Spring Quarter, 2008

  Guide to Course Material
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Course outline: (click below) 

Epidemiology 418, 2008 - Course Outline (3/26/08)

Class photograph and student list: (click below) 

Photos of EPI 418, 2008 class members (4/10/08)

List of EPI 418, 2008 class members (4/10/08)
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Software Training Manual

Do do rapid surveys you need to master on your own MS Powerpoint and a word processing program (e.g., MS Word).  For the course you also need to master Epi Info, Csurvey and Stata. To learn Epi Info, Csurvey and Stata, you will use self-guided instruction manuals, presented below (click ).  You will need to know MS Powerpoint and a word processing program for Problem One and in addition Epi Info, Csurvey and Stata for Problem Two and the Final Group Problem. 

Session  

Date

 Printable Adobe PDF
Title and pages PDF

1

4/1/08

 Supplementary Training Material for Epi Info by Emory University faculty (10/5/07; updated 3/8/08)  
      Introduction to Epi Info Analysis Module (pages 1-35)
      Introduction to Epi Info Analysis Module (pages 36-70)
      Introduction to Epi Info Analysis Module (pages 71-105)

3

4/8/08

 Software Training Manual  
      Chapter 1 (pages 1-30)
      Chapter 1 (pages 31-63)
      Chapter 2

7

4/22/08

CSurvey 2.0 program for planning and conducting rapid surveys (Windows, 5/25/08)

      CSurvey 2.0 Manual (Windows)
17 5/27/08 Instructions for Merging Cluster Data
Software:
Do do rapid surveys you need to master on your own a graphics program (e.g., MS Powerpoint) and a word processing program (e.g., MS Word).  Specifically for the course you will need to master Epi Info, Csurvey and Stata (click ). 
Session Date Software
1 4/1/08 Order Stata

1

4/1/08

 Download and install Epi Info  (free sofware from CDC)

7

4/22/08

 Csurvey 2.0 (Windows) program (as zip file -- first read Installation Guide)

Graded Problems:

The course features two problems and a group final (click ). The first problem is to be done with MS Powerpoint and a word processing program (e.g.,  MS Word), the second problem with Epi Info, Csurvey and Stata in addition to MS Powerpoint and the word processing program, and the final group project with a combination of all the software.  
Out on session  

Due Date

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Title and pages PDF
2 4/17/08 Problem One -- Graphics (4/3/08)
6 5/15/08 Problem Two -- Data Analysis (4/16/08)
    Reference 19 (supp. for Prob. 2): Boisier P, Ouwe Missi Oukem-Boyer ON, Amadou Hamidou A, Sidikou F, Ibrahim ML, Elhaj Mahamane A, Mamadou S, Sanda Aksenenkova T, Hama Modibo B, Chanteau S, Sani A, Louboutin-Croc JP: Nationwide HIV prevalence survey in general population in Niger. Tropical Medicine and International Health 9(11), 1161-1166, 2004.
    Reference 20 (supp. for Prob. 2): Frerichs RR, Silarug N, Eskes N, Pagcharoenpol P, Rodklai A, Thangsupachai S, Wongba C. Saliva-based HIV-antibody testing in Thailand. AIDS 8(7), 885-894, 1994.
    Reference 21 (supp. for Prob. 2): West B, Walraven G, Morison L, Brouwers J, and Bailey R. Performance of the rapid plasma reagin and the rapid syphilis screening tests in the diagnosis of syphilis in field conditions in rural Africa. Sexual Transmitted Infections 78, 282-285, 2002.
7   Problem One -- Suggested Answers (4/24/08)
    Problem Two -- Data Analysis (suggested answers) (5/20/08)
15 6/9/08 Final Group Project (5/22/08 -- correct errors in ID numbers in data set)
       

Data sets for Software Training Manual and Problems:

The course presents several data sets for use with the Software Training Manual, Problem Two and with the Final Group Problem.  To download the data sets, click .   

