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Pubh 6535a - Theoretical Perspectives Of The Social And Behavioral Sciences In Public Health, Stacy W. Smallwood
Pubh 6535a - Theoretical Perspectives Of The Social And Behavioral Sciences In Public Health, Stacy W. Smallwood
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
This course is designed to familiarize students with the history and current applications of social and behavioral sciences as they are applied to public health practice and research. It explores social and behavioral science models, theories, and approaches that inform public health, and their philosophical roots. The course also examines social and behavioral determinants of health equity across the ecological spectrum. Emphasis is placed on critical thinking skills to help students synthesize and utilize information in research and practice. An important contribution of this course is the emphasis on recognizing the contributions of social and behavioral science research and practice …
Pubh 4132 - Health Promotion Program Planning I, Raymona H. Lawrence
Pubh 4132 - Health Promotion Program Planning I, Raymona H. Lawrence
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
“Provides the student with the theory and practical applications of planning, developing, implementing and evaluating health promotion programs in a variety of settings. The focus will be on a global approach to planning with emphasis on the 5 settings for health promotion programming which include school, community, clinical, college, and worksite settings. Prerequisite: HLTH 2130 or permission from the instructor. Co-requisite: HLTH 4134 Research Methods and Evaluation.” (2013-2014 Georgia Southern University Undergraduate and Graduate Course Catalog)
Hspm 7338 - Contemporary Issues In Healthcare, Linda Kimsey
Hspm 7338 - Contemporary Issues In Healthcare, Linda Kimsey
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
Course examines multiple issues that are important for health care administrators’ understanding. Topics include insurance, professional development, healthcare reform proposals, scenario planning, environmental health, healthcare construction, physician relationships, and infection control. The goal of this course is to provide basic coverage of the numerous issues facing healthcare administrators in today’s environment and to provide guidance on professional development in preparation for entering and succeeding in the field of healthcare administration.
Hspm 7235a - Healthcare Law And Ethics, Julie Reagan
Hspm 7235a - Healthcare Law And Ethics, Julie Reagan
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to legal issues in public health and healthcare. Basic legal principles underlying the legal system, governmental regulation, development of legal rules, and how to interact effectively with the legal system as a public health practitioner will be explored. This course has two main purposes: first, to examine the legal context of the relationship between the individual and the community; and second, to understand public health regulation in the context of a market-driven system.
Epid 7134 – Epidemiologic Methods Ii, Kelly L. Sullivan
Epid 7134 – Epidemiologic Methods Ii, Kelly L. Sullivan
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
This course provides instruction and hands-on experience in the analysis and interpretation of data from epidemiologic studies. Topics to be covered include epidemiology research questions that can be addressed by cross-sectional, case-control and cohort studies; the rationale underlying the major techniques used to analyze data from these studies; the conditions under which these methods are appropriate and their relative advantages and disadvantages. Attention will be given to how interactions, confounders and nonlinear relationships among variables can be addressed along with interpretation of statistical software output from epidemiologic studies employing these designs and analytical methods.
Pubh 6534 - Health Policy And Management, Bettye A. Apenteng
Pubh 6534 - Health Policy And Management, Bettye A. Apenteng
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
The course provides a comprehensive introduction and overview to public health management and administration. The course context is based on managerial decision making and the practical knowledge, tools, processes, and strategies required by organizational management. This course overviews the basics of administration, including public health law, human resources management, budgeting and financing, health information management, performance measurement and improvement, ethics, leadership, communication, media relations, and legislative relations in public health; introduced as processes are strategic planning, program development and evaluation, budget preparation, and constituency building for collaboration. Emerging areas of public health policy and management are also discussed as contexts …
Pubh 7890 - Impact Of Public Health Leadership, Gulzar H. Shah
Pubh 7890 - Impact Of Public Health Leadership, Gulzar H. Shah
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
This course focuses on the fundamental concepts of leadership in public health and healthcare delivery contexts.
Cohe 7232 - Health Promotion Planning, Andrew Hansen
Cohe 7232 - Health Promotion Planning, Andrew Hansen
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
Introduces the student to the theory and application of planning and evaluation principles. Planning and evaluation skills will be developed that can be utilized in a variety of health-related settings. Familiarizes students with theories and models from the social and behavioral sciences and health education used in behavior change interventions. Emphasizes the planning and implementing of community health interventions at multiple ecological levels.
Hspm 7335 - Healthcare Operations Management, Linda Kimsey
Hspm 7335 - Healthcare Operations Management, Linda Kimsey
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
This course examines operational issues in health care management. Topics include systems analysis, continuous quality improvement and re-engineering, demand forecasting, facility location and design models, decision analysis techniques, linear programming, queuing and waiting models, inventory control models, and statistical quality control. The goal is to instill an understanding of the language, applications, and limitations of quantitative models with regard to decision-making and problem solving in health care organizations.
Envh 7234 - Environmental Toxicology, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu
Envh 7234 - Environmental Toxicology, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
This course introduces students to concepts associated with the lethal and sub-lethal effects of environmental and occupational stressors on humans and other living organisms.
