The research design and statistical analysis strategy of eco-epidemiology

XUE Fu-zhong

doi:10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2022.10.008

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XUE Fu-zhong. The research design and statistical analysis strategy of eco-epidemiology[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION, 2022, 26(10): 1152-1160. doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2022.10.008

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XUE Fu-zhong. The research design and statistical analysis strategy of eco-epidemiology[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION, 2022, 26(10): 1152-1160. doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2022.10.008

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The research design and statistical analysis strategy of eco-epidemiology

doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2022.10.008

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Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
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National Institute of Health Data Science of China, Jinan 250003, China

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National Key Research and Development Program of China 2020YFC2003500

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Corresponding author: XUE Fu-zhong, E-mail: xuefzh@sdu.edu.cn
Received Date: 2022-07-22
Rev Recd Date: 2022-09-02
Publish Date: 2022-10-10

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The theoretical paradigm of big data eco-epidemiology illustrates a more comprehensive perspective of eco-epidemiology, acknowledging and capturing the complex network characteristics of hierarchical mosaic and interactive games of many health determinants in the real and virtual worlds. Under the complex background of mosaic layered interaction and network-game, the traditional epidemiological sampling methods based on independent random assumptions, traditional analytical and experimental epidemiological design strategies and statistical analysis methods, all face huge challenges. Furthermore, they could be replaced by system dynamics models, network analysis and network dynamics models, multi-agent system models, and causal inference hypergraph models that need to be developed in the future. Thus, a new theoretical paradigm, new design strategy and new statistical method constitute a theoretical method system of big data eco-epidemiology.
- Eco-epidemiology,
- System dynamics model,
- Network analysis and network dynamics model,
- Multi-agent system model,
- Causal inference hypergraph model

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