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Bios 9136 - General And Generalized Linear Models, Jingjing Yin
Bios 9136 - General And Generalized Linear Models, Jingjing Yin
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
This course provides students with the theories of the classical linear model and the general linear model for continuous outcome and linear relations, then the Generalized Linear Model for nonlinear relations and discrete outcomes. The first half of the course includes theories of the linear regression model with the matrix algebra and multivariate normal distribution, then to the analysis of quadratic forms and the study of the General Linear Model. The second half of the course begins with an introduction of the components of a Generalized Linear Model and methods of fitting these models. It also covers the most widely …
Bios 9132 – Advanced Clinical Trial Methodology, Karl E. Peace
Bios 9132 – Advanced Clinical Trial Methodology, Karl E. Peace
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
Students are introduced to regulatory, scientific, statistical and practical aspects of methods inherent in design, monitoring and analyzing clinical trials. Clinical trials in many areas of drug development are presented, discussed and critiqued.
Epid 8230 – Observational Study Design And Analysis, Kelly L. Sullivan
Epid 8230 – Observational Study Design And Analysis, Kelly L. Sullivan
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
This course will focus on the design and conduct of observational research designs including cohort, case-control and cross-sectional approaches. This course will provide instruction related to issues specific to observational research approaches. Students will develop and present detailed study plans for each research approach.
Phld 9334: Financial Management Of Public Health Orgs & Programs, Linda Kimsey
Phld 9334: Financial Management Of Public Health Orgs & Programs, Linda Kimsey
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
This course examines the structure and functioning of the finance components of the Public Health System using Federal Basis Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (FGAAP). It will provide DrPH students with the theory, concepts, and tools necessary to make better decisions regarding the acquisition and deployment of resources, and promote the financial well-being of public health organizations. The course will discuss the following topics: financial goals; time value analysis; financial risk and return; debt and equity financing; capital decisions; cost of capital; capital investment decisions; business valuation; and leasing decisions. Students will apply the material learned in real world (case) settings …
Pubh 4798: Internship In Health Education And Promotion, Jamie S. Cromley
Pubh 4798: Internship In Health Education And Promotion, Jamie S. Cromley
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
This course provides the senior level Public Health majors with a practical experience in an appropriate practice setting. Students must complete all course work in the Public Health major prior to enrolling in this course.
Pubh 3330: Modifying Health Behaviors, Kristina Harbaugh
Pubh 3330: Modifying Health Behaviors, Kristina Harbaugh
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
This course is intended to introduce students to the learning and behavioral science theories that provide a framework for the practice of health education and promotion. Application of the theories to planning and implementing health promotion and education programs for individuals, groups, families, and communities will be emphasized. This course also introduces the students to various approaches to describing, explaining, and predicting health behaviors that have or are perceived to have significant effects on human health.
Pubh 3431: Introduction To Global Health, Jill Johns
Pubh 3431: Introduction To Global Health, Jill Johns
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
This course introduces a broad and growing field of global health. The course will discuss how health and illness are defined and explore the biological, cultural, social, and political forces that influence health at the global level. This is a survey course that will explore such topics as: comparative health systems, social determinants of health, health services and quality, healthcare policy, key stakeholders, and major global health initiatives. Throughout the course, an emphasis is placed on global health ethics and issues of social justice.
Pubh 4134 - Research Methods And Evaluation, Ana M. Palacios Dr.
Pubh 4134 - Research Methods And Evaluation, Ana M. Palacios Dr.
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 quizzes 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.
Pubh 7890 – Using Spanish In Public Health Practice Settings, Tilicia Mayo-Gamble
Pubh 7890 – Using Spanish In Public Health Practice Settings, Tilicia Mayo-Gamble
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
Provides the student with an opportunity to investigate an area of interest under the direction of a faculty mentor. This independent study course will challenge the students to improve their existing Spanish language skills, as well as provide learning opportunities to develop Spanish language skills while discussing Public Health topics: Healthy relationships, sexual health, mental wellness and substance use.
