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GIS Analysis For Health Sector Programmes Course by IndepthResearch: 11:03am On Apr 04, 2018 |
Event: GIS Analysis for Health Sector Programmes Course Venue: Indepth Research Services, Nairobi, Kenya. Event Date 14th – 18th May 2018 NITA CERTIFIED RECENT CLIENTS INTRODUCTION This course offers an introduction to GIS and how it is used in public health and epidemiological research. It will introduce students to the basics including: working with and integrating spatial and non-spatial data; geographic scale and spatial precision; decoding; visualization; thematic mapping; and understanding spatial relationships. Specific skills and tools will be introduced in relation to assessing exposure to a range of environmental risks, and a particular focus will be given to methods for spatial linkage of exposure, contextual and confounder information for epidemiological or health risk assessment studies WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Public health practitioners, epidemiologists, exposure scientists, quantitative health geographers, risk assessors, students. COURSE DURATION 5 days TRAINING OBJECTIVES By the end of this course, the learner will - within a public health context - be able to: • Understand the basics of spatial data and its role in decision making • Undertake spatial analysis of environment and health data • Explain why geographic data and tools are important for health decision makers • Understand geography as a unifying framework and GIS as a tool to collect, link, analyze, visualize, manage, and share data and information • Distinguish between the different tools used to collect, analyze, and manipulate geographic data • Communicate with technical specialists to develop program-specific geographic products Work with and integrate spatial and non-spatial data • Integrate data of different geographic scales and spatial precision • Visualize spatial data • Investigate spatial patterns of health risks and disease rates • Produce thematic maps and reports TOPICS TO BE COVERED • Geographic approaches to global health • Introducing GIS and health applications • Spatial data collection techniques for health applications • Visualizing health data • Designing maps for a health study • Geocoding tabular data • GIS analysis and mapping techniques • Online Publishing of maps and GIS outputs • Case study: Studying disease outbreaks Visit our website for more details How to Participate • Tailor Make a Course • Register as an Individual • Register as a Group • Become One of Our Partners. • Purchase Software • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s) View related course • GIS for Monitoring and Evaluation Course • GIS and Remote Sensing in Land Cover, Land Change Analysis Course • GIS and Remote Sensing in Disaster Risk Management Course • GIS and Remote Sensing in Mining and Exploration Course • GIS and Remote Sensing for agricultural resource management Course The most popular courses • Integrated Water Resource Management Course • HIV/AIDS Prevention, Control and Management Course • CSPro For Android and Smartphones Course • Mobile Data Collection and Mapping for M&E and Scientists Course • Microsoft Excel Data Analysis and Business Modeling Course • Emergency Planning and Management Course • Debt Collection and Credit Management Course PAYMENT Payment should be transferred to IRES account through bank on or before C.O.B.7th May 2018 Send proof of payment to outreach@indepthresearch.org View GIS and Earth Observation Institute Course Catalogue For any registration of 3 or more participants, we offer a discount of up to 25%. Click here now to register 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
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