Title:	Surveillance to measure the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs)
Keywords:	Surveillance Non-communicable diseases Burden of diseases
Country:	Indonesia
Institution:	Indonesia - Post Graduate Programme, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta
Course coordinator:	Dr. Siswanto Agus Wilopo, SU, MSc, ScD
Date start:	2017-07-17
Date end:	2017-08-03
About duration and dates:	Number of weeks: 4 weeks, (pre-reading: 1 weeks, face-to-face: 2 weeks, final assignments: 1 weeks)
Classification:	advanced optional
Mode of delivery:	Face to face
Course location: Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Jl. Farmako 1, Gedung IKM Lantai 1, Bulaksumur, Yogyakarta, Indonesia 55281
ECTS credit points:	5 ECTS credits
SIT: 150 hours Contact hours: 80 (50 hours in class face-to-face, 30 hours facilitated practice and seminar), Self-directed learning : 45 hours, Pre-test: 1 hour, Midterms:1 hours, Examination:3 hours, Writing Final Paper:20 hours
Language:	English
Description: At the end of this course students should be able to: • describe the burden of NCDs (chronic diseases); • describe the concept and use of NCDs surveillance; • design NCDs surveillance; • construct data collection instruments to measure NCDs; • estimate epidemiological rates of NCDs; • collect morbidity and mortality NCD data; • calculate the burden of NCDs measures (i.e.: DALYs); • evaluate NCD data quality;and • use epidemiology data to measure the burden of NCDs.
Assessment Procedures: Students will take pre-test as soon as they are enrolled in the course (1 hour). This pre-test will evaluate the students’ preparation for the course. At the end of first week students will take the midterms test (1 hour). The final examination will be conducted at the end of the course (3 hours). Each student has to write a final paper. This paper should be submitted 7 days after lectures have ended. Students should use the SAGE data sets and present the analysis in no more than 3,500 words. The topic of the final paper will be discussed between student and facilitator. The assessment of this course is weighted as follows: 1. Pre-test : 10% 2. Midterm : 20% 3. Final exam : 20% 4. Final Paper: 50% If the student does not achieve more than 60%, another final paper should be submitted within 2 weeks after grade announcement.
Content: The course covers following topics: 1. NCDs profiling including the number, rates and causes of deaths from NCDs and trends in NCD mortality; the prevalence of selected risk factors; and information describing current national responses to NCDs prevention and control. 2. Understanding the asic concepts and goals of epidemiological surveillance, including the difference between communicable diseases and NDCs. 3. Understanding the STEPS approach of the WHO, i.e. the focus on obtaining core data on the established risk factors that determine major disease burdens. 4. Describing the STEPS Instrument, covering the three different levels or (steps) of risk factor assessment: Step 1 (questionnaire), Step 2 (physical measurements), and Step 3 (biochemical measurements). 5. Describing instruments for data collection on morbidity and mortality, including a verbal autopsy for adult mortality. 6. Describing the procedures of data collection for NCDs surveillance and the use of electronic equipment ( i.e. smart phones), 7. Managing data for NCDs surveillance (using SAGE data sets), including: o create a data dictionary that includes, at a minimum: variable names, variable descriptions or labels, variable types, response options and allowable values; and o data cleaning (identifying errors, including duplications, missing data, miscodes, and outliers; and the use statistical software to correct the errors). 8. Creating an analysis plan for existing data sets (using SAGE data sets), including o research question(s) and/or hypotheses, dataset(s) to be used, inclusion/exclusion criteria, and variables to be used in the main analysis; o calculate the epidemiologic measures (morbidity and mortality) for estimating burden of disease; o statistical methods and software to be used and table shells to prepare for: univariable analysis, bivariable analysis, calculating measures of association; and o assessing for confounding and effect measure modification. 9. Evaluating NCDs surveillance in developing countries, including: a. capacity for NCDs surveillance; b. evidence of political will for NCDs surveillance; c. existing NCDs data collection systems; d. internal and external data needs; e. evidence of how NCDs surveillance data are being used; and f. leaders and technical experts responsible for NCDs-related activities.
Methods: Students will receive course materials 7 days in advance. Students should read the materials received as a self-directed learning for 15 hours prior to the course commencing. There will be 50 hours of interactive lectures in the class (10 sessions: 4 hours in the morning and 1 hour in the afternoon for 10 working days). Tutorials and exercises in the computer laboratory will be 3 hours per day in the late afternoon for 10 working days. Students are required to undertake self-directed learning for 30 hours after courses has commenced until the course is completed. Pre-test, exam and midterm: 5 hours. Preparing the final paper for 20 hours.
Prerequisites: Students must be enrolled in an MPH or M.Sc. programme at the postgraduate level at a university recognized by the Indonesian Ministry of Research and Higher Education. Students arerequired to have completed of core Public Health courses on epidemiology, biostatistics and research methodologies. English Proficiencies: Certificate for English TOEFL test with at least a score of 550 points (paper based) or 213 points (computer-based) or 79/80 (internet-based) or IELTS band 6.0.
Attendance: The maximum number of students that may enrol in this course is 20 students; the maximum number of MPH students is 15 students and the maximum number of TropEd students is 5 students.
Selection: Preference will be given to student having responsibility for conducting burden of disease / NCDs surveillance in their country.
Fees: The tuition fee is 500 euro; excluding living costs
Scholarships: Not-Available
tropEd accreditation: Accredited in March 2015. This accreditation is valid until March 2020.
Email Address:	sawilopo@yahoo.com
Date Of Record Creation:	2015-03-30 03:57:16 (W3C-DTF)
Date Of Record Release:	2015-03-30 09:58:59 (W3C-DTF)
Date Record Checked:	2017-02-10 (W3C-DTF)
Date Last Modified:	2021-11-20 22:11:47 (W3C-DTF)