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MHPM - Courses - SJZ-MA- ZPM-OP05 |
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APPLIED EPIDEMIOLOGY FOR HEALTH POLICY AND MANAGEMENT  | | | You see things; and you say ‘‘Why?
’’But I dream things that never were;
and I say ‘‘Why not?’’
George Bernard Shaw (1856–1952) |
Course: Core
Course Code: SJZ-MA-ZPM-OP05
Course Credits: 6 ECTS
Course Organizer: Slavenka Janković
Course Co-organizer: Ljiljana Marković Denić
Offered: Spring 2008
Offered by Centre-School of Public Health
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Description: Principles of Applied epidemiology is intended for public health workers, and health professionals that use epidemiologic methods and reasoning for the development of health policy and the management of health services. Learning topics will include measurement of disease occurrence; source of data; data interpretation and bias; relationship of health phenomena to demography; overview of epidemiologic study designs; the public health surveillance, screening for disease in community etc. During this course students will recognize the possibilities of applying relevant epidemiological methods to the development of health policy, through the policy cycle: assessing population health status, assessing potential intervention, making policy choices, implementing and evaluating policy. This course will emphasize the descriptive methods that are relevant to health policy and management of health services.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 14 April 2008 )
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