BMI Course Information
BMI 591 Public Health Informatics (3)
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Fall 2009 |
Course not offered |
Spring 2009 |
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Catalog Description
Course covers public health/population health topics including origins, information systems, data collection methods and assessing value.
Textbook and Other Materials
Text: Carroll, PW, Yasnoff WA et. al. (eds) Public Health Informatics and Information Systems, Springer Science + Business Media, LLC, (2003) ISBN 978-0-387-95474-5
The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic and How it Changed Science, Cities and the Modern World. Steven Johnson Riverhead.
Major Topics and Time Covered
- The Origins of Public Health/Population Health
- Public/Population Health Information Systems
- Data collection Methods and Characteristics of Data
- Survey Data and Methods
- Assessing the Value of Information Systems