For students attending the course Monitoring of non-communicable diseases, large scale data collection, analysis and data visualizations (7 credits) course code 4NT015

Introduction to the course

During this course, different surveillance and monitoring tools, as well as data visualization schemes, for diet-related global diseases are introduced and used together with relevant organisations, policy documents and action plans in the field of public health nutrition. Teaching will focus on deployment requirements for appropriate disease monitoring data collection, requirements for appropriate data management and visualization, as well as ways of presenting disease monitoring outcomes in scientific terms. To achieve the above, you will be introduced to mainstream data analysis, processing and visualization tools. The use of AI analytics in health science and nutrition will also be introduced during the course.

Teaching methods and examination

This course consists of seminars, group work, lectures, exercises and discussions. The examination consists of active participation in workshops and an individual assignment.