title: [New directions in epidemiology].
abstract: The article presents a panoramic view of the outlook for epidemiology and its future applications under the new orientations. It is based on the documents presented to the Seminar on the uses and prospects of epidemiology, held in Buenos Aires in November 1983. It reviews the uses of epidemiology in health services, the integration of epidemiology and health administration, epidemiology applied to evaluation and to the control and surveillance of diseases, epidemiological research, and manpower training in epidemiology. The article stress throughout the need for a reorientation of activities in epidemiology so that it may become an ideal instrument for the improvement of health services and the attainment of health for all.
mesh_terms: D003140:Communicable Disease Control; D004813:Epidemiology / Q000193:education / Q000639:trends*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006292:Health Priorities; D006298:Health Services Administration; D006801:Humans; D011159:Population Surveillance; D000078329:Workforce
vernacular_title: Nuevas orientaciones de la epidemiología.