Pubh 4133 - Health Promotion Program Planning Ii, Ashley D. Walker
Pubh 4133 - Health Promotion Program Planning Ii, Ashley D. Walker
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
Introduces students to additional theory and application of community-based program planning and evaluation. The second of a two-course sequence, the focus will be on program implementation, evaluation, and reporting of the health promotion plan developed during the prior semester. Students will gain first-hand experience in conducting an evaluation of community health education program. Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in HLTH 4132.
Pubh 4231 - Health Aspects Of Aging, Kristina Harbaugh
Pubh 4231 - Health Aspects Of Aging, Kristina Harbaugh
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
This course is intended to familiarize students with promotion of health in an aging population, the notion that aging is a natural part of the lifecycle, community, state and federal health programs and services for the aged. Students will become acquainted with the process of and problems associated with aging in order to effectively manage this important public health issue. Specific health concerns of the elderly including the increase in life expectancy, current life extending research and technology and successful aging will also be examined. Knowledge and understanding of biological, psychological, and sociological aspects of aging as related to health …
Chbe 9335 - Global Health And Preparedness, Andrew Hansen
Chbe 9335 - Global Health And Preparedness, Andrew Hansen
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
This course will focus on global public health and preparedness for domestic and global emergencies. Students will explore patterns of health and disease around the world, and compare them to public health issues in the United States. An ecological framework will be employed to illustrate the complex political, social, economic, and environmental determinants of global health inequity. Concepts from the social sciences, epidemiology, health systems, and policymaking will be incorporated. The course will emphasize issues related to humanitarian emergencies and natural disasters both globally and domestically, and the need to build public health infrastructure and preparedness to mitigate them.
Hspm 7135a - Public Health Policy Development & Evaluation, Jeffery A. Jones
Hspm 7135a - Public Health Policy Development & Evaluation, Jeffery A. Jones
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
This course introduces students to health policy development, analysis and management by examining issues in the health sector. It fosters an appreciation of the complexity of policy problems and provides the basic tools used in public health policy design, implementation and evaluation.
Pubh 7890 - Independent Study, James H. Stephens
Pubh 7890 - Independent Study, James H. Stephens
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
Foundational economics and specific health economics theory, trends, market issues and applications are presented to include health insurance and payment theory, processes and applications. Comparison between rational and irrational theory is explored. Evolutions of health policy, considering past current and future major legislation and executive directives, are explored within the political process.
Pubh 3231 - Epidemiology And Biostatistics, Stuart H. Tedders
Pubh 3231 - Epidemiology And Biostatistics, Stuart H. Tedders
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
This course introduces the student to the principles and practice of epidemiology and biostatistics. Students will be exposed to the historical development of epidemiology, concepts of causality, definitions of health and disease, and sources of community health data. Current principles and practices in the cause, prevention and control of diseases in various community settings will be emphasized.
Pubh 6534 - Health Policy And Management, Julie Reagan
Pubh 6534 - Health Policy And Management, Julie Reagan
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
The course provides a comprehensive introduction and overview to public health management and administration. The course context is based on managerial decision making and the practical knowledge, tools, processes and strategies required by organizational management. This course overviews the basics of administration, including public health law, human resources management, budgeting and financing, health information management, performance measurement and improvement, ethics, leadership, communication, media relations, and legislative relations in public health; introduced as processes are strategic planning, program development and evaluation, budget preparation, and constituency building for collaboration. Emerging areas of public health policy and management are also discussed as contexts …
Epid 7233 - Public Health Surveillance Methods, Jian Zhang
Epid 7233 - Public Health Surveillance Methods, Jian Zhang
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
This course will provide students with a strong foundation in public health surveillance of both health conditions and risk factors. The course will teach the theory and practice of surveillance supported by many examples of surveillance systems from the developed and developing world. The class will build on and reinforce basic epidemiologic concepts. Students will be given the opportunity to design and evaluate a surveillance system.
Bios Xxxx - Measurement Error In Survival Analysis, Lili Yu
Bios Xxxx - Measurement Error In Survival Analysis, Lili Yu
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
This course will be placed on the measurement error of the covariates in survival data. Common methods for measurement error of the covariates in linear, nonlinear (including survival) models will be introduced. They are regression calibration, simulation extrapolation, score function methods, Bayesian methods, etc. The students will learn how to use R language to setup survival dataset and perform analysis for survival data with measurement error.
