Disease Screening in Public Health

People interested in public health, especially those wanting to acquire the skills needed to be involved in the scientific field of screening.

Current and future public health is characterized by the increase of chronic and degenerative diseases, corresponding to the worldwide ageing of the population. The increasing prevalence of these conditions together with the long incubation period of the chronic diseases and the continual technological innovations, offer new opportunities to develop strategies for early diagnosis.

By helping early detection of risk factors, screening can be very beneficial for public health. However, Public Health has an important mandate to critically assess the promises and the pitfalls of disease screening strategies.

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• To increase the competency of people involved in the scientific field of screening
• To understand the public health perspective in screening programs
• To explain the evidence needed to select, design, implement and evaluate screening programs

Week 1: Introduction to Key Concepts in Screening

Week 2: Screening metrics

Week 3: Screening in Pregnancy and Newborns

Week 4: Screening for Cardiometabolic Conditions

Week 5: Cancer Screening

Week 6: Public Mental Health and Screening in Ageing

Week 7: Screening in Low and Middle-Income Countries and Migrants

Week 8: Evaluation, Planning, Implementation and the Future of Screening Programs

For more information

• Gillian Bartlett-Esquilant, Professor of Epidemiology and Research and Graduate Program Director and Associate Chair for the Department of Family Medicine at McGill University, Quebec & Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Lausanne.
• Antoine Flahault, Professor of Public Health and Director of the Institute of Global Health (Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva) and co-Director of Centre Virchow-Villermé (Université Paris Descartes)
• Fred Paccaud (In Partnership with UNIGE), Professor of epidemiology and public health and Director of the Institute of social and preventive medicine

Organising Committee

• Institute of Global Health, University of Geneva, Switzerland
• Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (UNISANTE), Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Collaboration

• Ecole romande de santé publique (ERSP)
• Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+)

Programme Directors

• Gillian Bartlett-Esquilant, Professor of Epidemiology and Research and Graduate Program Director and Associate Chair for the Department of Family Medicine at McGill University, Quebec & Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Lausanne.
• Antoine Flahault, Professor of Public Health and Director of the Institute of Global Health (Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva) and co-Director of Centre Virchow-Villermé (Université Paris Descartes)
• Fred Paccaud (in partnership with UNIGE), Professor of epidemiology and public health and Director of the Institute of social and preventive medicine

Duration

Continuous training, 8 weeks of study, 1-3 hours/week

Location

This MOOC is an online course available on the Coursera platform

Admission requirements

Open to everyone, no prerequisites required 

Registration fee

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