RESUMO
In 2002, the Northwest Center for Public Health Practice (NWCPHP) at the University of Washington initiated the Epidemiology Competencies Project, with the goal of developing competency-based epidemiology training for non-epidemiologist public health practitioners in the northwestern United States. An advisory committee consisting of epidemiology faculty and experienced public health practitioners developed the epidemiology competencies. NWCPHP used the competencies to guide the development of in-person trainings, a series of online epidemiology modules, and a Web-based repository of epidemiology teaching materials. The epidemiology competencies provided a framework for collaborative work between NWCPHP and local and regional public health partners to develop trainings that best met the needs of a particular public health organization. Evaluation surveys indicated a high level of satisfaction with the online epidemiology modules developed from the epidemiology competencies. However, measuring the effectiveness of competency-based epidemiology training for expanding epidemiology knowledge and skills of the public health workforce remains a challenge.
Assuntos
Educação Baseada em Competências/organização & administração , Epidemiologia/educação , Competência Profissional/normas , Prática de Saúde Pública/normas , Educação a Distância , Avaliação Educacional , Humanos , Internet , Noroeste dos Estados UnidosRESUMO
In 1965 an epidemiological study was made in an agricultural area of Guatemala to establish the etiology of a disease affecting certain families. The involvement of the central nervous system gave the impression that the disease was encephalitis of undetermined etiology. A study was made of the characteristics of the area, and of the economic and social situation of the inhabitants, and an entomological survey was undertaken to identify vectors. An epidemiological investigation was made of each case, as was a clinical examination of each patient. A search was made also for other etiological agents, especially toxic agents. Blood samples from patients, contacts, and the general population, as well as post mortem material from those who had died from the disease, were examined. The persons afflicted were Indians living in the mountains and cultivating corn and wheat. Except for small wooded areas, most of the land is cultivated; part of the crop is sold and the remainder is kept for food. The water they drink comes from mountain springs, and there is no system of excreta or garbage disposal. Insects are not plentiful in the area. Between July and October 45 cases of the disease occurred and of these 20 died. Only 12 families were affected, but many members fell ill and died. Over 50
of the cases occurred among children under 10 years of age, and 75 percent among those under 20 years of
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Encefalite/epidemiologia , Guatemala , Fatores SocioeconômicosRESUMO
In 1965 an epidemiological study was made in an agricultural area of Guatemala to establish the etiology of a disease affecting certain families. The involvement of the central nervous system gave the impression that the disease was encephalitis of undetermined etiology. A study was made of the characteristics of the area, and of the economic and social situation of the inhabitants, and an entomological survey was undertaken to identify vectors. An epidemiological investigation was made of each case, as was a clinical examination of each patient. A search was made also for other etiological agents, especially toxic agents. Blood samples from patients, contacts, and the general population, as well as post mortem material from those who had died from the disease, were examined. The persons afflicted were Indians living in the mountains and cultivating corn and wheat. Except for small wooded areas, most of the land is cultivated; part of the crop is sold and the remainder is kept for food. The water they drink comes from mountain springs, and there is no system of excreta or garbage disposal. Insects are not plentiful in the area. Between July and October 45 cases of the disease occurred and of these 20 died. Only 12 families were affected, but many members fell ill and died. Over 50
of the cases occurred among children under 10 years of age, and 75 percent among those under 20 years of
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Encefalite , Guatemala , Fatores SocioeconômicosRESUMO
periodic, irregularly distributed illness of unknown etiology that affected certain families in an agricultural area in Guatemala was shown epidemiologically to be caused by eating seeding wheat impregnated with a mercury solution.