—from Epidemiological
Bulletin , Vol. 25 No. 3, September 2004—
XV Summer Session in Epidemiology
The XV Session of Summer in Intermediate Epidemiology is sponsored by the
Area of Health Analysis and Information Systems of the Pan American Health
Organization (PAHO) and the University South of Florida (USF). The Session
will be carried out in the College of Public Health, University of South Florida,
in Tampa, Florida, USA. From 25 July to 12 August, 2005.
Courses offered in Spanish:
INTERMEDIATE METHODS IN EPIDEMIOLOGY
Description of the course
The course in Intermediate Methods in Epidemiology, through conferences, discussion
of readings and especially with exercises, covers fundamental subjects of the
epidemiological method utilized in research of problems and health status.
Among others the following topics will be treated:
- Principal measures of frequency and effect on population studies;
- Characteristics of the principal designs in epidemiology, especially cohort
studies and cases and controls;
- Methodological objectives of the studies, biases, and determinants of the
precision and validity and forms of control in the design or in the analysis
- Principles of statistical analysis of the epidemiological studies;
- Meta-analysis.
STATISTICS APPLIED FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE
Description of the course
The course is designed for professionals with interest in the description of
epidemiological problems. It covers, through conferences, discussion of readings
and with exercises in the area of computation, fundamental topics of applied
Statistics in research of problems and health status. The treated topics will
be:
- Descriptive statistics;
- Probabilistic and principal probability distributions;
- Inferential statistics uni and bivariate;
- Simple and multiple linear regression;
- Simple and multiple logistic regression;
- Other applications of the multivariate statistics.
USE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY IN PROGRAMMING AND EVALUATION OF HEALTH SERVICES
Description of the course
In this course the concepts and methodological instruments used by epidemiology
are presented in the programming and evaluation of the health services. The
course integrates epidemiological methodology with health services research.
Included are the health situation analysis and quantification of the levels
of risk of vulnerable human groups. The criteria and useful epidemiological
measures are presented in the identification of health priorities, determination
of needs for health care and policy-making and health strategies. Special emphasis
is placed on the utilization of the research designs for the assessment of
impact of programs, actions, and interventions of health.
General requirements:
An introductory course of epidemiology or at least two years work experience
in the area of epidemiology and basic courses of statistical analysis or
skill in statistical data management, including the realization of hypothesis
testing. It is advisable to have basic computer skills.
Be able to read articles in English.
Available space: 32 students
Deadline to receive applications:
Applications will received up to 18 March, 2005.
The coordinator of the session will communicate after 30 March of 2005 regarding
the acceptance or decline of the application. In the acceptance of candidates,
the arrival order of each application will be considered.
Registration and fees:
Registration: US $700.00
It includes registration, materials of teaching and computation, use of the
laboratory and certificates to participants who complete the evaluations.
Fees: US $1,200.00
It includes 20 nights of hotel, double room. 20 breakfasts and 20 lunches,
including taxes. Transportation: Hotel-University-Hotel.
For more information, contact:
Dr. Carlos Castillo-Salgado
Area Manager of Health Analysis and Information Systems (AIS)
Pan American Health Organization
525 Twenty-third Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
Tel: (202) 974-3327, Fax: (202) 974- 3674
ais@paho.org
http://ais.paho.org/tampa
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