Short Term Certificate Courses in Public Health include Biostatistics, Environmental Health, Public Health Administration and related programs. Public health is the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals. Texila eLearning renders you an opportunity to explore the public health programs in depth in a shorter duration ranging from few months to a year.
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Certificate in Advanced Research Methodology
$300.00- Describe the scientific method as it is applied to research in public health practice.
- Identification of the research problem and defining objectives of the study. Describe the relevance of the problem chosen for research, through good literature review.
- Identify an appropriate study design and apply it to produce valid results.
- Describe effectively and interpret the present results to fellow scientists and investigators, policy-makers and administrators, and the public.
- Demonstrate the proposal writing to funding agencies for grant of funds. Be responsive to ethical issues and safeguard the interest of all stakeholders.
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Certificate in Applied Biostatistics
$300.00- Classify the variables into nominal, ordinal, discrete and continuous.
- Describe basic concepts of probability, random variation and commonly used statistical probability distributions.
- Interpret the descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, correlation coefficient and regression from a given data
- Apply descriptive and inferential methodologies according to the type of study design for answering a particular research question.
- Perform descriptive and inferential statistics from a given data using statistical software
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Certificate in Biostatistics
$300.00- Impart knowledge about the basic concept of biostatistics
- Recognise different types of data and present them in suitable graphs and diagrams
- Explain and apply the statistical methods in biomedical and public health research
- Explain written and oral presentations based on statistical analyses
- Interpret results acquired from statistical analysis
- Discuss the designing of statistical models and experiments
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Certificate in Environmental Health
$300.00- Introduce the concepts of health, disease, environment, behavior, and risk
- Describe major environmental hazards
- Describe major occupational health hazards
- Discuss the determinants of safety of domestic environment
- Explain the Applied aspects of environmental and occupational health
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Certificate in Epidemiology
$300.00- Understand the study of etiology, natural history and cause of disease.
- Determine the frequency and pattern of disease in population.
- Design, conduct, analyse and interpret the results of epidemiological study.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of preventative and therapeutic measures for a disease.
- Determine the Different concepts of Epidemiology and its application.
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Certificate in Global Health and Disaster Management
$300.00- Explain the core issues and challenges of global health including gender and human rights implications.
- Promote and lead global health work on the basis of research evidence and data from relevant health fields.
- Use a range of different strategies to address and manage the global issues related to infectious diseases and chronic diseases and of emergency at local, national and international levels.
- Identify global health actors at local, national and international levels.
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Certificate in Health Economics and Health Financing
$300.00- Discuss principles of economics that are applicable in health system financing
- Describe factors and their functions in healthcare market including cost and effectiveness of healthcare
- Demonstrate different components of healthcare services, schemes and industries attached to it
- Discuss the components of health financing, strengths and weaknesses of a country’s structure and functioning of health financing
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Certificate in Introduction to Public Health Practice
$300.00- Define health and its determinants in the context of public health
- Describe the mission, core functions of public health and the public health system and the strategies and approaches of public health practice
- Discuss the tools that used to measure population health
- Discuss the components of the public health infrastructure, the role of law and ethics, and the legal system that must be in place in order to achieve public health goals
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Certificate in Maternal Child Health
$300.00- Describe the historical background and contemporary trends of maternal and child health.
- Understand the basic terms and definitions of indicators.
- Identify common causes of mortality and morbidity among women and children and discus maternal and child health issues and interventions
- Illustrate the MCH status and intervention efforts of Government of Zambia
- Identify low-cost, effective community-based approaches to intervention of MCH issues.
