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TRAINING MATERIALS
AFENET Resources
Outbreak Investigation Laboratory Guidelines ( Outbreak Investigation Laboratory Kit. Click here to download)
This kit will allow for the timely laboratory confirmation of suspected outbreaks of acute health events.
Laboratory Training Course Curriculum Handbook (click to download here)
This handbook is used to equip middle-level laboratory technicians with skills in laboratory management and disease surveillance through a competency-based short course
CDC Resources
The following epidemiology related training materials can be downloaded free-of-charge. They are provided through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Division of Epidemiology and Surveillance Capacity Development
- Outbreak Investigation Laboratory Guidelines ( Outbreak Investigation Laboratory Kit)
- Laboratory Training Course Curriculum Handbook
- FETP Development Handbook
- Standard Core Curriculum
- RightSize Software and Micronutrient Malnutrition Case Study
- Cholera Outbreak in Rwenshama: Using Epi Info for Windows in an Outbreak Investigation
- MAPit - Micronutrient Action Plan instructional tool
- Modular Learning Components (Mini-Modules)
- Foodborne Disease Outbreak Investigation Training
- Data for Decision Making (DDM) Training and Technical Guidelines
- Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response Technical Guidelines
- EpiInfo Russian version
- Advanced Data Management and Analysis
FETP Development Handbook
Intended for persons who plan, implement, manage, and evaluate FETPs and FELTPs, the FETP Development Handbook is a practical guide through the process of establishing and sustaining an FETP. It includes recommendations, tools, and examples for handling each step of the process from readiness assessment to evaluation.
Standard Core Curriculum
Printable PDF (27pp, May 2007)
This curriculum provides guidelines to help you develop and manage your field epidemiology training program. You can compare the suggested competencies with the priorities of your organization to plan and implement your program. You can also customize the curriculum based on your program’s priorities.
RightSize Software and Micronutrient Malnutrition Case Study
(2.66 MB, Self-extracting Zip file) link
The computer-based Micronutrient Malnutrition case Study is based on a national survey conducted in Azerbaijan. The training incorporates RightSize, a computer software tool that calculates sample size. RightSize teaches optimal practices by showing the effects of differing assumptions on sample size of simple random and cluster surveys. Effects of user choices on the costs and timeliness of the survey are shown in both text and graph formats. The target audience includes public health employees and students who design and develop surveys. This project was created in cooperation with NCCDPHP.
The training
- Provides an overview of the process of designing and conducting surveys.
- Helps make appropriate survey design choices.
- Illustrates the effect of choices made in determining sample size.
- Outlines survey design methods.
Cholera Outbreak in Rwenshama: Using Epi Info for Windows in an Outbreak Investigation Link
This introductory training for Epi Info software can be used as a self-study training for individuals with strong basic computer skills or as a classroom-based training tool. It provides 18 hours of instruction or 3 days of classroom training. The target audience includes trainees of field epidemiology training programs, epidemiologists, and other public health employees who collect, manage, and analyze data.
The following materials are available for download:
- Student training manual Epi Info Training Session. Using Epi Info in an Outbreak Investigation. Advanced Analysis and Mapping. PDF (207pp, September 2005)
- Database (Self-Extracting Zip)
For more information, visit the Epi Info website
MAPit - Micronutrient Action Plan Instructional Tool
MAPit is a training tool for epidemiologists and other health professionals to increase their understanding of, and involvement in, micronutrient malnutrition-elimination programs. It targets those who want to strengthen their overall understanding of, and involvement in, micronutrient malnutrition-elimination programs. The target audience includes public health personnel at all levels. This project was created in cooperation with NCCDPHP.
The training
- Provides an overview of micronutrient malnutrition control and prevention programs, with emphasis on the components of assessment, analysis, monitoring and evaluation, and communication.
- Can be used as a self-study tool or incorporated into group training programs
- Includes a database of resources searchable by keyword and sorted by title or author.
- Includes short quizzes and games that reinforce key points and concepts.
Information about MAPit can be found at the link below, including a link to order a CD: www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/immpact/tools/mapit.htm.
Modular Learning Components (Mini-Modules)
These self-paced computer-assisted training tutorials provide interactive instruction. The training tools concentrate on a single learning objective and provide in-depth descriptions of the subject and an opportunity to practice the skills learned through a series of interactive components and examples. The target audience includes public health employees and trainees of field epidemiology training programs.
Following is a list of topical areas.
- Analyzing Multiple Risk Factors
- Comparing Morbidity and Mortality Among Populations
- Constructing an Epidemic Curve
- Graphing Descriptive Ecologic Data
- Predictive Values
- Probability Proportional to Size Cluster Sampling
- Standard Deviation and Standard Error of the Mean
Foodborne Disease Outbreak Investigation Training Link
This training includes computer-based and classroom epidemiologic case studies that focus on real-life foodborne disease outbreak investigations. The target audience includes public health employees with basic epidemiology knowledge. This project was developed in cooperation with PHPPO and NCID.
Data for Decision Making (DDM) Training and Technical Guidelines
Customized based on a country´s public health priorities and infrastructure, DDM is a 12-18 month, on-the-job, interdisciplinary training program whose goal is to strengthen the use of evidence-based decision-making in public health. Targeted at public health program leaders, it is designed to minimize the amount of time the participants spend away from their job.
The program combines formal training sessions in epidemiology, surveillance, communications, and prevention effectiveness; and field projects which address a priority public health problem. By the end of the training, each participant will have developed a written document that proposes intervention to an existing health problem. Implementation of this project should produce a measurable health impact. DDM programs have been implemented in several countries, including Brazil, Central America, and Jordan.
Training
Technical guidelines
Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) Technical Guidelines
DESCD, in partnership with NCID and WHO, supported the implementation of a strategy to improve communicable disease surveillance and response in the Africa region. In support of the work which was begun in 1994, various products have been produced, including technical guidelines, available in English and French. Click here [www.cdc.gov/idsr] for more information about IDSR.
- English version PDF(239pp, 2001)
- French version PDF(251pp, 2001)
Advanced Data Management and Analysis
This training uses a scenario based on an actual study of factors associated with having a sexually transmitted infection in Zimbabwe and data derived from the case-control study conducted to take students though data management and analysis using Epi Info for Windows. The training covers data management and editing, recoding variables, univariate analysis, stratified analysis, confounding and effect modification and introduction to logistic regression. The training is designed as a self-study activity but also works well in a classroom setting.
Training ManualAdvanced Management and Analysis of Data Using Epi Info for Windows:
Risk Factors for Sexually Transmitted Infections in Kuwadzana, Zimbabwe
» PDF Document (133pp, July 27, 2006)
» Questionaires (105pp, 2007)
Databases» Created Variables Zim Study (MDB)
» Clean Data Zim Study (MDB)
» Zim Study lr (MDB)
» Zim Study trn (MDB)