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Johns Hopkins University

Disease Clusters

Do a lot of people in your neighborhood all seem to have the same sickness? Are people concerned about high rates of cancer? Your community may want to explore the possibility of a disease cluster, which happens when there is a higher number of cases of disease than expected. When communities hear about cases of disease in their neighborhood, they are rightfully concerned. However, the results of investigations by the health department often find no evidence of a cluster. This course will help you understand what a disease cluster is and how it is studied. The goal is to empower community (or citizen) scientists, and to help build better relationships between communities and health officials.

Status: Health Assessment
Status: Community Outreach
BeginnerCourse7 hours

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ZN

5.0Reviewed Sep 15, 2020

I have learned a lot of various terms and techniques that may help me in my career within this field..

AA

4.0Reviewed Jul 10, 2020

It was really helpful and beneficial to understand how important it is to identify disease clusters in my community being a future health care worker.

NL

5.0Reviewed Apr 19, 2020

One of the best courses I take ony Coursera. The teachings are high standard with very interesting topics you could learn from.

MH

5.0Reviewed Apr 4, 2020

Very interesting course and hopefully the learning outcome will work for my professional career ahead.

GZ

5.0Reviewed Sep 1, 2020

Very informative. I am really thankful for helping me get more educated and learn/become aware about issues that could affect my health as well as that of my community.

AS

5.0Reviewed Oct 19, 2022

V​ery informative. The content was good, the delivery was easy to follow and the tests help to reinforce.

CT

5.0Reviewed May 15, 2020

This is a supplimental course to my degree, nursing. This is where I incorporate public health to community health nursing, and in the future, medicine.

AN

5.0Reviewed Apr 4, 2020

Helpful and Informative. This course is highly recommended for people who are working in the healthcare sector. As a student, I've found this course personally interesting.

DE

4.0Reviewed Apr 21, 2020

this course gives a wide scope of what it takes to manage a disease as well as the job of a public health worker in the field. wonderful time spent

NR

5.0Reviewed Aug 9, 2020

Wonderful Course. I learned lots, and the case studies kept it interesting. Great idea for final project.

EP

5.0Reviewed Jul 17, 2020

The peer review assignment takes a little while to get graded because there aren't that many people enrolled, otherwise, it's a great class with case study lectures that showcase disease clusters.

SC

5.0Reviewed Jul 14, 2020

Excellent course, I have learned so much in this course, it was a joy to do it. Excellent quizzes and peer assessed assignment was great. Thank you so much .

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