Introduction to Public Health and Epidemiology
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Program Professional Framework
Introduction to Public Health and Epidemiology
Program Overview
Public health decisions, from vaccination campaigns to chronic disease programmes, rely on sound epidemiological evidence. This introductory programme explains the core concepts and methods of public health and epidemiology for professionals entering or supporting the health sector: determinants of health, measures of disease frequency and association, study designs, surveillance systems, outbreak investigation, screening and prevention. It highlights priority issues in Gulf health systems such as non-communicable diseases, lifestyle risk factors and mass gathering health, and the role of the International Health Regulations in cross-border health security.
Learning Outcomes
- ✓Explain the functions of public health and the social, behavioural and environmental determinants of health.
- ✓Calculate and interpret incidence, prevalence, mortality rates, relative risk and odds ratios from sample data.
- ✓Distinguish descriptive, cross-sectional, case-control, cohort and experimental study designs and their strengths.
- ✓Describe how a disease surveillance system collects, analyses and acts on health data.
- ✓Outline the steps of an outbreak investigation and the role of the International Health Regulations.
- ✓Evaluate a screening or prevention programme using sensitivity, specificity and population impact.
Target Audience
- Public health officers and health programme coordinators
- Nurses, health educators and allied health staff moving into population health roles
- Health administrators and planners
- Data analysts working with health information
Detailed Program Modules
01Foundations of Public Health
- Definitions, functions and core public health services
- Determinants of health and health equity
- Public health systems in the Gulf
02Measuring Health and Disease
- Incidence, prevalence and mortality measures
- Rates, ratios and standardisation
- Health indicators and burden of disease concepts
03Epidemiological Study Designs
- Descriptive and analytical epidemiology
- Case-control, cohort and cross-sectional studies
- Bias, confounding and causation criteria
04Surveillance and Outbreak Investigation
- Surveillance types and reporting systems
- Steps of an outbreak investigation
- International Health Regulations and mass gathering health
05Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases
- Transmission and control of infectious diseases
- Diabetes, cardiovascular disease and obesity as population health priorities
- Lifestyle risk factors and health promotion
06Prevention, Screening and Evidence Use
- Levels of prevention
- Screening test performance and programme evaluation
- Using epidemiological evidence for policy decisions
Training Methodology
Applied Project & Assessment
Applied Project
Participants analyse a provided public health dataset to calculate key disease measures, interpret findings and draft a short evidence brief recommending a prevention or screening intervention for a Gulf population group.
Assessment
Short diagnostic at the start, practical tasks linked to each learning outcome, and evaluation of the applied project against published criteria.