Department of Public Health Medicine
The "International Summer School 2012" is an advanced training course of the Institute for Innovation Transfer at the University of Bielefeld GmbH (IIT) in cooperation with the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Bielefeld.
In 2012 the International Summer School Programme “Spatial-epidemiological modelling in Megacities: Statistical and spatial analysis for urban health under a changing climate” is combined with the well-established course on infectious disease epidemiology (IDE) (Website Summer School IDE), to improve the knowledge about geo-statistical and epidemiological methods for controlling the predominant health problems of the 21st century.
Aim:
The course focuses on spatial analysis and statistical modelling in the context of urban health in megacities of developing countries. Topics covered in the seminar are focusing on health and the environment in megacities, such as burden of disease, socio-ecological health determinants, as well as climate change. The aim is to combine theoretical and lab work on statistical analysis and spatial-epidemiological modelling techniques in a transdisciplinary approach.
Learning objectives:
After completing the course, our participants will be able:
- to understand the multidisciplinarity of health problems in megacities of developing countries
- to approach concepts of population projection, epidemiological and demographical transitions
- to apply statistical techniques (i.e. multivariate regression analysis) which are commonly used in health sciences
- to apply geospatial techniques (i.e. geoprocessing, spatial auto-correlation analysis, and mapping) which are commonly used in geography
- to apply spatial-epidemiological modelling techniques (multivariate regression models that control for spatial dependencies in the data) which are commonly used in studies on health and the environment (spatial epidemiology, health geography)
- to work more effectively in collaboration with other disciplines for investigating multidisciplinary problems to develop sustainable strategies for the improvement of living conditions in megacities
For further information you can download the Programme (Draft).
