An Epidemiologic Approach to Reproductive Health is the core text for CDC's training workshops in reproductive health epidemiology. It covers basic principles of epidemiology as they relate to reproductive health, including measures of disease frequency, epidemiologic study designs, sample size and power, survey sampling, and developing a research proposal. Available in English. Published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USA).

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Public Health Surveillance Applied to Reproductive Health includes an introduction to public health surveillance and how it can be applied to reproductive health, uses of surveillance data, sources of surveillance data, types of surveillance systems, components of the surveillance process, how to evaluate surveillance systems, and two case studies in developing and evaluating reproductive health surveillance systems. Published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USA).

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Maternal Health Epidemiology is designed for public health professionals who want to apply epidemiologic methods to the area of maternal health. The document covers basic definitions and measures used in maternal health epidemiology, methods for determining the magnitude of maternal mortality, how to apply epidemiologic study designs to maternal health questions, research and data implications, and a case study. Published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USA).

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Reproductive Tract Infections is designed for public health professionals who want to apply epidemiologic methods to the area of reproductive tract infections (RTIs). The document includes an overview of RTIs, epidemiologic models of RTI transmission, indicators used in RTI epidemiology, surveillance of RTIs, framework for strategic planning for control and prevention of RTIs, implications of research and collected data uses, and two case studies. Published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USA).

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Questionnaire Design is designed for reproductive health professionals who are interested in evaluating or designing questionnaires for use in epidemiologic studies and surveillance. The document covers uses of questionnaires in research, basics of questionnaire design, pre-survey evaluation of questions and questionnaires, and includes questionnaire development exercises. Published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USA).

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Patient Flow Analysis (PFA 2.0) is a computer application for documenting personnel use and client flow in health service clinics. PFA 2.0’s data reports and graphical display, which simulate the clinic session, assist the user in identifying problems in the client flow, determining personnel and space needs, and calculating the personnel costs associated with client visits. Overall, PFA 2.0 aids in assessing the influence of clinic systems on service delivery. Published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USA).

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