Course Summary
Learn about the clustering of diseases and their relationship to environmental factors. Explore techniques for detecting disease clusters and identifying potential causes.Key Learning Points
- Understand the concept of disease clusters and their potential causes
- Learn how to detect disease clusters using various techniques
- Explore the relationship between environmental factors and disease clusters
Job Positions & Salaries of people who have taken this course might have
- USA: $64,000 - $112,000
- India: ₹3,00,000 - ₹12,00,000
- Spain: €25,000 - €55,000
- USA: $64,000 - $112,000
- India: ₹3,00,000 - ₹12,00,000
- Spain: €25,000 - €55,000
- USA: $41,000 - $109,000
- India: ₹2,40,000 - ₹10,00,000
- Spain: €18,000 - €45,000
- USA: $64,000 - $112,000
- India: ₹3,00,000 - ₹12,00,000
- Spain: €25,000 - €55,000
- USA: $41,000 - $109,000
- India: ₹2,40,000 - ₹10,00,000
- Spain: €18,000 - €45,000
- USA: $39,000 - $78,000
- India: ₹1,80,000 - ₹7,00,000
- Spain: €19,000 - €35,000
Related Topics for further study
Learning Outcomes
- Identify disease clusters and potential causes
- Apply techniques for detecting disease clusters
- Analyze the relationship between environmental factors and disease clusters
Prerequisites or good to have knowledge before taking this course
- Basic understanding of epidemiology
- Familiarity with statistical software (e.g. R, SAS)
Course Difficulty Level
IntermediateCourse Format
- Online
- Self-paced
Similar Courses
- Epidemiology: The Basic Science of Public Health
- Data Analysis and Statistical Inference
Related Education Paths
Related Books
Description
Do a lot of people in your neighborhood all seem to have the same sickness? Are people concerned about high rates of cancer? Your community may want to explore the possibility of a disease cluster, which happens when there is a higher number of cases of disease than expected.
Knowledge
- Explain how disease is studied.
- Describe what happens during a disease cluster investigation.
- Assess the two main parameters of a disease cluster investigation: time and space.
- Explain challenges in studying disease clusters, including why they often yield inconclusive results.
Outline
- Introduction and What is Disease?
- Introduction to Disease Clusters
- What is Disease and What is a Disease Cluster?
- Case Study: Cholera in London
- How is Disease Studied
- How is Disease Studied? Investigating Clusters
- Case Study 2: Breast Cancer in Cape Cod
- Unusual or “Sentinel” Events: Another Strategy for Health Detective
- Case Study 3: The Spanish Toxic Oil Event
- 1
- Approaches to Possible Clusters
- Starting the Process
- Other Considerations
- Who Does What during a Disease Cluster Investigation?
- Directions for Discussion Forum
- 2
- Why Are These Investigations Often Unsuccessful? (Suzanne Condon)
- What Is Cancer?
- Case Study: Childhood Leukemia in Woburn, MA
- Case Study: Sarcoma in Ashland, MA
- Tracking Disease
- 3
- What can community members do?
- Losing Communities to Toxic Pollution and Disasters (Michele Roberts)
- What Can Citizen Scientists Do?
- Directions for Final Project
Summary of User Reviews
Discover how to identify and analyze disease clusters with the Disease Clusters course on Coursera. Students of this course have praised its comprehensive coverage of the topic and practical applications in real-life situations. Overall, users have found this course to be highly informative and engaging.Key Aspect Users Liked About This Course
Comprehensive coverage of disease clustersPros from User Reviews
- Practical applications in real-life situations
- Engaging and informative course material
- Well-structured and easy to follow content
Cons from User Reviews
- Limited interaction with instructors
- Some users found the pace of the course to be too slow
- Not suitable for those with no background in epidemiology
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