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Data such as name, date of birth, citizenID, Hospital ID, phone number are considered as identifiable data. However, sometimes even there is no identifiable data provided. With a combination of non-identifiable data such as age, sex, occupation…., people can probably identify you.
Let’s try thinking about the combination of non-identifiable d…[Read more]

Imagine that you’re analyzing survey responses with regard to the use of bednets for prevention of malaria. You find that a large proportion of respondents report not using bednets. However, you have no data about why they are not using bednets. What approach(es) might you use in order to figure out why respondents are not using bednets?

If you were replacing an old technology with a new one that is easier to use, what would the TAM suggest about it’s relative usefulness? (i.e. should it be at least as useful as the old technology?)

What are some specific ‘external variables’ that you think might influence an individuals’ perceived ease of use or perceived usefulness of a new technology?

The main objective of an experimental study is to assess whether the intervention is working well or not. There are three terms related to the outcome measure in experimental study:
Efficacy
Effectiveness
Efficiency
Could you give a brief explanation of these three terms?

In a study to determine contact patterns in Thailand, people were encouraged to use a contract tracing application over a 3-month period. The researcher found that young adults had the most active contact pattern than other age groups. Please help identify confounders for this association. Please provide one confounder for each student, and please…[Read more]

Choose one (or more) of the following vital statistics and describe
1. Definition of each vital statistic?
2. How to calculate each vital statistic?
3. What are the main usefulness of each vital statistic?

Here is a list of vital statistics.
Case-Fatality rate
Mortality rate
Age-specific mortality rate
Maternal mortality rate
Infant mortality…[Read more]

Reflect and report some factors related to healthcare resources during the pandemic, categorized by a STEEP letter in your setting.

According to the principle of information security or CIA Triad, have you ever had experience about not being able to preserve the confidentiality or Integrity or Availablity of your information system? Please share that experience.

What happened?
How did it affect the system or users?
And how to prevent it?

Which you are highly recommended to listen.

Discuss the leadership styles Steve Job took and/or discuss your favorite leader and their styles

Pro/Con Six Leadership styles and What other styles you would like to try?

Please write a short paragraph about yourself to describe a moment where you decided to step out from your comfort zone and take a new action (5 points).

Say …

WHY did you decide to do that?

WHAT did it feel like after the event?

WHAT did you gain from this new experience? (could be good and bad)

To be fair, this is mine:

I have been a e…[Read more]

Please watch VDOs of public communication regarding COVID-19 situation from the leaders of two countries: Singapore and the USA. Then try to observe whether the two leaders are good communicators or not. When watching the VDOs try to look for the six principles of CREC, recommended by the CDC:

Please read a provided article:

Mahmood S., et al. Global preparedness against COVID-19: We must leverage the power of digital health. ( JMIR Public Health Surveill 2020; 6(2):e18980

The article provides examples and case studies on the application of digital technologies to strengthen the preparedness of COVID-19 pandemic. According to the…[Read more]

Could you list the disease outbreaks that have been declared as the Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)?

Why do these outbreaks raise such concerns?

In your opinion, is there a disease or condition that may potentially lead to PHEIC in the future? Why?

In the case study of the surveillance of melioidosis disease, it is interesting to see a large discrepancy of number of deaths between the national reporting system and the actual number of death cases from hospitals. We would not be able to recognize this until we did the evaluation.

What would be the consequences of inaccurate data reported to…[Read more]

According to steps of outbreak investigation, how could information technology be applied to assist the outbreak investigation process?