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Applied Public Health Intelligence
on July 25, 2011 by neilbendel in Public Health, Reports and Assessments, Comments (0)
Author: Neil Bendel, Head of Health Intelligence, NHS Manchester Neil introduces public health intelligence in context of the wider healthcare setting. He details the policies that have had the […]
Disease Prevalence Modelling
on by davidlamb in Statistical Methods, Comments (0)
Author: David Lamb, Salford NHS (based on Health Knowledge materials) Disease prevalence modelling estimates the number of people with a disease or risk factor in a population when direct […]
Survival Analysis for Public Health
on by Georgina Moulton in Statistical Methods, Comments (0)
Author: Dr. Richard Emsley, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Manchester Survival analysis encompasses a variety of methods for analysing the timing of events. The variable (we are interested […]
Introduction to Surveillance
on by Georgina Moulton and pjarvis in Public Health, Comments (0)
Authors: Dr. Paul Jarvis, University of Manchester and Dr. Alex Keenan, Health Protection Agency The World Health Organisation defines public health surveillance as “the continuous, systematic collection, analysis and […]
Basic Statistics for Epidemiology: Risk
on July 22, 2011 by Georgina Moulton in Statistical Methods, Comments (0)
Author: Sara Muller, University of Keele (based on Health Knowledge materials) Risk has a very similar meaning in epidemiology as it does in everyday usage – it is about […]
Visual Presentation of Public Health Data
on by Georgina Moulton in Transferable skills, Comments (0)
Author: Shelley O’Neill (NW SHA) and Georgina Moulton (University of Manchester) (based on materials from Health Knowledge) Presentation of results in Public Health is arguably the most important skill […]
Basic Statistics for Epidemiology: Prevalence vs Incidence
on by Georgina Moulton in Public Health, Statistical Methods, Comments (0)
Author Sara Muller, University of Keele (based on material from Health Knowledge) Epidemiology vs Clinical Medicine There are lots of definitions of epidemiology, but the one below is fairly […]
Joint Strategic Needs Assessment
on July 20, 2011 by Georgina Moulton in Public Health, Comments (0)
The Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) has become a standard piece of work that has been conducted by local authorities and PCTs since the Local Government and Public Involvement […]
Essentials of SQL: Exercises
on June 22, 2011 by Georgina Moulton in Specialist skills, Comments (0)
Authors: Georgina Moulton (georgina.moulton@manchester.ac.uk) and Lucy Bridges (lucy.bridges@manchester.ac.uk) Queries modified from various internet resources including SQLZoo.net Use the schema below for the AdventureWorksLT database to complete the exercises. SQL […]
What is Public Health?
on May 23, 2011 by Georgina Moulton in Public Health, Comments (0)
Author: Georgina Moulton (georgina.moulton@manchester.ac.uk) Acknowledgements: HealthKnowledge syllabus and content What is the first issue you think of when considering Public Health? Is it the cholera epidemic in 1800s? Or, […]