February 23, 2009 – 8:49 am
A Short Course presented by the McCaughey Centre and the Onemda Koori Health Unit, Melbourne School of Population Health, University of Melbourne.
17-19 June 2009
- Are you interested in the political context of Indigenous health?
- Are you ever confused or frustrated by the complexity of Indigenous health problems?
- Would you benefit from a range of theoretical tools that would help you negotiate complex issues?
While the historical, social and political context of Indigenous health poses particular challenges for public health practitioners, few have access to the body of scholarship that addresses issues of cultural diversity, power relations, and identity politics. Read More »
October 22, 2008 – 10:23 am
9th – 10th February 2009
Statistical Modelling with Missing Data using Multiple Imputation
This short course will provide an introduction to the issues raised by missing data and the shortcomings of ad hoc methods for dealing with it. Participants will gain an understanding of multiple imputation as a tool for handling missing data. They will learn how to implement this method through a series of practical computing exercises with example datasets in Stata.
Lectures and computer practicals will be delivered by:
James Carpenter, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
John Carlin, Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit (CEBU), Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and Department of Paediatrics / Centre for MEGA Epidemiology, School of Population Health, University of Melbourne.
All enquiries should be made to the Course Coordinator:
Lyle Gurrin
Centre for MEGA Epidemiology
Email: lgurrin@unimelb.edu.au
Tel: +61 3 8344 0731
September 26, 2008 – 3:17 pm
Environmental Health Services/Program Evaluation
This course is delivered as a two-day short course.
The course is designed for those who are interested, or practising in environmental health and introduces participants to the evaluation of environmental health services or programs. The course is relevant to all public health programs or services but has an emphasis on environmental health, using a range of EH case-studies to illustrate key concepts.
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September 26, 2008 – 9:18 am
The McCaughey Centre: VicHealthCentre for the Promotion of Mental Health and Community Wellbeing plans to launch its first Short Course in 2009.
In the meantime, please take a look at the other Short Courses organised by The School of Population Health and its centres.
September 23, 2008 – 11:14 am
Program planners and implementers are often faced with the task of having to develop an evaluation plan or framework for the program/project that they are working on. This requires scoping the boundary of the evaluation and choosing the most appropriate evaluation approach and questions. Planning, negotiation, program logic modeling and evaluation criteria/indicator selection are integral components of this task. It is in these areas that this course is concentrated.
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