Date/Time
Date(s) - 19/10/2016 - 20/10/2016
All Day
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This one day workshop will provide an overview of spatial scales in the UK and different spatial methods which may be applicable to public health research.
Overview:
This course offers an introduction to spatial analytics in a public health context. The course will begin with an overview of different spatial units and how they fit together. Public health examples will be used to illustrate the relevance of using each of these units. We will work through examples of how spatial units can be added into existing datasets. In the afternoon we will generate your first map using public health data.
Programme objectives:
- To understand common spatial units in the UK
- To use open resources to match data at different spatial scales
- To generate a map of public health data (in a licenced and open source software)
Who teaches the programme:
Dr Michelle Morris a research fellow in the Consumer Data Research Centre. She is an interdisciplinary public health researcher whose work focuses on social and spatial variations in diet and health.
Is this course for me:
This course is for researchers who want to start looking at spatial or social variations in their data and generating maps to present results. The course will assume that your knowledge of spatial scales and generation of maps is zero. Examples will all be from a public health context.
Costs:
Students – £60.00
Staff employed within University, public sector, charitable sector – £100
All other delegates – £300
Course Testimonial:
“I thought the content of the course was perfectt for complete beginners in spatial analytics.
The information regarding sources of spatial data was particularly useful. It was also great to
get some hands-on experience in mapping data in ArcGIS and R. There was a real emphasis
on the common ‘hurdles’ encountered by beginners, and tips on how to overcome these
hurdles.”
“The quizzes were very helpful and I think I have retained a lot of knowledge from doing them.”
For further information please contact Eleri Pound