Pubh 4890 - Directed Individual Study, Stacy W. Smallwood
Pubh 4890 - Directed Individual Study, Stacy W. Smallwood
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
This course is intended to enhance your knowledge of a contemporary public health issue while developing your skills as a researcher. An essential part of scientific research is learning to conduct a detailed literature review. Without this fundamental skill, you are likely to waste a great deal of time exploring questions that have already been answered or fail to get the best results due to outdated theories and methods.
Pubh 4890 - Directed Individual Study, Dziyana Nazaruk
Pubh 4890 - Directed Individual Study, Dziyana Nazaruk
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
This course is intended to enhance your knowledge of a contemporary public health issue while developing your skills as a researcher. An essential part of scientific research is learning to conduct a detailed literature review. Without this fundamental skill, you are likely to waste a great deal of time exploring questions that have already been answered or fail to get the best results due to outdated theories and methods.
Pubh 7790/9790 - Practicum/Preceptorship In Public Health, Dziyana Nazaruk
Pubh 7790/9790 - Practicum/Preceptorship In Public Health, Dziyana Nazaruk
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
The purpose of the Practicum is to place students who have mastered knowledge, skills, and abilities required of contemporary public health professionals in a practice, field-based situation. The Practicum allows students an opportunity “to bridge theory to practice.”
Pubh 3132a – Healthcare Systems And Advocacy, Helen Bland
Pubh 3132a – Healthcare Systems And Advocacy, Helen Bland
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
Covers the background and development of administrative settings for health care delivery in the United States. The course explores the dynamics, trends, and issues evolving from current health and medical care programs and practices, with an emphasis on the ramifications of these various settings and trends with regard to health promotion and community health.
Chbe 9335 A – Global Health And Preparedness, Andrew Hansen
Chbe 9335 A – 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.
Pubh 9231 – Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Jian Zhang
Pubh 9231 – Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Jian Zhang
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
This course is designed to introduce the student to the ever-expanding area of chronic disease epidemiology. Students will be introduced to the current status of chronic disease and control programs, methods used in chronic disease surveillance, intervention methods, and modifiable risk factors. Some of the major chronic diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, chronic lung disease, diabetes and arthritis will be discussed in detail. Pathophysiology and clinical features of common chronic conditions will also be presented.
Pubh 8136: Theoretical Perspectives Of The Social And Behavioral Sciences In Public Health, Stacy W. Smallwood
Pubh 8136: Theoretical Perspectives Of The Social And Behavioral Sciences In Public Health, Stacy W. Smallwood
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
This course will explore social and behavioral science theories, models, and approaches that inform public health research and practice, as well as their philosophical foundations. With emphasis on an ecological perspective, students will apply relevant theories to understanding community health issues and to developing interventions. The course also examines social and behavioral determinants of health equity across the ecological spectrum. In this course, students will gain an enhanced understanding of the contributions of the social and behavioral sciences to public health.
Pubh 6541 - Biostatistics, Haresh Rochani Dr.
Pubh 6541 - Biostatistics, Haresh Rochani Dr.
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.
Pubh 4133: Health Promotion Program Planning Ii, Jamie S. Cromley
Pubh 4133: Health Promotion Program Planning Ii, Jamie S. Cromley
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.
Bios 6331: Regression Analysis In Biostatistics, Jingjing Yin
Bios 6331: Regression Analysis In Biostatistics, Jingjing Yin
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
This course introduces the methods for analyzing biomedical and health related data using linear regression models. The course will introduce the student to some basic theories in linear models but would mainly focus on applied linear model fitting, regression parameter estimation and hypothesis testing. The course will involve model selection, diagnosis and remedial techniques to correct for assumption violations. The students will learn how to apply SAS procedures PROC REG, PROC CORR, and PROC GLM and interpret the results of analysis. Emphasis will also be placed on the development of critical thinking skills.
