Data, Analytics & Informatics
Methods to reduce bias
Compare methods to reduce bias across recruitment, assignment, measurement, analysis and reporting, with worked standardization examples and CPH practice questions.
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Communication
Message development and dissemination
CPH exam review: develop a clear public-health message and choose channels appropriate to its audience.
Communication
Audience analysis and segmentation
CPH exam review: identify audience needs and barriers and use segmentation to guide a communication approach.
Communication
Cultural influences on health behaviors
CPH exam review: recognize cultural context when interpreting health behaviors and planning communication.
Communication
Culturally competent communication
CPH exam review: use listening, language access and awareness of context to improve public-health communication.
Data, Analytics & Informatics
Hill’s considerations for causation
Use Hill's considerations for causation to assess an evidence-based argument, distinguish temporality from dose-response, and practice identifying limitations.
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Principles of social marketing
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Data, Analytics & Informatics
Types of bias in epidemiology
Distinguish selection, information and publication bias, recognize their mechanisms, and work through CPH practice questions without overstating study validity.
