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To equip participants with skills to use data for advocating for policies that promote equitable access to healthcare

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8 hours

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Course details

What are the course deliverables?
  • Examine methods to ensure that data can be used successfully to strengthen public health programs and policy
  • Define and explain key concepts in the design and implementation of population-based surveys, including the use of emerging survey techniques
  • Application of both health services data to inform population-level decisions and a gender and equity lens to ensure responsive data systems
More about 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
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Curriculum

Using Data to Advance Health

Welcome to the Course

Module 1 Introduction

Understanding the Data-Generation-to-Use Cycle

Data Use Context

Data-Generation-to-Use Cycle Case Study

Considerations of Gender for the Data-Generation-to-Use Cycle

Health Inequality Monitoring

Module 1 Summary

Course Guide and Technical Support

Who are we?

Using Data to Advance Health

Understanding the Data-Generation-to-Use Cycle

Data Use Context

Data-Generation-to-Use Cycle Case Study

Considerations of Gender for the Data-Generation-to-Use Cycle

Health Inequality Monitoring

Meet and Greet Forum

Sources and Uses of Public Health Data

Gender Considerations and Representation

Building Capacity for Data Use

Module 2 Introduction

Organizational Data Use Culture

Promoting a Strong Data Culture

Essential Roles/Responsibilities

Engagement of Users and Data Producers

Data Quality

Module 2 Summary

Building Capacity for Data Use

Strengthening Organizational Data Use Culture

Engagement of Users and Data Producers

Data Quality

Strategies to Strengthen Data Use Culture

Stakeholder Engagement

Making an Impact with Data

Module 3 Introduction

Types of Data Stories

Data Stories and Visualizations

Design Principles for Effective Visualizations

Example Story

Role of Communication Strategy in the Promotion of a Robust Public Health System

Tools for Communicating Data

Role of Public Health Reports

Disseminating Data Reports

The Public Health Bulletin Project

Examples of National Public Health Bulletins

Provide the Blueprint to Build a Strong Foundation

Develop a Shared Definition of Quality

Expand and Enhance Technical Assistance Provided to Public Health Bulletin Editors

Gender Considerations for Policy Action

Introduction to HEAT and HEAT Plus

Describing Inequality Using Health Equity Assessment Toolkit (HEAT)

Using Your Own Inequality Data in Health Equity Assessment Toolkit Plus (HEAT Plus)

Building Capacity for Assessing Inequality

Module 3 Summary

Making an Impact with Data

Designing and Presenting Data

Communicating Data Effectively

Tools for Data Communication: The Public Health Bulletin Project Experience

Gender Considerations for Policy Action

Health Equity Assessment Toolkit (HEAT)

Utilizing Design Principles

Data Use for Policy and Action

Module 4 Introduction

From Data to Action: Translating Data Into Policy and Practice

Translating Data Into Policy and Practice: Reducing Salt Consumption in Sri Lanka

From Data to Action: The Case of the WHO Mortality Database

Transforming Data into Public Health Policy

Linking Policy to Cost

Module 4 Summary

Course Feedback Survey

Data Use for Policy and Action

From Data to Action: Translating Data Into Policy and Practice

Translating Data Into Policy and Practice: Reducing Salt Consumption in Sri Lanka

From Data to Action: The Case of the WHO Mortality Database

Transforming Data into Public Health Policy

Leveraging Data into Policy

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    May 25, 2024
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