Session Date Data Set

3

4/8/08

 zip file of aidsal.mdb for Software Training Manual
6 4/17/08 Team 1 data set for Problem 2 -- Data Analysis (zip: *csf, *.mdb)
Team 2 data set for Problem 2 -- Data Analysis (zip: *csf, *.mdb)
Team 3 data set for Problem 2 -- Data Analysis (zip: *csf, *.mdb)
Team 4 data set for Problem 2 -- Data Analysis (zip: *csf, *.mdb)
Team 5 data set for Problem 2 -- Data Analysis (zip: *csf, *.mdb)
Team 6 data set for Problem 2 -- Data Analysis (zip: *csf, *.mdb)
Team 7 data set for Problem 2 -- Data Analysis (zip: *csf, *.mdb)
Team 8 data set for Problem 2 -- Data Analysis (zip: *csf, *.mdb)
Team 9 data set for Problem 2 -- Data Analysis (zip: *csf, *.mdb)
Team 10 data set for Problem 2 -- Data Analysis (zip: *csf, *.mdb)
Team 11 data set for Problem 2 -- Data Analysis (zip: *csf, *.mdb)
Team 12 data set for Problem 2 -- Data Analysis (zip: *csf, *.mdb)
Team 13 data set for Problem 2 -- Data Analysis (zip: *csf, *.mdb)
       
Miscellaneous Supplementary Handouts:

Additional material has been created over the years to assist with rapid surveys tasks (click ).  You will need to know MS Powerpoint and a word processing program for Problem One and in addition Epi Info, Csurvey and Stata for Problem Two and the Final Group Problem. 

Session  

Date

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Title PDF

6

4/17/08

 Chart with Point Estimate and Confidence Interval (4/16/08)
7 4/22/08 Defining Study Objectives (self-study guide) (4/19/08)
7 4/22/08 Converting Epi Info Files to Stata Files (4/19/08)
8 4/24/08 Training Interviewers/Examiners (guidance for in-class role playing) (4/19/08)
11 5/6/08 Analysis of Surveys with EpiInfo and Stata
19 6/3/08 Use of Weights in Household Cluster Surveys
20 6/5/08 Schedules and Forms for Young Child Immunization Survey (LA, Ref. 15-16)

Assigned Reading:

The assigned readings by session are shown below (click ).  Please print the readings and bring them to class for discussion.  There will be no readings distributed in class. 

Session  

Date

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Author, title, source, pages and date PDF
1&2 4/1/08

Grabowsky M, Nobiya T, Ahun M, Donna R, Lengor M, Zimmerman D, Ladd H, Hoekstra E, Bello A, Baffoe-Wilmot A, Amofah G. Distributing insecticide-treated bednets during measles vaccination: a low-cost means of achieving high and equitable coverage. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 83( 3),195-201, 2005.

3 4/8/08

Lertpirijasuwat C, Plipat T, Jenkins RA. A survey of sexual risk behavior for HIV infection in Nakhonsawan, Thailand, 2001. AIDS 17(13), 1969-76, 2003.

4 4/10/08 Frerichs RR, and Tar Tar K: Computer-assisted rapid surveys in developing countries. Public Health Reports 104 (1), 14-23, 1989. (in two parts)

5 4/15/08

Frerichs RR: Simple analytic procedures for rapid microcomputer-assisted surveys in developing countries. Public Health Reports 104 (1), 24-35, 1989.  (in three parts)

9 4/29/08 Frerichs RR: General Notions, Chapter Two, in Rapid Surveys, draft, © 2007 (not for further distribution)
10 5/1/08 Frerichs RR: Simple Random Sampling, Chapter Three, in Rapid Surveys draft, © 2007 (not for further distribution, in two)  
 
11 5/6/08 Frerichs RR: Equal Probability of Selection, Chapter Four, in Rapid Surveys draft, © 2004 (not for further distribution)
12

5/8/08

  Frerichs RR: Cluster sampling, Chapter Five, in Rapid Surveys  © 2004 (not for further distribution, in two)
13 5/13/08

Lemeshow S, and Robinson D: Surveys to measure programme coverage and impact: a review of the methodology used by the Expanded Programme on Immunization. World Health Statistics Quarterly 38, 65-75, 1985.
14 5/15/08

Bennett S, Woods T, Liyanage WM, Smith DL: A simplified general method for cluster-sample surveys of health in developing countries. World Health Statistics Quarterly 44 (3), 98-106, 1991.
15 5/20/08

Rothenberg RB, Lobanov A, Singh KB, and Stroh G Jr: Observations on the application of EPI Cluster Survey Methods for estimating disease incidence. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 63, 93-99, 1985.
16 5/22/08

Lwanga SK and Abiprojo N: Immunization coverage surveys: methodological studies in Indonesia. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 65, 847-853, 1987.

