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.



Disease Clusters


Instructors: Dr. Megan Weil Latshaw, PhD
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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.
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There are 5 modules in this course
Welcome! We're excited to lay out the rationale behind this course and begin to talk about disease and it's study.
What's included
3 videos
Now we dive into the study of disease, looking at how we can break things down by place and over time. . . with a special focus on unusual disease events. The five question quiz asks about what we've covered up to that point.
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4 videos1 assignment
How do people working in health departments handle disease cluster investigations? Who else is involved? Module 3 starts off with some videos and a discussion. We look forward to engaging with you! At the end of the module, a quiz asks about material covered since your last quiz.
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3 videos1 reading1 assignment1 discussion prompt5 plugins
As we've mentioned, the tools available to public health often don't lead to the answers for which a community hoped. This module covers some of the reasons for that. Your final quiz asks about material presented in Module 4.
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4 videos1 assignment
Around the world, many communities grapple with disease clusters every day. Hear from an organization in the US working with those communities to help answer their questions. Your final assignment asks to you bring together everything you've learned to develop a plan for how you will (or would) handle a disease cluster investigation. We hope to see lots of innovative ideas!
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2 videos1 reading1 peer review
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Reviewed on Jul 9, 2020
It was really helpful and beneficial to understand how important it is to identify disease clusters in my community being a future health care worker.
Reviewed on Aug 31, 2020
Very informative. I am really thankful for helping me get more educated and learn/become aware about issues that could affect my health as well as that of my community.
Reviewed on Apr 18, 2020
One of the best courses I take ony Coursera. The teachings are high standard with very interesting topics you could learn from.
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