This course aims to provide managers and developers of contact tracing programs guidance on the most important indicators of performance of a contact tracing program, and a tool that can be used to project the likely impact of improvements in specific indicators. Students who complete the course will be proficient in using the Contact Tracing Evaluation and Strategic Support Application (ConTESSA) to estimate the impact of their contact tracing program on transmission and strategizing about how to increase their program’s impact. A secondary audience for the course will be decision makers interested in knowing more about the characteristics of effective contact tracing programs, and strategies to improve.
Measuring and Maximizing Impact of COVID-19 Contact Tracing
Measuring and Maximizing Impact of COVID-19 Contact Tracing
Instructors: Emily Gurley, PhD, MPH
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Identify and calculate metrics and indicators that can be used to measure the impact of contact tracing programs
Use an interactive decision support tool to quantify the potential impact of testing and contact tracing strategies on reducing transmission.
Strategize about how to improve the impact of contact tracing programs
Understand underlying assumptions used by the tool to estimate the impact of contact tracing programs
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RT
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Reviewed on Aug 8, 2020
I found the course very interesting all the presentations were easy to follow. It would be useful a couple of extra cases to work with using the ConTESSA app.
OW
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Reviewed on Aug 8, 2020
The course was informative but difficult. I could not save the .yaml files directly and had to find a way to get to them when I needed to reload them. It was not easy.
LN
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Reviewed on Nov 3, 2020
Course was kind of hard I had to put my thinking cap on when it came to the math part. You’ll definitely need pen and paper to answer some of the quiz question. The course was great
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This course provide information and guidance on the most important indicators of performance of a contact tracing program for managers and developers of contact tracing programs. This course includes tutorials on how to use a tool that projects the probable impact of contact tracing on transmission in communities, and how to strategize about improving the impact.
Visit https://www.coursera.org/promo/covid-19-contact-tracing to learn about how to enroll in this course for free. The promotional price will be applied to your purchase automatically.
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We strongly recommend completing this course on a laptop or a desktop computer rather than a phone as you’ll need to complete worksheets and open the course and the application simultaneously.