Event: Use of ICT Tools in Epidemiology Course
Venue: Indepth Research Services, Mombasa, Kenya
Event Date: 25th – 29th June 2018
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INTRODUCTION
This five-day course is aimed at strengthening participants’ knowledge and skills related to the use of software applications to investigate communicable disease outbreaks.
DURATION
5 days.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This course is open to all researchers and health practitioners with interest in the application of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) within healthcare.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
At the end of the course, the participants should be able to;
To create an electronic entry form from a paper questionnaire
To enter merge, validate and clean data, manage datasets
To create epidemic curves and work with dates and times in Epidata or Excel
To map epidemiological data
To calculate study power and sample size for various study designs
To randomly select controls
To carry out analysis for cohort and case-control studies, including stratified and multivariable analysis
To produce a report of the outbreak study, interpreting results of the various analyses.
TOPICS TO BE COVERED
Introduction to outbreak investigation, cohort and case-control studies
Creation of a questionnaire
Data entry and validation using EpiData
Descriptive analysis of epidemiological data using Excel/Stata
Time series analysis; epidemic curve using Excel/Stata
Analysis of place characteristics; mapping of cases using QGIS
Bivariate analysis of epidemiological data using Stata
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How to participate
- Tailor make your course.
- Register as an individual.
- Register as a group.
- Become one of our partners.
- Purchase software’s
- Frequently asked Questions (FAQ’s)
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For any registration of 3 or more participants, we offer a discount of up to 25%.
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For further inquiries email outreach@indepthresearch.org or contact us on Tel: +254 715 077 817,
+254 731240802
ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation is arranged upon request. For reservations contact the Training Officer Email:outreach@indepthresearch.org. Mob: +254 715 077 817
PAYMENT
Payment should be transferred to IRES account through bank on or before C.O.B . 18th June 2018
Send proof of payment to outreach@indepthresearch.org