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Pubh 4133 - Health Promotion Program Planning Ii, Raymona H. Lawrence Apr 2015

Pubh 4133 - Health Promotion Program Planning Ii, Raymona H. Lawrence

College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)

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.

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Pubh 4132 - Health Promotion Program Planning I, Ashley D. Walker Apr 2015

Pubh 4132 - Health Promotion Program Planning I, Ashley D. Walker

College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)

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.

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Pubh 3612 - Health And Kinesiology Honors Thesis Seminar Ii, Ashley D. Walker Apr 2015

Pubh 3612 - Health And Kinesiology Honors Thesis Seminar Ii, Ashley D. Walker

College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)

Provides the student with the opportunity to create and defend oral proposal of senior thesis. The student will also begin completing University Institutional Review (IRB) forms.

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Pubh 3130 - Substance Use And Abuse, Jamie S. Cromley Apr 2015

Pubh 3130 - Substance Use And Abuse, Jamie S. Cromley

College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)

This course will explore legal and illegal drug use in modern society. Issues related to the social, cultural, political, economic impact of drug use will be addressed. The recurrent theme throughout the course will be on prevention. This will include discussions on the best ways to postpone the initiation of substance use and abuse among school aged persons as well as the cessation of use and treatment for abuse among adult populations. Substance use and its abuse effects ALL of us and does NOT discriminate on the basis of age, gender, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity or income.

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Phld 9133 - Health Organization Communications, Bettye A. Apenteng Apr 2015

Phld 9133 - Health Organization Communications, Bettye A. Apenteng

College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)

This course examines the structure and functioning of the communication process in health organizations. Health organizations including public health, hospitals, long-term care, ambulatory care, managed care, private and public insurance, integrated delivery systems, and other health care organization providers will be discussed within the context of the communication environment that includes communication models, climate, culture, and interpersonal conflict. The course also examines key communication challenges and analyses related to decision making within the principles of management processes and how they are applied to public health organizations amid a dynamic/changing environment.

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Bios 7131 - Survival Analysis, Lili Yu Apr 2015

Bios 7131 - Survival Analysis, Lili Yu

College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)

This course introduces statistical methods for analyzing data collected on the time to an event, referred to as survival data, in medical research and other health-related fields. Emphasis will be placed on the application of the methodology and computational aspects rather than theory. The students will learn how to apply SAS procedures to data and interpret the results.

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Bios 7231 – Clinical Trial Methodology, Karl E. Peace Apr 2015

Bios 7231 – Clinical Trial Methodology, Karl E. Peace

College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)

Students are introduced to regulatory, scientific, statistical and practical aspects of methods inherent in design, monitoring and analysis of clinical trials. Clinical trials in many areas of drug development are presented, discussed and critiqued.

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Bios 9132 - Advanced Clinical Trial Methodology, Karl E. Peace Apr 2015

Bios 9132 - Advanced Clinical Trial Methodology, Karl E. Peace

College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)

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.

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Bios 9134 - Stochastic Processes For Systems Biology, Daniel Linder Apr 2015

Bios 9134 - Stochastic Processes For Systems Biology, Daniel Linder

College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)

This course provides the student with an introduction to stochastic processes with emphasis on Markov chains, The Poisson Process, Brownian Motion and other continuous time processes. The theory developed will be used to model and simulate complex biochemical reaction networks and perform network inference given data from the stochastic trajectory of a biological process, typically arising from microarray or next generation sequencing experiments.

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Bios 9433 - Analysis With Missing & Miss-Specified Data, Robert Vogel Apr 2015

Bios 9433 - Analysis With Missing & Miss-Specified Data, Robert Vogel

College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)

This course is designed to provide the student with the basics of methods for analyzing data with missing data and misspecified data. This course will cover the following topics: missing data in experiments, complete case analysis, weighted complete case analysis, available case analysis, single imputation methods such as mean, regression, last value varied forward, hot deck imputation, cold deck imputation, Bayes Imputation, Multiple imputation, and non-ignorable missing data models. Prerequisite: A minimum grade of “B” in BIOS 9131. Co-requisite: BIOS 9231.

