This course will enhance your understanding of the science of epidemiology, which forms the basis of public health. In the study of public health epidemiology, population health phenomena comprising time and space are described and interpreted, prevention measures are identified, and impacts of risk factors and preventive measures on population health are estimated and evaluated. So, when your work or the study is related to any issue of public health, then you should completely understand public health epidemiology. Hence the students that would be suited to take this course would be epidemiologists in hospitals, universities, municipal health services, and other health units in the government, and graduate students pursuing a PhD in a health or epidemiology thesis.
The fundamentals of public health epidemiology offered by the Oxford Training Center will be covered first, with examples drawn from the field’s major achievements in the past. Important population health metrics, their interpretation, and their use in public health policy will be our main topics. In healthcare courses, you will discover how to determine how an exposure affects life expectancy and what proportion of the exposure is responsible for the onset of a disease. Additionally, you will assess and contrast the results of two prevention strategies: implementing preventive measures for the entire community vs. intervening in individuals who are at high risk of contracting an illness. The smoking ban will serve as an example of the societal, economic, and health challenges associated with implementing population controls.
Objectives and target audience
Objectives
After completing this course, you will be capable of
- Explain the common characteristics of epidemiology and public health.
- Evaluate and contrast the results of population-based preventative methods with high-risk ones.
- Create survival curves and calculate life expectancy using life-table data.
- Interpret and apply at least five distinct population health measures in public health policy or practice
- Assess and evaluate how risk variables affect population health. Describe the kinds of input needed to estimate population health patterns in the future.
- Explain the primary underlying causes of specific population health patterns.
Target audience
To sign up for this course, you must have
- Have a bachelor’s degree and have access to SPSS
- A fundamental understanding of epidemiological terminology, as covered in Study Design in Etiologic Research
How will attendees benefit?
- The fact that public health courses provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the area is among their best features.
- This implies that you will gain knowledge of the various approaches to addressing the biological, social, and environmental elements that can impact public health.
- Anyone who wants to work in public health must have this kind of thorough awareness since it enables them to tackle health issues from all perspectives.
- The opportunity to have practical experience is another benefit of public health courses.
Course contents
- Public health aspects of active and passive smoking to illustrate the general principles, with a particular focus on the political, economic, and individual perspectives on smoking reduction as a population strategy. A general introduction to public health epidemiology and the effects of high-risk and population prevention strategies on population health
- Variations in population health by socioeconomic status, ethnicity, and geography or the world
- Forecasts of population health in the future and possible health benefits from preventative policy initiatives