Reading the Numbers Behind Public Health: Data Analysis and Disease Determinants
1Summary
How exactly is the recommended age for a child's vaccine dose decided? How does anyone estimate the odds that a new drug succeeds, or set the numeric threshold that defines high blood pressure or diabetes? None of that comes from guesswork — it comes from collecting and analysing public-health numbers. Those numbers diagnose the size of a health challenge, uncover what is driving it, and point to how to prevent it, which makes them the strongest evidence we have for improving the health of individuals and whole communities.
The Arab British Fellowship Training Academy offers this training course on analysing public-health data and the determinants of disease and epidemiology — one of the field's most important topics — built on modern scientific curricula.
2Objectives and target group
Who should attend?
Anyone working in or drawn to the public-health field who wants to build stronger analytical skills.
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
- Analyse public-health data using statistical software.
- Study and interpret the causes behind illness, health and recovery.
- Critically read health-related publications and spot flawed methodology.
- Design experimental studies and vital/biostatistical tests.
3Course Content
Module 1: Working the Data, Statistical Software in Action
- Hands-on computer training on the statistical programs used to analyse public-health data.
Module 2: From Symptoms to Causes, Studying Illness, Health and Recovery
- Studying and analysing the factors behind illness, health and recovery.
Module 3: Reading Health Research With a Critical Eye
- Reading and critiquing health-related publications, and identifying flawed methodology.
Module 4: Designing Your Own Study
- Designing experimental studies and vital/biostatistical tests.
- Practical sessions held at a health centre.
Module 5: How the Course Runs
- Delivered as group or one-to-one training, combining computer-lab work with health-centre sessions.
- Runs for roughly five days and can extend to ten, covering the full range of health-statistics topics.
Date and place of the course:
The Academy has branches across many countries, including England, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Denmark, and extends to Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, Malaysia and Australia.
What do you get?
On completion, the Academy provides a certificate of accreditation confirming attendance of this training course.