Public Health Epidemiology

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  • I have a Bc.s of public and environmental health from University of Khartoum 1996. I worked as public health officer in several departments especially in epidemiology, Malaria,EPI and PHC and as consultant in World Health Organization in some states in Sudan. Also I participated in containment and control of some epidemics (yellow fener , cholera and covid 19).
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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Methodology

    Online

  • Duration

    3 Weeks

  • Online campus

    Yes

  • Delivery of study materials

    Yes

  • Support service

    Yes

  • Virtual classes

    Yes

This course will enhance your understanding of public health epidemiology, the science upon which public health is based. Public health epidemiology involves describing and interpreting geographical and temporal patterns in population health, identifying prevention strategies, and estimating and evaluating the impact of risk factors and preventive measures on population health. It is therefore essential to have a thorough understanding of public health epidemiology if your work or study involves any public health-related issues. This course is therefore highly suited to epidemiologists in universities, hospitals, municipal health services and other governmental health organizations, and to PhD candidates working on an epidemiological or public health thesis.

About this course

By the end of this course, you will be able to:
• Describe the typical features of public health and public health epidemiology
• Weigh and compare the effects of high-risk versus population strategies for prevention
In particular, you will be able to:
• Reproduce at least 5 different measures of population health, their interpretation and use in public health policy or practice
• Calculate life expectancy from life-table data and construct survival curves
• Describe dilemmas in the implementation of population measures for smoking reduction from a societal, economical and health perspective
• Calculate the effect of exposure to risk factors on life expectancy and attributable fraction
• Weigh and interpret the contribution of risk factors to population health
• Describe types of input required to model future trends in population health
• Describe the main underlying factors causing certain patterns in population health
• Apply epidemiological methods to study ethnic and socioeconomic inequalities in population health
• Interpret results from multilevel analysis to disentangle effects of a shared environment (contextual effects) and individual risk factors on population health

• A BSc degree
• Access to the program SPSS
• A basic knowledge of epidemiological definitions (as taught in Study Design in Etiologic Research)
• A basic knowledge of statistics (as taught in Introduction to Statistics)
• Sufficient proficiency in English reading and writing

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5.0
  • I have a Bc.s of public and environmental health from University of Khartoum 1996. I worked as public health officer in several departments especially in epidemiology, Malaria,EPI and PHC and as consultant in World Health Organization in some states in Sudan. Also I participated in containment and control of some epidemics (yellow fener , cholera and covid 19).
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Nassir Gobara

5.0
04/05/2023
About the course: I have a Bc.s of public and environmental health from University of Khartoum 1996. I worked as public health officer in several departments especially in epidemiology, Malaria,EPI and PHC and as consultant in World Health Organization in some states in Sudan. Also I participated in containment and control of some epidemics (yellow fener , cholera and covid 19).
Would you recommend this course?: Yes
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Subjects

  • Public Health
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  • Risk
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  • Public
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  • IT risk
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  • Health
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  • Health Epidemiology
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  • Population health
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  • Healthy Eating
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  • Health Visitor
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  • Health Administration
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  • Health and Social Care
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Course programme

Course topics
  • General introduction into public health epidemiology and the effects of high-risk and population strategies for prevention on population health
  • Public health aspects of active and passive smoking to illustrate the general principles, with a special focus on the political, economical and individual perspectives on smoking reduction as a population strategy
  • Patterns in population health across regions or the world and across socioeconomic and ethnic groups
  • Projections of future population health and potential health gain by preventive policy measures
Assessment

To successfully complete this course, you need to actively participate in the discussion forums and complete the learning unit assignments, including:
  • Individual and group assignments
  • A final assignment.
The final assignment is not compulsory. However, if you want to receive the Course Certificate and the credits, it is obligatory to successfully complete the final assignment. You are allowed to redo the exam once.

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Public Health Epidemiology

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