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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Reviewed on Aug 15, 2020
Course was helpful in doing some critical thinking. App interface could be made less wordy. I like the manipulability built into the ConTESSA App to suit users' context
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Reviewed on Aug 30, 2020
The course was very informative. ConTESSA is a useful app that would make contact tracing effective. I am looking forward to using it in the future, if given the chance,
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Reviewed on Nov 3, 2020
From whichever nook and cranny of the Shire, R0 will < 1! Although it is 'just an app' it has some solid evidence and system backing it up, which is being taught in a comprehensible way.
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