Public Health Surveillance and Emergency Preparedness

Catalog description

This course offers dual comprehensive introductions to the public health emergency preparedness and response system, including bioterrorism events and threat, as well as the systematic, ongoing assessment of the health of a community based on the collection, interpretation, and use of health data. Topics include bio-surveillance, crisis and emergency risk communication, creating a surveillance system, analyzing and interpreting public health surveillance data, ethics, and communicating public health surveillance information. Students will explore existing surveillance systems at local, state, national, and international levels. Case studies and a variety of practice-related exercises serve as a basis for learner participation in real world public health problem-solving simulations.