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Chbe 9230 - Community-Based Public Health Program Planning And Evaluation, Moya L. Alfonso Apr 2015

Chbe 9230 - Community-Based Public Health Program Planning And Evaluation, Moya L. Alfonso

College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)

This course introduces students to the theory and application of community-based program planning and evaluation. Concepts in community assessment, organization, and mobilization for the purposes of addressing identified public health concerns will serve as the foundation for the public health planning process. Appropriate techniques of partnership building, planning strategies, data collection, data analysis, and evidence-based decision-making will also be introduced.

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Chbe 9331 - Health Disparities & The Rural Underserved, Andrew Hansen Apr 2015

Chbe 9331 - Health Disparities & The Rural Underserved, Andrew Hansen

College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)

This course provides an in-depth look at health disparities, including factors related to history, politics, socioeconomics, race/ethnicity and public health. The extant literature in each of these areas will be examined and discussed.

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Cohe 7233 - Ecologically Focused Program Evaluation, Moya L. Alfonso Apr 2015

Cohe 7233 - Ecologically Focused Program Evaluation, Moya L. Alfonso

College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)

This course provides an overview of the principles of program evaluation. It explores the methods associated with systematic evaluation of public health education programs. Students will learn the skills needed to plan, conduct, and critique evaluation research. The content of the course includes: program logic models, formative, process, impact, outcome, and summative evaluation; theory driven evaluation; a review of validity issues as they relate to evaluation; sampling in a complex context; operationalizing variables; assessment of measurement instruments; and analysis of quantitative evaluation designs. In addition, issues that impact evaluation across the ecological model, specifically the importance of context and equity …

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Envh 7231 - Air Quality, Simone M. Charles Apr 2015

Envh 7231 - Air Quality, Simone M. Charles

College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)

Introduces students to chemical, physical, and biological principles of air quality, as well as potential sources of contamination and the resulting effects. The course will also introduce environmental policies pertinent to air issues along with current remediation strategies to ameliorate pollution.

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Envh 7232a - Water Quality, Asli Aslan Apr 2015

Envh 7232a - Water Quality, Asli Aslan

College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)

This course is designed for graduate students and it will provide students with an introduction and overview of the key areas of water quality and health. Students will gain an understanding of the physical, chemical and biological principles of water quality, the potential impact on health of water pollution, and local, national and international environmental policies pertinent to water issues along with current treatment and remediation strategies to ameliorate pollution. The major topics include introduction to water quality and health; physical and chemical agents in water, emerging infectious diseases related to water quality, drinking and recreational water quality criteria, drinking …

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Epid 7131 - Epidemiology Of Chronic Disease, Jian Zhang Apr 2015

Epid 7131 - Epidemiology Of Chronic Disease, Jian Zhang

College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)

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.

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Epid 7230a - Social Epidemiology And Health Equity, Claire Robb Apr 2015

Epid 7230a - Social Epidemiology And Health Equity, Claire Robb

College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)

This course will focus on understanding the social determinants of health. The course will provide an analysis of major social variables that affect population health: poverty, social class, gender, race, family, community, work, behavioral risks, and coping resources. Readings and discussion center on understanding the theories, measurement and empirical evidence related to specific social conditions and experiences such as socioeconomic position, discrimination, social networks and support, work conditions, ecological level neighborhood and community social conditions, and social and economic policies. Biological and psychological mechanisms by which social conditions influence health will be discussed. Methods are introduced to operationalize each construct …

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Hspm 6030 - Healthcare Economics And Policy, James H. Stephens Apr 2015

Hspm 6030 - Healthcare Economics And Policy, James H. Stephens

College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)

This course examines the dynamic nature of health economics and policy in addition to understanding the political process in the healthcare and public health context. This course uses foundational economic concepts to develop health economic applications and processes. The course will review important studies in medical research, epidemiology, public health and other fields as they relate to the economics of health care. An overview of the process of policy making with excerpts from congressional testimony, proposed rules, executive orders, etc., will be covered.

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Hspm 7030 - Healthcare Marketing And Strategic Planning, Samuel T. Opoku Apr 2015

Hspm 7030 - Healthcare Marketing And Strategic Planning, Samuel T. Opoku

College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)

The course offers an introduction to strategic planning and management in health services organizations. Processes and formats employed in strategic planning and marketing are presented and applied in case studies and a final project. Elements of market assessment, environmental analysis and strategy development are presented and applied to course practices.

