Installation, use and Maintenance of DHIS 2 Course
INTRODUCTION
The District Health Information Software (DHIS) is used in more than 40 countries around the world. DHIS 2 is a tool for collection, validation, analysis, and presentation of aggregate and patient-based statistical data, tailored (but not limited) to integrated health information management activities. It is a tool with an open meta-data model and a flexible user interface that allows the user to design the contents of a specific information system without the need for programming. DHIS2 and upwards is a modular web-based software package built with free and open source Java frameworks.
Health data and information is considered to be under-documented due to improper basic health and demographic record-keeping. IRES have organized this training that aims at building the capacity of researchers, health record managers and practitioners to monitor, manage and maintain demographic data and health information in a much more efficient and accurate way than using papers. This training course on Installation, Use and Maintenance of DHIS 2, will equip the participants with necessary skills and knowledge on how to report, analyze and disseminate data for all health programs.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
- Health administrators, Health Information System Officers, researchers, field workers,
DURATION
5 Days
COURSE OBJECTIVES
- DHIS 2 set up
- Understand what DHIS 2 is and what purpose it serves with respect to health information systems (HIS)
- DHIS 2 key features supporting data collection, validation, visualization, presentation and information use
- What are the major technological considerations when it comes to deploying DHIS 2
- Data collection and data entry;
- Data analysis and data visualization;
- Data quality with DHIS 2;
- Data elements, data sets and indicators;
- Event capture, event visualizer, event report and tracker capture
- DHIS 2 configuration to monitor health related indicators and progress towards targets such as international development goals
- What are some of the benefits and challenges with using DHIS for HIS
COURSE OUTLINE
MODULE 1: INTRODUCTION TO DHIS 2 AND INFORMATION USE
- Health information management and related concepts
- Different kind of data needed by health planners and decision makers
- Sources of data
- Legal and ethical requirement
- Benefits of using DHIS2
- Organizational units
- Information cycle
- Exercise: List the information systems that the health system uses
MODULE 2: BASIC USE AND FUNCTION OF DHIS2 SOFTWARE
- Installation of DHIS 2
- Key terms
- Components of DHIS2
- Strategy for getting started
- Indicators
- Data element
- Data sets and data entry forms
- Data set management
- Data set categories
- Adding a new section form
- Customs forms
- Scripting in custom forms
- Data assignment editor
- Pivot table design
- Connecting to the DHIS2 data base
- Dealing with large amounts of data
- The my datamart tool
- Exercise : Producing pivot tables
- Data visualization
- Charts and graphs
- Charts and dashboards
- Exercise :Building charts
MODULE 3: DATA DESIGN AND DATA COLLECTION
- Data set
- Data set management
- Data set categories
- Data entry forms
- Adding a new section form
- Customs forms
- Scripting in custom forms
- Data assignment editor
- Exercise: Data entry
MODULE 4: GIS MAPS
- Introduction to GIS
- Usefulness of GIS maps
- Thematic layer
- Maps consideration
- Editing and navigation
- Exercise: creating maps in DHIS2
MODULE 5: DATA QUALITY AND VALIDATION
- Measuring data quality
- Reasons for poor data quality
- What makes quality data
- Common data quality check
- Data validation analysis
- Validation rules
- Improving data quality
- Exercise : Using DHIS 2 to improve data quality
MODULE 6: IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY
- Data analysis processing
- Data maintenance and managing changes to the database
- Meta-data set up
- Import and export of data
- Aggregation
- Preparing repots and other information products
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