Topic:
Assessment & Evaluation
Format:
Online Course
Time:
45 minutes
Level:
Introductory
University:
University of Washington
PERLC:
Northwest PERLC
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Description:
Hone your public health assessment skills with Analysis and Interpretation of Public Health Data Part 1, the second module in this five-part series on data analysis. This module focuses on how to use data to answer assessment questions, reviews some of the basic epidemiology and statistics underlying assessment, and introduces you to the concepts of some frequently used measures in assessment.
Learning Objectives:
- Explain the purpose of descriptive epidemiology and how it is used for assessment
- Describe why rates are important in doing assessment
- Name three kinds of rates
- Describe the two types of summary measures
- Explain the purpose of standardizing rates through age adjustment
PHEP Capabilities:
Public Health Surveillance and Epidemiological Investigation
Medical Surge