Establishing a field epidemiology elective for medical students in Kenya: A strategy for increasing public health awareness and workforce capacity

Autor: Petra Wiersma, Dismas Ongore, Wences Arvelo, Samuel Amwayi, Richard C. Dicker, Donna S. Jones, Zeinab Gura, Steven Becknell, Jared Omolo

Publikováno v: Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, Vol 5, Iss 1 (2019)
Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 33-39 (2015)
Journal of epidemiology and global health

Medical students have limited exposure to field epidemiology, even though will assume public health roles after graduation. We established a 10-week elective in field epidemiology during medical school. Students attended one-week didactic sessions on

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Building Global Epidemiology and Response Capacity with Field Epidemiology Training Programs

Autor: Robert E. Fontaine, Donna S. Jones, Henry C. Baggett, Rana J Ashgar, Richard C. Dicker, Jared Omolo, Amy L Boore

Publikováno v: Emerging Infectious Diseases
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 23, Iss 13, Pp-(2017)

More than ever, competent field epidemiologists are needed worldwide. As known, new, and resurgent communicable diseases increase their global impact, the International Health Regulations and the Global Health Security Agenda call for sufficient fiel

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29155658

Assessing Preferences for Prevention versus Treatment Using Willingness to Pay

Autor: Phaedra S. Corso, Sue J. Goldie, James K. Hammitt, Richard C. Dicker, John D. Graham

Publikováno v: Medical Decision Making. 22:92-101

Background Rising health care costs and limited resources necessitate trade-offs between resources allocated toward prevention and those toward treatment. Information from opinion polls suggests citizens favor spending a higher proportion of all heal

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https://doi.org/10.1177/027298902237713

Epi Info: A General-Purpose Microcomputer Program for Public Health Information Systems

Autor: Anthony H. Burton, Andrew G. Dean, Richard C. Dicker, Jeffrey Dean

Publikováno v: American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 7:178-182

Epi Info is a general-purpose set of computer programs for word processing, database management, statistics, and graphics developed over the past five years at the Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization. The programs allow rapi

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https://doi.org/10.1016/s0749-3797(18)30936-x

Designing Studies in the Field

Autor: Richard C. Dicker

Publikováno v: Field Epidemiology ISBN: 0195313801
Field Epidemiology

The two most common types of observational studies conducted by field epidemiologists are cohort studies and case control studies. Conceptually, a cohort study, like an experimental study, begins with exposure and looks for differences in disease inc

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