17 5/27/08 Brogan D, Flagg EW, Deming M, Waldman R: Increasing the accuracy of the Expanded Programme on Immunization's cluster survey design. Annals of Epidemiology 4(4), 302-11, 1994. (in two parts)
18 5/29/08

Kok, PW: Cluster sampling for immunization coverage. Social Science in Medicine 22 (7), 781-783, 1986.

19 6/3/08

Frerichs RR, Shaheen MA: Small Community-based surveys. Annual Review of Public Health 22, 231-247, 2001.
20 6/5/08

Shaheen MA, Frerichs RR, Alexopoulos N and Rainey JJ: Immunization coverage among predominantly Hispanic children, aged 2-3 years, in central Los Angeles. Annals of Epidemiology 10(3), 160-168, 2000.

Supplementary Reading:
17 5/27/08

Behavioral Surveillance Surveys (Guidelines for Repeated Behavioral Surveys in Populations at Risk of HIV), Family Health International, 2000.
18 5/29/08

Kaiser R, Woodruff BA, Bilukha O, Spiegel PB and Salama P. Using design effects from previous cluster surveys to guide sample size calculation in emergency settings. Disasters 30(2), 199-211, 2006.
Powerpoint PDF (before) and PPT (after) Presentations:

Each lecture/discussion will have a slide set in PDF format (6 slides per page), to be printed and brought to class as notes (click ).  The slides will then be posted on the web as MS Powerpoint presentations (i.e., PPT files, click ), available for review after the lectures are completed.  I recently acquired a MacBook computer, and found that the PPT files do not appear well on the Mac.  To address this, I have reposted the files as "Internet Explorer 3.0, Netscape Navigator 3.0, or later."  The slides now show up both in Windows and in Safari, although with Safari the animation feature does not work.  Instead, the slides show up as a single complete image, not scrolling out line by line with the click of a mouse as in Windows.

Approx.

Session

Approx.

Date

 Printable Adobe PDF

PPT
Topic PDF

1

 4/1/08 RS2008_1 (slides 1-36, 4/1/08, 4/2/08)
2 4/3/08

RS2008_2 (slides 37-60, 4/2/08, 4/4/08)

3-4 4/8-10/08

RS2008_3 (slides 61-95, 4/7/08, 4/11/08)

5 4/15/08

RS2008_4 (slides 96-138, 4/7/08, 4/16/08)

6 4/17/08

RS2008_5 (slides 139-171, 4/11/08, 4/24/08)
7 4/22/08

RS2008_6 (slides 172-211, 4/16/08, 4/24/08)

Note: Session 8 (April 24, 2008) will be devoted to rapid interviewer training (see above)
9 4/29/08

RS2008_7 (slides 212-243, 4/18/08, 4/29/08)
10 5/1/08

RS2008_8 (slides 244-270, 4/27/08, 5/2/08)
11 5/6/08

RS2008_9a (slides 271-303, 4/27/08, 5/7/08)
12 5/8/08

RS2008_9b (slides 304-327, 5/2/08, 5/8/08)

RS2008_9c (slides 328-356, 5/2/08, 5/15/08)
13 5/13/08

RS2008_10 (slides 357-390, 5/7/08, 5/17/08)

14

5/15/08

RS2008_11a (slides 391-440, 5/7/07, 5/20/08)
15 5/20/08 Problem 2 slides of 15 surveys  (5/17/08, 5/20/08)
16 5/22/08 RS2008_11b (slides 441-476, 5/17/08, 5/23/08)
17

5/27/08

RS2008_12 (slides 477-517, 5/17/08, 5/28/08)
18

5/29/08

RS2008_13 (slides 518-552, 5/23/08, 5/30/08)
19 6/3/08

RS2008_14 (slides 553-574, 5/23/08, 6/5/08)
RS2008_15a (slides 575-597, 5/23/08, 6/5/08)
20 6/5/08 RS2008_15b (slides 598-628, 5/30/08)
-- extra RS2008_16 (slides 630-665, 5/30/08, 5/30/08)
20 6/508 RS2008_17 (slides 666-669) (posted following the lecture, 6/5/08)