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Data to Advance Population Health: Global Perspectives

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Data to Advance Population Health: Global Perspectives

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9 hours to complete
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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Beginner level
No prior experience required
9 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Discuss frameworks to understand the data generation to use cycle

  • Explore strategies to strengthen organization culture around data use and to build capacity for data use

  • Examine methods to effectively present and communicate data for decision-making

  • Apply a gender and equity lens to data systems to ensure they are responsive to the needs of populations

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Assessments

21 assignments

Taught in English

There are 4 modules in this course

In this course, you will learn about methodologies that support the successful data use to strengthen public health programs and policies. Experts from around the world will define and explain what population-level data is, introduce the data-generation-to-use cycle, and explain other considerations for successful data use for population health. You will also learn about how health services data can be used to inform population-level decision-making, and the application of a gender and equity lens towards these data systems to ensure they are responsive to the needs of populations. Our overarching goal for this course is to support and improve the use of data to inform policy.

The course is the result of a collaboration among multiple partners, including Vital Strategies, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Foundation, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and the World Health Organization. This course was funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, with co-funding from the Australian government and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

What's included

8 videos2 readings6 assignments3 discussion prompts

8 videos•Total 92 minutes
  • Welcome to the Course•4 minutes
  • Module 1 Introduction•2 minutes
  • Understanding the Data-Generation-to-Use Cycle•19 minutes
  • Data Use Context•19 minutes
  • Data-Generation-to-Use Cycle Case Study•12 minutes
  • Considerations of Gender for the Data-Generation-to-Use Cycle•14 minutes
  • Health Inequality Monitoring•21 minutes
  • Module 1 Summary•1 minute
2 readings•Total 15 minutes
  • Course Guide and Technical Support •5 minutes
  • Who are we?•10 minutes
6 assignments•Total 32 minutes
  • Understanding the Data-Generation-to-Use Cycle•4 minutes
  • Data Use Context•3 minutes
  • Data-Generation-to-Use Cycle Case Study•3 minutes
  • Considerations of Gender for the Data-Generation-to-Use Cycle•3 minutes
  • Health Inequality Monitoring•3 minutes
  • Using Data to Advance Health•16 minutes
3 discussion prompts•Total 30 minutes
  • Meet and Greet Forum•10 minutes
  • Sources and Uses of Public Health Data•10 minutes
  • Gender Considerations and Representation•10 minutes

What's included

7 videos4 assignments2 discussion prompts

7 videos•Total 66 minutes
  • Module 2 Introduction•2 minutes
  • Organizational Data Use Culture•7 minutes
  • Promoting a Strong Data Culture•8 minutes
  • Essential Roles/Responsibilities•9 minutes
  • Engagement of Users and Data Producers•19 minutes
  • Data Quality•20 minutes
  • Module 2 Summary•1 minute
4 assignments•Total 25 minutes
  • Strengthening Organizational Data Use Culture•5 minutes
  • Engagement of Users and Data Producers•5 minutes
  • Data Quality•4 minutes
  • Building Capacity for Data Use•11 minutes
2 discussion prompts•Total 20 minutes
  • Strategies to Strengthen Data Use Culture•10 minutes
  • Stakeholder Engagement•10 minutes

What's included

20 videos6 assignments1 discussion prompt

20 videos•Total 93 minutes
  • Module 3 Introduction•2 minutes
  • Types of Data Stories•3 minutes
  • Data Stories and Visualizations•8 minutes
  • Design Principles for Effective Visualizations•4 minutes
  • Example Story•3 minutes
  • Role of Communication Strategy in the Promotion of a Robust Public Health System•7 minutes
  • Tools for Communicating Data•2 minutes
  • Role of Public Health Reports•8 minutes
  • Disseminating Data Reports•4 minutes
  • The Public Health Bulletin Project•5 minutes
  • Examples of National Public Health Bulletins•4 minutes
  • Provide the Blueprint to Build a Strong Foundation•7 minutes
  • Develop a Shared Definition of Quality•3 minutes
  • Expand and Enhance Technical Assistance Provided to Public Health Bulletin Editors•5 minutes
  • Gender Considerations for Policy Action•11 minutes
  • Introduction to HEAT and HEAT Plus•7 minutes
  • Describing Inequality Using Health Equity Assessment Toolkit (HEAT)•6 minutes
  • Using Your Own Inequality Data in Health Equity Assessment Toolkit Plus (HEAT Plus)•1 minute
  • Building Capacity for Assessing Inequality•2 minutes
  • Module 3 Summary•1 minute
6 assignments•Total 30 minutes
  • Designing and Presenting Data•3 minutes
  • Communicating Data Effectively•3 minutes
  • Tools for Data Communication: The Public Health Bulletin Project Experience•3 minutes
  • Gender Considerations for Policy Action•3 minutes
  • Health Equity Assessment Toolkit (HEAT)•3 minutes
  • Making an Impact with Data•15 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
  • Utilizing Design Principles•10 minutes

What's included

7 videos2 readings5 assignments1 discussion prompt

7 videos•Total 63 minutes
  • Module 4 Introduction•2 minutes
  • From Data to Action: Translating Data Into Policy and Practice•7 minutes
  • Translating Data Into Policy and Practice: Reducing Salt Consumption in Sri Lanka•14 minutes
  • From Data to Action: The Case of the WHO Mortality Database•14 minutes
  • Transforming Data into Public Health Policy•12 minutes
  • Linking Policy to Cost•12 minutes
  • Module 4 Summary•1 minute
2 readings•Total 20 minutes
  • Closing Thoughts•10 minutes
  • Course Feedback Survey•10 minutes
5 assignments•Total 24 minutes
  • From Data to Action: Translating Data Into Policy and Practice•3 minutes
  • Translating Data Into Policy and Practice: Reducing Salt Consumption in Sri Lanka•3 minutes
  • From Data to Action: The Case of the WHO Mortality Database•3 minutes
  • Transforming Data into Public Health Policy•3 minutes
  • Data Use for Policy and Action•12 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
  • Leveraging Data into Policy•10 minutes

Instructors

Johns Hopkins University
10 Courses•4,197 learners

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