GIS Analysis for Health Sector Programmes Course

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GIS Analysis for Health Sector Programmes Course, Mombasa, Kenya
Training or Development Class Title
GIS Analysis for Health Sector Programmes Course
Event Type
Training or Development Class
Training or Development Class Date
25-06-2018 to 29-06-2018
Last Date for Applying
18-06-2018
Location
Mombasa, Kenya
Organize and Presented By
Indepth Research Services
Organizing/Related Departments
GIS
Organization Type
Organization
Training or Development ClassCategory
Both (Technical & Non Technical)
Training or Development ClassLevel
International
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Education/Teaching/Training/Development

Medical/Healthcare/Hospital

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Location
Mombasa, Kenya

Event: GIS Analysis for Health Sector Programmes Course

Venue: Indepth Research Services, Mombasa, Kenya

Event Date: 25th – 29th June 2018.                

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INTRODUCTION

The physical and social environment that surrounds us plays an important part in our health and wellbeing. The geography concept of ‘place’ thus cannot be ignored in public health. Whether investigating the level of environmental pollution, access to recreation or services, or the patterns or spread of disease, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) provide the standard platform for exploring spatial attributes and relationships between our environment and health.

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

Participants will apply their new skills to one of several case studies in topics on epidemiology, risk assessment or infectious disease. The course will offer a mixture of lectures, demonstrations and hands-on exercises in Quantum GIS (QGIS).

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Public health practitioners, epidemiologists, exposure scientists, quantitative health geographers, risk assessors, students.

COURSE DURATION

5 days

LEARNING 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

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PAYMENT

Payment should be transferred to IRES account through bank on or before C.O.B. 18th June 2018

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For any registration of 3 or more participants, we offer a discount of up to 25%.

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For further inquiries email [email protected] or contact us on Tel: +254 715 077 817,

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ACCOMMODATION

Accommodation is arranged upon request. For reservations contact the Training Officer.

Email: [email protected].

Mob: +254 715 077 817

 

 

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1100 USD
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  Indepth Research Services, Mombasa, Kenya.  Pin/Zip Code : 00101
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