The use of epidemiological tools in conflict-affected populations: open-access educational resources for policy-makers

Table of Contents

1. Welcome
2. Introduction: Epidemiology in crises
3. Ethical issues in data collection
4. Need for epidemiologic competence
5. Surveys - Introduction
6. Surveys - Description of sampling methods
   1. Sampling unit
   2. What is sampling?
   3. Why do sampling?
   4. Goal of sampling
   5. Simple random sampling
   6. Systematic random sampling
   7. Choosing between simple and systematic sampling - Quiz
   8. Cluster sampling
   9. Sampling - Additional resources
7. Surveys - Sampling error, bias, accuracy, precision, & sample size
8. Surveys - Resources required for surveys
9. Surveys - Critiquing survey reports
10. Surveillance - When to do surveillance
11. Surveillance - Methods
12. Surveillance - Common problems
13. Programme data
14. Rapid assessment
15. Mortality - Indicators and their measurement
16. Mortality - Data sources
17. Mortality - Interpretation and action
18. Nutrition - Introduction and background
19. Nutrition - Indicators and their measurement
20. Nutrition - Data sources
21. Nutrition - Interpretation and action
22. Health services
23. Vaccination programmes
24. Water supply, sanitation, and shelter
25. Violence
26. Presentation of results
27. Formulating conclusions and recommendations
28. Dissemination and action

Sampling - Additional resources

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The issues discussed above, as well as many others, regarding survey assessments in humanitarian emergencies are discussed much more fully in the following manuals. (If you connected to the internet, click on the title to download a PDF version of the manual.)

Click here for "Measuring Mortality, Nutritional Status, and Food Security in Crisis Situations: Smart Methodology." SMART Initiative 2006.

Click here for "A Manual: Measuring and Interpreting Malnutrition and Mortality". World Food Programme and US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005.