Using Public Health Dashboards

Learn how to evaluate and use public health dashboards, including the world’s most popular Coronavirus tracker, the John Hopkins University COVID-19 dashboard.

Introduction

• Using COVID-19 dashboards effectively

1. Dashboards

• Overview of dashboards
• Is data for all?
• Data sources
• Dashboard components

2. Metrics and Visualizations

• Understanding metrics
• Metrics: Total vs. new counts
• Metrics: Other reports
• Dashboard visualizations

3. COVID-19 Dashboard by CSSE at JHU

• Overview of the CSSE dashboard
• Dashboard features
• Data sources and references
• Data repository

4. Alternative Dashboards

• Not all dashboards are created equal
• Introduction to IHME dashboard
• Regional data

5. Key Considerations

• COVID-19 dashboards
• Limitations of dashboards
• Considering cases
• Key takeaways