Pubh 6533 - Epidemiology, Logan Cowan
Pubh 6533 - Epidemiology, Logan Cowan
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
This course provides an introduction to many important topics in epidemiology for public health practice, including but not limited to the evolution of the discipline, causal concepts in the natural history of disease, critical features of infectious and chronic diseases, elements of public health screening, basic measures used in epidemiology, design of epidemiologic investigations, consideration of random error and systematic bias, calculation and interpretation of confidence intervals and p values, discussion of confounding and interaction, criteria for evaluation of cause and effect relationships and the implications for ethical public health practice. Students are expected to gain a foundation in epidemiologic …
Pubh 2131a - Introduction To Community And Public Health, James Thomas, Jamie Cromley
Pubh 2131a - Introduction To Community And Public Health, James Thomas, Jamie Cromley
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
Introduces the student to the core functions of public health with an emphasis on community health programs and current trends of population health. Exposes the student to the role of community health practice in maximizing the health status of all populations. Course will include an overview of the organizational structure of federal, state, and local health-related agencies and examine the interrelationship of political, social, cultural and economic dimensions of community based population health activities. (2016-2017, Georgia Southern University Undergraduate and Graduate Course Catalog)
Hspm 7332 - Population Health, Bettye A. Apenteng
Hspm 7332 - Population Health, Bettye A. Apenteng
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
Delivering care to meet the needs of the population of the communities, a health organization service requires a strategic approach and an organizational culture that attends to those healthcare needs. This course is designed to familiarize students with the current applications of social and behavioral sciences. It is an overview of healthcare and public health management and administration, managerial decision making and the practical knowledge, tools, processes, and strategies required to operate successfully with a population health focus by the healthcare organization.
Pubh 4134 - Research Methods And Evaluation (Crn 89836, 87978), Helen W. Bland
Pubh 4134 - Research Methods And Evaluation (Crn 89836, 87978), Helen W. Bland
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
This course introduces the student to research methods used in health education and promotion. In addition, this course examines the rationale and procedure to evaluate health education/promotion programs. The course focuses on several topics including: research design, methods of program evaluation, planning research and evaluation, the politics and ethics of evaluation, measurement, sampling logistics, data analysis, and the development, in conjunction with Program Planning I (PUBH 4132), of a student project. 3 credits (3-0-3).
Hspm 6136 - Healthcare Management, Samuel Tawiah Opoku
Hspm 6136 - Healthcare Management, Samuel Tawiah Opoku
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
This course is designed to provide a detailed understanding of the administrative and organization management of healthcare systems, including analysis of management problems, planning, evaluating, operations and policy analysis within the healthcare environment. Selected topics from the healthcare profession of management will also be covered.
Pubh 7890 - Data Analysis With Sas, Robert Vogel
Pubh 7890 - Data Analysis With Sas, Robert Vogel
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
The class is designed to provide skill building and practical experience in using SAS to: create analysis data files; analyze data such as that found in typical biostatistical consulting problems; and assess the validity of analysis methodology assumptions. 3 credit hours.
Pubh 4798 - Internship In Health Education And Promotion Academic Year 2017-2018, Joanne Chopak-Foss
Pubh 4798 - Internship In Health Education And Promotion Academic Year 2017-2018, Joanne Chopak-Foss
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
The internship is designed to be fulltime work in a health-related agency or worksite. This is 600 hours (15 weeks) total on-the-job experience during the regular semester. The duration of the internship is planned to allow the variety of experiences that will provide the most benefit to the student. The student must follow the schedule that is typical of the agency including work hours during the day and any holidays that may fall during the course of the internship. Students may not work or take classes during the course of the internship. All coursework in the degree program MUST be …
Pubh 6533 - Epidemiology, Jessica Smith Schwind
Pubh 6533 - Epidemiology, Jessica Smith Schwind
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
This course provides an introduction to many important topics in epidemiology for public health practice, including but not limited to the evolution of the discipline, causal concepts in the natural history of disease, critical features of infectious and chronic diseases, elements of public health screening, basic measures used in epidemiology, design of epidemiologic investigations, consideration of random error and systematic bias, calculation and interpretation of confidence intervals and p values, discussion of confounding and interaction, criteria for evaluation of cause and effect relationships and the implications for ethical public health practice. Students are expected to gain a foundation in epidemiologic …
Bios 6541 - Biostatistics, Haresh Rochani
Bios 6541 - Biostatistics, Haresh Rochani
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
This course examines statistics in public health and related sciences, including sampling, probability, basic discrete and continuous distributions, descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, categorical data analysis, regression, and correlation. Emphasis will be on the development of critical thinking skills and health data analysis applications with computer software.
Chbe 9130a - Research Methods In Community And Behavioral Health, Joseph Telfair
Chbe 9130a - Research Methods In Community And Behavioral Health, Joseph Telfair
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
This course introduces students to research methods in health science. Development and presentation of practicum and research proposals will be the focus of the course. Additional emphasis will be placed on writing skills that will contribute to research projects and grant applications.
Pubh 3138 - Multicultural Factors & Social Determinants Of Health, Joanne Chopak-Foss
Pubh 3138 - Multicultural Factors & Social Determinants Of Health, Joanne Chopak-Foss
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
Introduction to the characteristics, causes, and effects of health disparities in the United States with emphasis in health care delivery, health status and public health services. Provides students with a foundation to develop the knowledge, attitudes, and skills to become culturally competent public health professionals. Explores how health education and promotion is shaped by the cultural, social and economic contexts in which individuals function.