Epidemiology is often described as the cornerstone science in public health. Epidemiology in public health practice uses study design and analyses to identify causes in an outbreak situation, guides interventions to improve population health, and evaluates programs and policies.
Este curso faz parte do Programa de cursos integrados Epidemiology in Public Health Practice
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Universidade Johns Hopkins
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Programa - O que você aprenderá com este curso
Introduction and Problem-Solving Methodology
In this module, we will introduce the problem solving methodology. This methodology is a powerful tool that can useful when identifying a public health problem, building the case that there truly is a problem, suggesting interventions, and suggestions ways to evaluate the interventions and disseminate the findings of the evaluation.
Data Sources in Public Health
In this module, we dive deeper into what lies at the heart of epidemiology: data! More specifically, we will look at routine and public health data systems.
Measures of Disease Burden
In this module we will use data from routine and public health information systems to measure the burden of disease in the population. We will calculate crude mortality rates, and then apply direct and indirect age standardization methods.
Health Indicators
In this module, we'll discuss health indicators, which are important measurements of the health of a population. There are numerous health indicators that help us paint the picture of a populations health. We'll talk about characteristics of good health indicators to provide a little guidance on how to choose health indicators for the public health problem of interest. Then, we'll use the example of the health indicator of liver cancer incidence to explore descriptive epidemiology. We will stratify liver cancer incidence by person, place, and time, to build our skills in descriptive epidemiology.
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Principais avaliações do DATA AND HEALTH INDICATORS IN PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE
I think the last week's module was by far the most helpful. Although the first three weeks were useful, the fourth week made it worth my time.
those who wants to get in the feild of public health and in health econimics this is one of the course to learn and develope their skills.
Very useful course. Calculations of age adjusted mortality rates is difficult to understand, although very useful to have the Excel sheets.
The course was very easy to follow and understand with very practical example and exercises. Very useful for anyone new to Public health
Sobre Programa de cursos integrados Epidemiology in Public Health Practice
This specialization is intended for people working or aspiring to work in the field of public health at the local, regional, and national level. Over five courses taught by faculty from the preeminent school of public health, you'll learn to use the core epidemiologic toolset to measure the health of populations, assess interventions, collect and analyze data, and investigate outbreaks and epidemics.

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