Hspm 7133 - Public Health Policy And Ethics, Bill Mase
Hspm 7133 - Public Health Policy And Ethics, Bill Mase
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
The course prepares learners to understand complex health and human service-related systems in order to inform effective practice-based ethical decision-making. The primary focus of the course relates to public health policy and practice. Major content areas include health policy institutions, the health policy process, ethical political considerations, social determinants of health, workforce, health care financing, medical technology, health care organizations, the public health system, primary care systems, and other health-related issues impacting the health of the public. Strategies of implementing change through policy making and the legislative process are covered.
Pubh 8133 – Advanced Epidemiology, Yelena Tarasenko
Pubh 8133 – Advanced Epidemiology, Yelena Tarasenko
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
An in-depth integration of advanced epidemiology concepts designed to reinforce epidemiological principles, as well as build a foundation for epidemiologic research in public health practice. Specific course content includes theory, methods, and applications for epidemiologic studies including random and systematic error, confounding, counterfactuals, causal inference, effect modification, internal and external validity and advanced study design. Emphasis will also be placed on choosing and performing appropriate analytic techniques necessary for biostatistical inference, including estimation and interpretation of effect measures.
Pubh 4331 – Occupational Health In Public Health Practice, Atin Adhikari
Pubh 4331 – Occupational Health In Public Health Practice, Atin Adhikari
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
This course provides an overview of the key issues and practices related to workplace hazards in public health practice. Students will be introduced key concepts of environmental epidemiology, toxicology, preparedness, disease management, prevention, and health promotion in occupational settings that both workers and the public are impacted. The course covers primary methods of pollutant exposure assessment, a basic understanding of environmental toxicology, health effects of chemical, biological, and physical agents in a variety of facilities from agricultural, to service industry, private sector to healthcare settings. Students will also be introduced to safety regulations in these settings.
Envh 7233 – Environmental Exposure And Impact Assessment, Atin Adhikari
Envh 7233 – Environmental Exposure And Impact Assessment, Atin Adhikari
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
Introduces students to appropriate design, implementation, and analysis of primary environmental exposures and how they are influenced by public health ethics, equity and disparities. Specific topics covered include designing risk profiles; evaluating dose-response relationships; assessing the contribution of public health ethics, equity and disparities to environmental exposures; and analyzing field exposures of toxins.
Pubh 7090 - Foundations Of Maternal And Child Health, Joanne Chopak-Foss
Pubh 7090 - Foundations Of Maternal And Child Health, Joanne Chopak-Foss
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
This course will discuss and examine the history and organization of MCH related services in the U.S. and explore the changing paradigm in the field with a focus on the life course perspective, health equity, and social determinants of health. This will be accomplished through a review of current issues central to maternal and child health, discussions of the organization and financing of MCH health services, reviewing existing data sources and scientific knowledge and their use to improve maternal and child health, analyzing the ways in which the political context in the U.S. and internationally affects the health and well-being …
Pubh 6535 - Social And Behavioral Science In Public Health, Joanne Chopak-Foss
Pubh 6535 - Social And Behavioral Science In Public Health, Joanne Chopak-Foss
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 theories, models, 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 4134 - Research Methods And Evaluation, Helen Bland
Pubh 4134 - Research Methods And Evaluation, Helen 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 quizzes 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.
Pubh 3232: Foundations Of Health Education And Promotion Practice, Jackie Mesenbrink
Pubh 3232: Foundations Of Health Education And Promotion Practice, Jackie Mesenbrink
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
This course examines current issues and topics related to the practice of health promotion and education including philosophical foundations of health promotion and education, ethical issues in health education and promotion, the Certified Health Education Specialist Competencies, organizations and associations in public health education and employment potential.
Pubh 4132: Health Promotion Program Planning I, Jackie Mesenbrink
Pubh 4132: Health Promotion Program Planning I, Jackie Mesenbrink
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.
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.
Envh 7235 – Field Methods In Environmental Health, Marina Eremeeva
Envh 7235 – Field Methods In Environmental Health, Marina Eremeeva
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi
This course introduces students to an overview of current and accepted field methods for environmental sampling and occupational exposure monitoring.