Data Utilization in Public Health Practice

(3 Credits)

Data Utilization in Public Health Practice (3 credits) Public health practice typically demands competencies in identifying, extracting, analyzing, interpreting and disseminating information from large surveys, administrative data sets, government reports, qualitative studies, and other data sources. This course will develop these competencies through rigorous evaluation of existing data resources (including their strengths and limitations for answering specific public health questions) and best practices in data utilization for situational assessment; monitoring; policy, program and strategy development; and surveillance of health outcomes through real-world case studies and assignments. The course will also provide students with basic skills in data analysis and visualization using Microsoft Excel and an interactive, online mapping software (Carto).