Practicing Epidemiology By Therese Cifers Open Epi Software

Practicing Epidemiology By: Therese Cifers

• Open. Epi Software Open. Epi is a free to use and an open source software that provides statistics for counts and measurements in descriptive and analytic studies. It also provides a multitude of available sources for you to use as you please • • • Has platform independence Can run programs across the web or locally Has stratified tables Simple robust data entry Diagnostic method evaluation

http: //www. openepi. com/ Menu/OE_Menu. htm

• Epi Info is a program you can download where you can use tools to help create data collection instruments and data analysis, visualization, and reporting using epidemiologic methods but at a more simplified level. This is used worldwide as one of the leading software's for the assessment of disease outbreaks. • • Professional TI support Flexible Scalable Mapping Capability

• http: //wwwn. cdc. gov/ epiinfo/

• Epi. Calc 2000 is a statistical software calculator that works with pre-tabulated data and it is free to download. • 32 -bit Microsoft Windows application • Now in version 1. 02

http: //www. brixtonhea lth. com/epicalc. html

• Maptitude software Maptitude is a mapping software that helps you understand the overall health and morbidity of a population, analyze health care coverage to identify gaps or inefficiencies, look for clustering, and to map specific health variable. • • $695 for software one free Country Package of your choice includes locations of hospitals, health clinics and other health care providers. Target marking

http: //www. caliper. c om/Maptitude/Publi chealth/default. htm

• Portable highspeed scanner In the field of epidemiology, it is essential to ascertain your data. Having a portable high speed scanner is one way to insure that your information is accurate and to get your information out. • • • Has fast connection speed with USB 2. 0 Scanner supports micro. SD and micro. SDHC cards up to 32 GB Has a scanning length of up to 90 inches

• Vu. Point Magic Insta. Scan ST-420 Scanner Staples for $99. 99

Thank you! Not the Jon Snow we wanted but the John Snow we got. Therese Cifers Software/Equipment project