Topic:
Epidemiology & Surveillance
Format:
Online Course
Time:
45 minutes
Level:
Introductory
University:
University of North Carolina
PERLC:
University of North Carolina PERLC
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Description:
This presentation, offered by the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, gives the viewer an introduction to psychogenic illness.
Learning Objectives:
- To define the primary characteristics of a mass psychogenic illness
- To understand the role that shared beliefs play in a psychogenic illness outbreak
- To characterize the appropriate public health response to a mass psychogenic illness
- To understand the implications of the threat of bioterrorism to mass psychogenic illness
PHEP Capabilities:
Public Health Surveillance and Epidemiological Investigation