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Cohe 7232 A – Health Promotion Planning, Andrew Hansen
Cohe 7232 A – Health Promotion Planning, Andrew Hansen
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
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.
Chbe 9335 A – Global Health And Preparedness, Andrew Hansen
Chbe 9335 A – Global Health And Preparedness, Andrew Hansen
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
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.
Envh 7234 – Environmental Toxicology, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu
Envh 7234 – Environmental Toxicology, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
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.
Hspm 7133 Section A: Public Health Policy & Ethics, Bill Mase
Hspm 7133 Section A: Public Health Policy & Ethics, Bill Mase
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
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.
Epid 8230 – Observational Study Design And Analysis, Kelly L. Sullivan
Epid 8230 – Observational Study Design And Analysis, Kelly L. Sullivan
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
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.
Geph 7530 – Capstone In Public Health Leadership, Sara S. Plaspohl
Geph 7530 – Capstone In Public Health Leadership, Sara S. Plaspohl
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
This capstone course includes a study of selected issues in public health leadership. It is intended to expose students to the basic attributes of effective leaders, helping them apply leadership principles, theories, and skills to enhance personal and professional development in these areas. Educational methods may include open discussion, assigned readings, case studies, exercises, and presentations developed by both the professor and the students.
Hspm 7335: Healthcare Operations Management, Linda Kimsey
Hspm 7335: Healthcare Operations Management, Linda Kimsey
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
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.
Hspm 7336: Supply Chain Management, Linda Kimsey
Hspm 7336: Supply Chain Management, Linda Kimsey
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
The healthcare supply chain is a vital core business component of the health organization with the mission of delivering the technological elements of the patient care process to the providers of care. From strategic sourcing and purchasing, acquisition, logistics, inventory management, to point of use applications, this course provides understanding, knowledge and evaluation models to operate and manage an organization’s enterprise resource planning and management system, specifically with regard to the supply chain system and the management of that system as evaluated from a strategic, operations management and financial perspective.
Phld 9231 – Health Informatics & Decision Making, Gulzar H. Shah
Phld 9231 – Health Informatics & Decision Making, Gulzar H. Shah
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
This course focuses on the fundamental concepts of managing information as an asset in public health and healthcare delivery contexts. Emphasis will be placed on converting data into information and converting information into decision support models.
Pubh 3130- Substance Use And Abuse (Net), Jamie S. Cromley
Pubh 3130- Substance Use And Abuse (Net), 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.
Pubh 3232: Foundations Of Health Education And Promotion Practice, Joanne Chopak-Foss
Pubh 3232: Foundations Of Health Education And Promotion Practice, Joanne Chopak-Foss
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
This course examines current issues and topics underlying the field of health promotion and education practice 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. Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of "C" in PUBH 2131.
Phld 9331 - Public Health Policy, Regulation & Ethics, William A. Mase
Phld 9331 - Public Health Policy, Regulation & Ethics, William A. Mase
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
The purpose of this course is to provide advanced graduate students with an overview of the health policy environment in the United States and prepare students with the skills and tools that they need to analyze and compare between various health policy alternatives. The course emphasis is on contemporary topics in health policy research and various proposals of health care reform. The student will also get introduced to comparative health systems from other nations. By the completion of this course, the student will gain a detailed understanding of contemporary health policy issues and about the health policy making process.
Bios 6136 - Topics Of Inference In Biostatistics Ii, Lili Yu
Bios 6136 - Topics Of Inference In Biostatistics Ii, Lili Yu
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
The course will introduce large sample theory, such as law of large numbers and the central limit theorem; sampling distributions of estimators; the basis for inferences derived from hypothesis testing and confidence intervals; and simulation methods. Emphasis will be placed on how these techniques are used in biostatistical problems and applications using examples from the pharmaceutical industry.
Bios 6332 - Experimental Design In Biostat, Jingjing Yin
Bios 6332 - Experimental Design In Biostat, Jingjing Yin
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
This course introduces the methods for analyzing biomedical and health related data using ANOVA methods. The course will involve one-way and two-way ANOVA with fixed or/and random effects and sample size/power calculation. And Logistic and Poisson regression models will also be addressed. The students will learn how to apply SAS procedures PROC POWER, PROC GLM, PROC MIXED, PROC GENMOD and PROC GLIMMIX and interpret the results of analysis. Emphasis will also be placed on the development of critical thinking skills.
