167024 Pre-test; Course overview and introduction to Epidemiology

Saturday, November 3, 2007: 9:00 AM

Joy P. Nanda, DSc, MS, MHS , Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
The purpose of this first of the 2-day Learning Institute is to provide opportunity to understand, define and apply basic epidemiologic concepts, tools and methods for participants who wish to apply them to their professional practice in their community. Examples of relevant local, regional, national and international data will be displayed and discussed for familiarization and application of epidemiologic concepts. Sessions are highly interactive and allow participants to clarify epidemiological concepts and measures. Feedback from 2006 session has been extremely helpful in developing practice sessions for application and interpretation of complex but essential measures. In-class exercises and discussions will provide insight into problems and dilemmas faced by practitioners in addressing community issues of their interest.

The proposed Learning Institute is intended for Public health practitioners/activists, Nurses, Health communication specialists, Community health workers, and Health policy analysts who are unfamiliar with basic epidemiologic concepts, tools and methods used in understanding epidemiologic data for their community, research, practice and influencing policy decisions

On the first day, participants will learn about tools needed to describe prevention, transmission, morbidity, mortality, screening, reliability, validity, person years and prognosis for their community practice.

Learning Objectives:
By the end of the APHA-LI, participants will be able to Identify and describe the concepts of a) prevention, b) morbidity, c) mortality, d) screening, e) reliability and validity, f) epidemiologic designs and their applications, g) evidence based public health practice, h) community based practice, i) translating epidemiologic findings to public health policy. List and discuss a) prevention, b) morbidity, c) mortality, d) screening, e) reliability and validity, f) epidemiologic designs and their applications, g) evidence based public health practice, h) community based practice, i) translating epidemiologic findings to public health policy. Illustrate, calculate, and compare a) prevention, b) morbidity, c) mortality, d) screening, e) reliability and validity, f) epidemiologic designs and their applications. Design, evaluate, interpret and apply to their practice the concepts of a) prevention, b) morbidity, c) mortality, d) screening, e) reliability and validity, f) person-years, prognosis and survival, f) epidemiologic designs and their applications, g)evidence based public health practice, h)community based practice, i) translating epidemiologic findings to public health policy.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No
Any institutionally-contracted trials related to this submission?

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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