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Hspm 7131 - Health Organization Theory, Behavior & Management, Samuel T. Opoku Apr 2015

Hspm 7131 - Health Organization Theory, Behavior & Management, Samuel T. Opoku

College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)

This course examines the dynamic nature of organizations in the health services field and the implications for leaders and managers within the context of organizations as open systems from an individual, group and system perspective. The course examines principles of strategic leadership/management applied to health care organizations amid a changing environment and focuses on improving organizational efficiency, effectiveness and efficacy through leadership principles.

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Hspm 7236d - Health Informatics, Jeffery A. Jones Apr 2015

Hspm 7236d - Health Informatics, Jeffery A. Jones

College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)

This course presents the knowledge, infrastructure, functions, and tools of health informatics. It explores technology, planning and management and applications in public health and health care. The emphasis is on conceptual frameworks as well as a deeper level of engagement on system applications. It focuses on the application of health technology, with a particular emphasis on the private/public sector of health management. It is designed to familiarize students with core concepts and issues confronting managers in the health sector associated with planning, implementation and evaluation of information systems. The course provides an overview of the theory, processes and applications of …

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Pubh 6532 - Environmental Health, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu Apr 2015

Pubh 6532 - Environmental Health, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu

College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)

Survey of specific environmental conditions and factors that contribute to the development of health problems in communities. Health effects, policy issues, intervention strategies and control programs for community environmental health protection are discussed.

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Pubh 6533 - Epidemiology (Online), Claire Robb Apr 2015

Pubh 6533 - Epidemiology (Online), Claire Robb

College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)

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 …

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Pubh 6534 - Health Policy And Management (Online), Bettye A. Apenteng Apr 2015

Pubh 6534 - Health Policy And Management (Online), Bettye A. Apenteng

College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)

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 …

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Pubh 6534 - Health Policy And Management, Katie M. Mercer Apr 2015

Pubh 6534 - Health Policy And Management, Katie M. Mercer

College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)

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 …

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Pubh 6535 - Theoretical Perspectives Of The Social And Behavioral Sciences In Public Health (Online), Raymona H. Lawrence Apr 2015

Pubh 6535 - Theoretical Perspectives Of The Social And Behavioral Sciences In Public Health (Online), Raymona H. Lawrence

College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)

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 its 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 …

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Bios 6541 - Biostatistics, Hani Samawi Apr 2015

Bios 6541 - Biostatistics, Hani Samawi

College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)

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.

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Pubh 7090 A - Selected Topics In Public Health: Advanced Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Isaac Chun-Hai Fung Apr 2015

Pubh 7090 A - Selected Topics In Public Health: Advanced Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Isaac Chun-Hai Fung

College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)

This course covers the use of mathematical and computational approaches to study infectious diseases. We will discuss models that address both the dynamics of infectious disease spread through populations and the dynamics of pathogens inside an infected individual. Students will learn how to build and analyze models for a variety of human and animal diseases. We will look at the impact of interventions on disease outcomes. Students will learn how to interpret results of modeling studies to make informed public health policy decisions.

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Pubh 7991a - Capstone Research Course, Katie M. Mercer Apr 2015

Pubh 7991a - Capstone Research Course, Katie M. Mercer

College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)

Requires the completion of an independent research project in the preferred field requiring the defense of the design, methods, analysis, and interpretation of the data.

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Pubh 9130 - Professional Seminar In Biostatistics, Robert Vogel Apr 2015

Pubh 9130 - Professional Seminar In Biostatistics, Robert Vogel

College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)

This course focuses on study design and sampling methods as well as data analysis of small and large, national and local health surveys and vital statistics in order to gain experience describing data using effective graphical and numerical methods. Students will use statistical software (SAS) to analyze data originating from various survey designs, including data from experimental designs such as parallel, longitudinal studies that involve several treatment or intervention groups. Students will work in groups on data analysis projects and case studies in order to be exposed to others' expertise in different areas of public health and to learn effective …

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