Assessment and Surveillance

CSTE Learn: Online Training Center for Epidemiologists

CSTE Learn is the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists’ (CSTE) online training center for applied epidemiologists and includes a variety of courses relevant to public health.

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Surveillance of Infectious Diseases

This training modules introduces participants to the concepts of disease surveillance.

Infectious disease prevalence

Introduction to Public Health Surveillance

This training module introduces public health surveillance concepts and principles for public health workers who have little or no prior training in epidemiology.

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An Introduction to Community Assessment and Data Collection

This course provides an introduction to community assessment, data collection and sharing data findings designed to build competence in data analytics and assessment as well as community engagement.

Community Assessment: Conducting Windshield and Walking Surveys

This course introduces the components of windshield and walking surveys, explains the data collection and analysis process, and discusses how observational data can be used to inform subsequent phases of the community assessment.

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