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Evidence for public health responses: Statistical Methods in Epidemiology (SME)

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Evidence for public health responses: Statistical Methods in Epidemiology (SME)

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Organization: KIT Royal Tropical Institute

Location: Netherlands, Amsterdam

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Closing Date: 2025-02-15

This two-weeks course is designed to equip you with advanced statistical skills crucial for informed decision-making in public health. This course delves into essential methodologies for planning epidemiological field surveys, conducting sample size calculations, analysing complex survey data in Stata to address pressing public health challenges.

Objectives

At the end of the course the participants will be able to:

  • Formulate research questions for epidemiological field surveys based on stakeholder information needs, develop protocols, data analysis plans, and field manuals to ensure comprehensive planning and execution
  • Calculate appropriate sample sizes and select sampling methods to ensure the statistical precision and representativeness of survey data in public health research
  • Analyse complex survey data using relevant statistical techniques such as clustering and weighting
  • Apply linear and logistic regression techniques in Stata to conduct simple and multiple regression analyses, and construct multivariate models based on epidemiologically sound conceptual frameworks

For more information on this course go to: https://www.kit.nl/institute/programme/evidence-for-public-health-responses-statistical-methods-in-epidemiology/

This course is tropEd accredited and can be followed as a stand-alone course or as specialisation course of the Master in Public Health and Health Equity programme.

Fee information

Regular course fee EUR 1.980

We offer a range of discounts for early bird applicants, alumni, tropEd students and groups. See below the discounts and fees for the course. See for more information about our discounts for groups and other short courses on our exclusive discount page: https://www.kit.nl/study/exclusive-discounts-for-our-study-programmes/

This fee covers the course fee and study material. It does not include any other costs like travel costs, insurance, visa, accommodation, daily expenses, etc.

How to register

Application procedure

The complete application is due 2 months before the start of the course.

Please upload your application online via KIT Online Application System by clicking on the ‘Apply now’ button on the KIT website, or login with your existing account via: https://application.kit.nl

The following documents should be uploaded:

  • A one-page letter of motivation
  • Copies of your diplomas
  • Copies of your academic transcripts (grade reports)
  • An up-to-date curriculum vitae and a list of publications if applicable

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