Bios 7131 - Survival Analysis, Lili Yu
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.
Bios 9333a – Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis, Haresh Rochani
Bios 9333a – Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis, Haresh Rochani
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
This course provides an introduction to longitudinal and clustered data. Topics include the basic concepts of longitudinal data, linear models for longitudinal data, generalized linear models and salient features, generalized estimating equations, generalized linear mixed effects models, missing data and dropouts, sample size and power, repeated measures, and multilevel linear models.
Bios 9433 - Analysis With Missing & Miss-Specified Data, Haresh Rochani
Bios 9433 - Analysis With Missing & Miss-Specified Data, Haresh Rochani
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.
Chbe 9331 - Health Disparities & The Rural Underserved, Andrew Hansen
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.
Chbe 9630 - Doctoral Seminar In Community Health, Joseph Telfair
Chbe 9630 - Doctoral Seminar In Community Health, Joseph Telfair
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
This course will provide students with the opportunity to analyze the history and current applications of social and behavioral science theories, approaches, models and strategies (learned throughout the curriculum) to public health practice and research. This seminar will examine the breadth of epistemologies employed as we develop effective methods to create change across the ecological spectrum, from individual to policy levels. Emphasis will be placed on critical thinking skills to help students engage in dialogue about what will be effective research and practice in diverse public health settings over the next 10 years.
Cohe 6130 - A:Research Methods In Health Science, Stacy W. Smallwood
Cohe 6130 - A:Research Methods In Health Science, Stacy W. Smallwood
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
Introduces students to research methods in health science. Development and presentation of practicum and research proposal will be the focus of the course. Additional emphasis will be placed on Community- Based Participatory Research for Health.
Cohe 7233 - Ecologically Focused Program Evaluation, Moya L. Alfonso
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 …
Cohe 7237 - Rural Community Health Issues, Ashley Walker
Cohe 7237 - Rural Community Health Issues, Ashley Walker
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
A study of social, economic, political, and cultural influences that impact the health of individuals and families in rural communities. Designed for health professionals, this course focuses on improving health status and developing culturally appropriate and effective interventions and services in rural settings.
Envh 7231 - Air Quality, Atin Adhikari
Envh 7231 - Air Quality, Atin Adhikari
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.
Epid 7133 - Epidemiologic Research Methods I, Kelly L. Sullivan
Epid 7133 - Epidemiologic Research Methods I, Kelly L. Sullivan
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
This course will focus on epidemiologic methods - primarily methods used in observational studies, cohort studies, case-control studies and randomized controlled trials. With respect to cohort studies, topics covered include cohort identification, ascertainment of exposure status, follow-up of cohort members, measuring outcomes, sources of bias and interpretational issues. Case-control topics include issues around defining cases and controls, control of confounding, and sources of bias/systematic error. Topics around randomized trials include randomization procedures, defining and assembling treatment/intervention arms, selecting study subjects and approaches to data collection. Other topics covered in this course include surveillance and ecologic studies. Pros and cons of …
Epid 7230 - Social Epidemiology And Health Equity, Jessica Smith Schwind
Epid 7230 - Social Epidemiology And Health Equity, Jessica Smith Schwind
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 …
Epid 7233 - Public Health Surveillance Methods, Jian Zhang
Epid 7233 - Public Health Surveillance Methods, Jian Zhang
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
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.
Epid 8130 - Field Methods In Epidemiology, Kelly L. Sullivan
Epid 8130 - Field Methods In Epidemiology, Kelly L. Sullivan
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
This course addresses practical aspects of management and implementation of research studies and will focus on the conduct of research consistent with the scientific method. Topics include planning study activities, questionnaire design and implementation, and operations research.
Hspm 7230 - Health Leadership And Strategic Planning, Charles Owens
Hspm 7230 - Health Leadership And Strategic Planning, Charles Owens
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.
Hspm 7235 A- Healthcare Law And Ethics, Julie Reagan
Hspm 7235 A- Healthcare Law And Ethics, Julie Reagan
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
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.
Hspm 7236 - Health Informatics, Jeffery A. Jones
Hspm 7236 - 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 …