| Συνεισφορές: |
Dean, Andrew G., Sullivan, Kevin M. (Kevin Mark), Zubieta, Juan., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Epidemiology Program Office, Global Programme on AIDS (World Health Organization) |
| Περιγραφή: |
Manual by Andrew G. Dean, Kevin M. Sullivan, and Juan Zubieta. ; Epi Info is a series of Windows 95, 98, and NT programs for use by public health professionals in conducting outbreak investigations, managing databases for public health surveillance and other tasks, and general database and statistics applications. With Epi Info and a personal computer, physicians, epidemiologists, and other public health and medical workers can rapidly develop a questionnaire or form, customize the data entry process, and enter and analyze data. Epidemiologic statistics, graphs, and tables are produced with simple commands like READ, FREQ, LIST, TABLES, and BAR. A component called Epi Map displays geographic maps with data from Epi Info. Epi Info is in the public domain and can be downloaded from the Internet. CD-ROM copies and printed manuals may also be available from private vendors. ; A study in 1997 documented 145,000 copies of the DOS versions of Epi Info and Epi Map in 117 countries. The DOS manual and/or programs have been translated into 13 non-English languages. ; Epi Info 2000 is an entirely new series of programs for Microsoft Windows 95, 98, and NT, written in Visual Basic, Version 6. It uses the Microsoft Access file format as a gateway to industry database standards. Although Epi Info 2000 data is stored in Microsoft Access files for maximum compatibility with other systems, many other file types can be analyzed, imported, or exported. ; Epi Info 2000 includes a Geographic Information System (GIS), called Epi Map 2000, built around the MapObjects program from Environmental Sciences Research Incorporated, the producers of ArcView. Epi Map is compatible with GIS data from numerous Internet sites in the popular ESRI formats. ; Epi Info 2000 retains many features of the familiar Epi Info for DOS, while offering Windows strengths like point-and-click ease of use, graphics, fonts, and painless printing. The programs, documentation, and teaching materials are in the public domain (although “Epi Info� is a CDC ... |