Measurement of Health Status - 2020

 

The Skills Online Program aims to help public health practitioners develop and strengthen their knowledge and skills in order to make better-informed public health decisions. EPI2 Measurement of Health Status is the second in a set of three basic modules on epidemiology in public health that is being offered through PAHO's Virtual Campus for Public Health (VCPH).

PURPOSE:

The purpose of this module is to enhance learners' understanding and use of common epidemiologic tools, data sources and methods for measuring, monitoring and visually representing the health of a community and to identify and define a basic set of health status indicators.

OBJECTIVES:

The objectives of the Measurement of Health Status module are to enable the learner to:

• Describe and use common epidemiologic tools, data sources and methods for measuring, monitoring and visually representing the health of a community
• Use epidemiologic tools, data sources and methods to outline a framework for assessing the health of a community
• Identify and define a basic set of health status indicators
• Locate and use Internet-based data sources to assess the health of a community, as defined in your framework
• Describe the use of a variety of methods for presenting epidemiologic data

TOPICS: 
Lesson 1: Health Status Assessment
Lesson 2: Health Indicators
Lesson 3: Sources of Health Information
Lesson 4: Organizing and Displaying Epidemiologic Data

TARGET AUDIENCE: 

Public health practitioners in the English-speaking Caribbean, including public health nurses, environmental public health professionals, health promoters, program managers, dental health practitioners, dietitians, policy analysts, public health veterinarians and other public health practitioners.
 

PREREQUISITES:

Learners should have successfully completed EPIDEM1 Basic Epidemiological Concepts.

Last update: 08/May/2024