Advisory Prerequisites: PH512 or EPID600 or EPID601 & one biostatistics course
Description: This course will provide methodologic and practical details of performing systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Specific topics to be covered include: formulation of the review question, searching literature, study quality assessment, data extraction, meta-analytic methods, network meta-analyses, extensions to geographic information systems (GIS), genomics and spatial analyses, and assessments of heterogeneity.
Learning Objectives: I have listed the learning objectives that are relevant here from the 12 foundational learning objectives for MPH, MHSA, MHI, MS and PhD degrees.
1. Explain the role of quantitative and qualitative methods and sciences in describing and assessing a population's health
2. List major causes and trends of morbidity and mortality in the US or other community relevant to the school or program
3. Discuss the science of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention in population health, including health promotion, screening, etc
4. Explain the critical importance of evidence in advancing public health knowledge
5. Explain effects of environmental factors on a population's health
6. Explain biological and genetic factors that affect a population's health
7. Explain behavioral and psychological factors that affect a population's health
8. Explain the social, political and economic determinants of health and how they contribute to population health and health inequities
9. Explain how globalization affects global burdens of disease
