| Course Description |
The design, implementation, and evaluation of health interventions in complex emergencies requires a particular professional orientation and skill set. Throughout this course, students will gain practice with and understanding of the complementary roles of qualitative and quantitative approaches and how they can be tailored to emergency settings. By the end of the class, students should be competent in a range of skills including applying complex sampling strategies, designing surveys, leading focus groups and participatory activities with local stakeholders, estimating key epidemiologic indicators, and analyzing data and information from diverse sources. Through individual assignments, group work, lectures, case studies and participatory discussions, students will develop diverse skills and experiences that they will be able to apply to their future work in a range of complex field settings.
|
