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We will define the role of the professional epidemiologist in relation to public health services, functions, and competencies in this course. With that foundation in place, we'll introduce you to the problem-solving methodology and show you how it can be used to identify problems, propose solutions, and evaluate interventions in a variety of settings. This methodology is dependent on the use of reliable data, so we'll take a deep dive into the routine and public health data systems at the heart of epidemiology, before concluding with how you can use that data to calculate measures of disease burden in populations.
Syllabus :
1. Introduction and Problem-Solving Methodology
- Introduction to Methodology
- Problem Definition
- Magnitude of the Problem
- Conceptual Framework
- Action Plan
- Actions and Evaluations
- Communication
2. Data Sources in Public Health
- Data For Public Health Practice
- Medical Record Systems
- Administrative Record Systems
- Assessing the Quality of Mortality Statistics in the Americas
- Public Health information Systems: Population-based Surveys
- Public Health Information Systems: Registries
- Public Health Information Systems: Surveillance Systems
- Common Problems of Routine and Public Health Information Systems
3. Measures of Disease Burden
- Measures of Disease Burden
- Direct Age Adjustment
- Indirect Age Adjustment
- Years of Potential Life Lost
- Life Expectancy
- Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALY)
- Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALY)
4. Health Indicators
- Selecting Health Indicators
- Descriptive Epidemiology: Person, Place, and Time Trends
- Descriptive Epidemiology: Time
- Descriptive Epidemiology: Person
- Descriptive Epidemiology: Place
