GIS in health and epidemiology: Theory and Practice

GIS in health and epidemiology: Theory and Practice, available at $59.99, has an average rating of 3.45, with 28 lectures, based on 30 reviews, and has 143 subscribers.

You will learn about Application of GIS in Health research, planing and epidemiology. Students will able to develop skills and capabilities to use GIS in health planning, epidemiology and research work in community health. Student will able to work with GPS locations Student will able to familiarise with features in Google Earth Pro This course is ideal for individuals who are Students in health streams need knowledge and practical use of GIS It is particularly useful for Students in health streams need knowledge and practical use of GIS.

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Summary

Title: GIS in health and epidemiology: Theory and Practice

Price: $59.99

Average Rating: 3.45

Number of Lectures: 28

Number of Published Lectures: 27

Number of Curriculum Items: 28

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 27

Original Price: $89.99

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What You Will Learn

Application of GIS in Health research, planing and epidemiology.
Students will able to develop skills and capabilities to use GIS in health planning, epidemiology and research work in community health.
Student will able to work with GPS locations
Student will able to familiarise with features in Google Earth Pro

Who Should Attend

Students in health streams need knowledge and practical use of GIS

Target Audiences

Students in health streams need knowledge and practical use of GIS

Health professionals need to map and visualize their existing or collected data for appropriate analysis, interpretation and decision making. Newer technologies such as Global Positioning System (GPS) and Geographic Information System (GIS) permit geographical data capturing, managing, analyzing, and displaying in much efficient and accurate manner. GPS allows to obtain the exact location (i.e. coordinates) while GIS is useful for observing longitudinal trends. GIS technology has broad applications in natural and social sciences, humanities, environmental studies, engineering, management and health. GIS can be efficiently used in population health specifically in epidemiology in many occasions such as identifying population at risk, health planning and targeting interventions, linking data, forecasting epidemics, monitoring disease patterns and interventions over time, determining geographical distribution and variation of disease (prevalence and incidence), etc.

This course introduces the concepts and components of a geographic information system (GIS). It also teaches the essential skills of developing maps through use of GIS software package.

By completing this course, students will able to develop skills and capabilities to use GIS in health planning, epidemiology and research work in community health.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction to the training programme

Lecture 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Basic concepts of GIS and GPS

Lecture 1: Basic concepts of Geographical Information Systems

Lecture 2: Basic concepts of Global Positioning Systems

Lecture 3: Importance and challenges of GIS in health

Lecture 4: Data types in GIS

Lecture 5: Coordinate systems in GIS

Chapter 3: Work with open source GIS software

Lecture 1: Work with open source GIS software

Lecture 2: Download and install QGIS software

Lecture 3: Familiar with QGIS software

Lecture 4: Download digital maps (i.e., shapefiles) of your interest

Chapter 4: Hands on experience on mapping techniques with QGIS software

Lecture 1: Data visualization by maps

Lecture 2: Selection of an area of map layer and developing a new map

Lecture 3: Developing Contagious USA map with labelling states

Lecture 4: Obtain GPS locations from Google Earth Pro

Lecture 5: Plotting of GPS locations on QGIS software, obtain from Google Earth Pro

Lecture 6: Understanding Plugins in QGIS

Lecture 7: Creating buffer zones using GPS locations obtained by Goggle Earth Pro

Lecture 8: Creating polygons using Google Earth Pro

Lecture 9: Dissolve several polygons and develop a new polygon

Lecture 10: Clipping a vector layer using polygons

Lecture 11: Creating buffer zones in both sides of a line feature in a vector

Lecture 12: Merge a excel table with an attributable table in QGIS

Lecture 13: Creation of Heat Maps

Lecture 14: Create Random numbers with in a polygon

Chapter 5: Hands on experience on GPS coordinates

Lecture 1: Creating buffer zones in Goggle Earth Pro

Lecture 2: Obtaining GPS location from mobile phone/GPS devices

Lecture 3: Mapping GPS locations in QGIS

Instructors

Sumal Nandasena. MD
Specialist in Public Health and Community Medicine

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4 stars: 12 votes
5 stars: 10 votes

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