring
  20. Back-Translation Method
  21. Campaign Evaluation Methods
  22. EPPM Framework
  23. Influencer Partnerships
  24. Infodemic Management
  25. Crisis Communication Failure

Prevention Science (PREV) — 303–332

  1. IOM Prevention Spectrum
  2. Universal Prevention
  3. Selective Prevention
  4. Indicated Prevention
  5. Evidence-Based Practice
  6. Hierarchy of Evidence
  7. Community Guide Evidence Base
  8. USPSTF Evidence Grading
  9. GRADE Framework
  10. Herd Immunity Calculation
  11. Immunization Schedule
  12. Vaccine Breakthrough Infection
  13. Cold Chain Requirements
  14. Vaccine Hesitancy Measurement
  15. Tobacco Cessation Interventions
  16. Physical Inactivity Interventions
  17. Dietary Intervention Evidence
  18. Alcohol Use Interventions
  19. Obesity Prevention Strategies
  20. Haddon Matrix
  21. Injury Prevention Frameworks
  22. Violence Prevention PH
  23. Harm Reduction Philosophy
  24. Naloxone Distribution
  25. Syringe Service Programs
  26. Implementation Science EPIS
  27. De-Implementation
  28. Scale-Up Strategies
  29. Brief Motivational Interviewing
  30. Screening Program Design

Systems Thinking (SYS) — 333–397

  1. Systems Thinking Concepts
  2. System Stocks
  3. System Flows
  4. Feedback Loops
  5. Reinforcing Feedback Loop
  6. Balancing Feedback Loop
  7. Time Delays in Systems
  8. Nonlinearity in Systems
  9. Emergence in Systems
  10. Path Dependence
  11. Causal Loop Diagram
  12. CLD Variable Identification
  13. CLD Link Polarity
  14. CLD Loop Polarity
  15. CLD Loop Naming
  16. System Archetypes
  17. Limits to Growth Archetype
  18. Shifting the Burden Archetype
  19. Tragedy of Commons Archetype
  20. Fixes that Fail Archetype
  21. Escalation Archetype
  22. Eroding Goals Archetype
  23. Success to Successful Arch
  24. Addiction Archetype
  25. Stock-and-Flow Diagram
  26. Level Equations
  27. Rate Equations
  28. Auxiliary Variables
  29. Initial Conditions Setting
  30. InsightMaker Tool
  31. Vensim PLE Tool
  32. Stella Architect Tool
  33. AnyLogic Multi-Method
  34. NetLogo Agent-Based Tool
  35. SIR Compartmental Model
  36. SEIR Compartmental Model
  37. SEIRD Model Extension
  38. SEIRV Vaccination Model
  39. Transmission Rate Beta
  40. Recovery Rate Gamma
  41. R0 in SIR Model
  42. SIR Model Equations
  43. Epidemic Overshoot
  44. Agent-Based Model
  45. Agent Rules Design
  46. Spatial Grid Models
  47. Network Topology ABM
  48. Super-Spreader Dynamics
  49. Group Model Building
  50. Mental Model Elicitation
  51. Stakeholder CLD Workshop
  52. Model Face Validity
  53. Parameter Sensitivity
  54. Historical Reproduction Test
  55. Policy Lever Identification
  56. Meadows Leverage Points
  57. Unintended Consequences
  58. Policy Resistance
  59. Wicked Problems PH
  60. Network Analysis PH
  61. Network Nodes and Edges
  62. Betweenness Centrality
  63. Degree Distribution
  64. Clustering Coefficient
  65. Network Interventions

Data Science (DATSCI) — 398–442

  1. R Statistical Computing
  2. tidyverse R Suite
  3. ggplot2 Visualization
  4. dplyr Data Manipulation
  5. Python for Public Health
  6. pandas Data Analysis
  7. NumPy Scientific Computing
  8. scikit-learn Machine Learning
  9. Reproducible Research
  10. R Markdown Documents
  11. Jupyter Notebooks
  12. Git Version Control
  13. GitHub for Public Health
  14. CDC WONDER Database
  15. BRFSS Survey Data
  16. NHANES Survey Data
  17. SEER Cancer Registry
  18. HCUP Hospital Data
  19. Vital Statistics Data
  20. American Community Survey
  21. Data Cleaning Methods
  22. Missing Data Handling
  23. Record Linkage Methods
  24. GIS Spatial Analysis
  25. Choropleth Map Design
  26. Kernel Density Estimation
  27. Spatial Autocorrelation
  28. Moran's I Statistic
  29. SaTScan Cluster Detection
  30. QGIS for Public Health
  31. R Leaflet Mapping
  32. R Shiny Dashboards
  33. Time-Series Analysis PH
  34. Machine Learning Basics
  35. Supervised Learning
  36. Random Forest Model
  37. Gradient Boosting Model
  38. Cross-Validation Methods
  39. AUC ROC Performance
  40. Unsupervised Learning
  41. K-Means Clustering
  42. NLP for Surveillance
  43. Sentiment Analysis PH
  44. Wastewater Epidemiology
  45. Social Media Data Mining

Simulation Design for MicroSims (SIM) — 443–464

  1. MicroSim Design Principles
  2. p5.js for Health Sims
  3. Chart.js Visualization
  4. Plotly Interactive Charts
  5. vis-network Library
  6. Interactive SEIR Simulator
  7. SIR Parameter Sliders
  8. Epidemic Curve Animation
  9. CLD Interactive Simulation
  10. Health Equity Simulation
  11. ICU Surge Capacity Model
  12. Behavioral Intervention Sim
  13. Network Spread Simulation
  14. Herd Immunity Visualization
  15. Dose-Response Explorer
  16. Policy Lever Simulation
  17. Demographic Pyramid Sim
  18. Vaccination Coverage Sim
  19. Contact Tracing Sim
  20. Health Disparities Viz
  21. Supply Chain Surge Sim
  22. Environmental Exposure Sim

COVID-19 Case Studies (COVID) — 465–484

  1. COVID-19 Origins Detection
  2. COVID-19 Genomic Surveillance
  3. COVID-19 Variant Emergence
  4. COVID-19 R0 Estimation
  5. COVID-19 IFR vs CFR
  6. COVID-19 Excess Mortality
  7. COVID-19 Data Infrastructure
  8. COVID-19 NPI Evidence
  9. COVID-19 Mask Compliance
  10. COVID-19 Vaccine Development
  11. COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
  12. COVID-19 Equity Failures
  13. COVID-19 Communication Failure
  14. COVID-19 Misinformation
  15. Long COVID Burden
  16. COVID-19 Healthcare Surge
  17. COVID-19 Systems Analysis
  18. COVID Wastewater Surveillance
  19. COVID-19 Modeling Failures
  20. Pandemic Preparedness Lessons

Health Fraud and Misinformation (FRAUD) — 485–500

  1. DSHEA 1994 Regulation
  2. Supplement Industry Scale
  3. FDA vs FTC Jurisdiction
  4. Miracle Cure Fraud Claims
  5. MLM Health Products
  6. Digital Health Fraud Marketing
  7. Supplement Science Evidence
  8. Vulnerable Population Targeting
  9. COVID Supplement Fraud
  10. Consumer Protection Tools
  11. QuackWatch Methods
  12. NSF USP Certification
  13. SIFT for Health Claims
  14. Health Fraud Policy Reform
  15. MLM Network Dynamics
  16. DSHEA Reform Proposals