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Target Audience
The intended audience for this training activity is first-year Field
Epidemiology Training Program (FETP) and Public Health Schools Without Walls
(PHSWOW) trainees; however, anyone with the following prerequisites will benefit
from the training.
Prerequisites
You should have an understanding of the following:
Basic epidemiology
Basic biostatistics
The steps taken in outbreak investigations
How to develop questions for an investigation
Basic functions of Windows-based computers
It is not necessary, but may be helpful, to have experience with Epi Info 6 or any
other database or spreadsheet software.
Training Objectives
Modul 1 Epi Info
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Using Epi Info for Windows, a summary of an original outbreak investigation, and a
set of questions to be used in a questionnaire, you will be able to
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If Epi Info is already installed, first UNINSTALL the existing Epi Info
and reboot your machine BEFORE installing the new Epi Info version.
this folder, so you can go to it after the download and complete the
installation.
2. Go to this web address: http://www.cdc.gov/epiinfo/epiinfo.htm.
3. Next to Web Install, click on the Download button if you have good Internet
speed and software to open .zip files. If not, next to Multi-Part, click on
Download button and download the individual files to your temporary folder.
4. Follow the directions on the website to open either set of files.
For Updates:
Periodically, the Epi Info for Windows team updates the program. You can download
these patches from the internet.
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