Welcome to our course on population health information for
practitioners. This course will cover the benefits and
limitations of routine population data, the issues to be
considered when using routine data, an overview of various types
of routine data such as censuses, and sources of bias in
population data. Learning objectives: This course will cover: -
the benefits and limitations of routine population data - the
issues to be considered when using routine population data - an
overview of various types of routine population data - examples
of routine data sources giving information on population health
- demographic data and census data - national reference data and
data on aspects of individuals' and populations' circumstances
that may affect the wider determinants of health - health event
data - the concept of disease registers - health surveys
including the iceberg concept and the general household survey -
a summary of health activity data Course authors: John Powell,
Associate Clinical Professor of Epid