Master Of Public Hth Program

This graduate-level course is designed to provide a comprehensive introduction to the discipline. Epidemiology is a scientific method of studying the causes, transmission, incidence, and prevalence of health and disease in human populations. The course consists of a series of lectures, problem sessions, homework assignments, and journal club. The lectures will review and reinforce topic areas of discussion. Epidemiology will be taught from a research and practical perspective by faculty actively involved in scientific research and public health professionals involved in public health practice.

This course aims to develop the capacity to understand and apply principles of health behavior theory in the context of public health social work.

This graduate-level course is designed to provide a culminating experience or integrative learning experience for social work students engaged in projects integrating course work in public health. The course allows students to reflect upon and illustrate their competency as a public health social worker and develop their project idea. Students are required to integrate their knowledge of public health with current best practices and research in the field. They will expand upon their idea in a written final product/report. The final Capstone project should be the result of work that is independently conducted and that represents original research and critical analysis. Each project will contain an approved plan, executed project, and dissemination strategy. The material produced from this course will be presented to an audience of faculty and students two to three weeks before the end of class. This course is limited to public health social work students See note on page 577 related to courses with a range of credit hours.

This course is intended to provide students with a broad overview and understanding of statistical methods used in public health and medical research. The emphasis is to afford students the understanding of fundamental theoretical concepts, interpretation, and application to public health data. The overall purpose is to introduce students to basic probability concepts and statistical techniques that are utilized in public health and biomedical research. The objective is to be able to integrate data analyses into general public health planning and support public health research and policy decision- making. Students will be able to critically appraise public health reports and current literature and analyze public health and biomedical data using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics methods. Topics will include measures of central tendency, measures of variability and exploratory data analyses techniques, and sampling methods. Inferential methods will include concepts of hypotheses, and hypothesis testing, and decision making. Approaches to be covered will include T-test, F-test, oneway ANOVA, Chi-Square tests, and linear regression analysis. Students will be introduced and use representative statistical software tools to evaluate data quality and perform data analysis with relevant public health implications. Students will also be able to communicate and interpret statistical results in a professional and consistent manner with expectations for members of the public health profession.

During the course of the semester, students will examine health inequities; how race, ethnicity and health intersect; explore the nature of racial and ethnic categories; and learn about current US demographic trends. Students will also explore approaches for addressing health inequity, including health care inequities. Students are encouraged to pay critical attention to the multiple pathways by which race and ethnicity enter the body and how they lead to negative health consequences for people of color in the United States.

This course aims to develop public health professionals who can competently apply principles of community engagement in public health practice and research. Mastery of the course content should result in capacity to effectively engage diverse communities in health-related endeavors and develop research practices that will readily translate to applied settings. Upon completion of the course, students should have enhanced capacity to work collaboratively with community stakeholders to implement public health interventions, conduct research, and evaluation, improve the health of communities, and promote health equity. The major questions to be considered include: What is "community" and what is the relationship between community and health? What are the processes and structures for effectively engaging communities in research? What research methods can be employed in community-engagement? What ethical issues are relevant to community partnerships? How is community-engagement evaluated?

This course is designed to strengthen learners' understanding and demonstrate knowledge of advanced statistical tools for accessing and analyzing relevant public health and biomedical data, and to support research needs. Students will be introduced to various research design methodology and applicable analytic approaches. Students will obtain practical experience in techniques and software tools for accessing, linking and integrating large public health datasets, including environmental surveillance databases and/or electronic health records for analyses and to support research needs. The course will address such topics as Advanced Linear Regression, Logistic Regression, Database development, and management; Non-Parametric tests, Factorial Analyses, two-way ANOVA, ANCOVA, Survival(Time-to-Event) Analyses including risk assessment and multivariable techniques including Hoteling's Test and MANOVA. Data analyses applications to relevant public health data and clinical outcomes will be used for practice. Students will be able to communicate and interpret statistical results in a professional and consistent manner with expectations for members of the public health professions.

The principles of health policy and management will be discussed as they apply to public health agencies and organizations. At the completion of this course, students will be able to: identify and describe the key components of health; understand the current context of the healthcare system with respect to patient care, provider makeup and distribution, hospital and community health centers, public health departments, pharmaceutical companies, device makers, and medical education; critically analyze drivers of costs and incentive-based behavior in the management of different health care settings; describe key aspects of health policy at the local, regional, state, and federal levels; and analyze the historical and socio-cultural aspects of health.

This graduate-level course designed to introduce students to a broad view of public health and the basic concepts underlying public health practiced at the local, state, national, and global level. Students learn about the integration of the core elements of public health, determinants of health, and public health services, to address these determinants. The course will take a "hands-on approach" using problem based and student-directed learning through a series of lectures, group discussions, and various writeups. This course will be offered in a hybrid format (live lectures, video lectures, and working sessions). This course is restricted to public health students.

Large-scale disasters are increasing worldwide. Disasters are nearly always a public health issue and require public health preparedness and response. This course provides an introduction to different types of public health and environmental health disasters, their consequences, and public health agencies and practitioners' role in preparedness, response, and recovery. The course will employ an all- hazards, domestic perspective and explore different types of natural, biological, chemical, radiological, nuclear, and other human-caused disasters. Through course lectures and readings, case studies, discussion, and debate, students will learn and understand the foundational concepts of the public and environmental health community's role in preparing for, responding to, and recovering from disasters. Through incourse activities and assignments, students will learn to apply these concepts to real-world disasters and identify, evaluate and synthesize information related to public health disaster response. The course is designed to develop proficiency in analyzing and evaluating the public health response to disasters and identifying solutions and methods for improvement.

This two-part graduate-level course is designed to provide a culminating experience or integrative learning experience for students engaged in projects integrating course work in public health. The course allows students to reflect upon and illustrate their competency as a public health practitioner and develop their project idea. Students are required to begin creating their capstone project, in which they apply the knowledge gained in the MPH Program. They must integrate their knowledge of public health with current best practices and research in the field. Students will expand upon their idea in a written final product/report in the Public Health Capstone Part II course. The final Capstone project should be the result of work that is independently conducted, and that represents original research and critical analysis. Each project will contain an approved plan, executed project, and dissemination strategy. The material produced from both Capstone I and II will be presented to an audience of faculty and students the last week of class (for Part I) and two to three weeks before the end of class for Part II. *Both courses are restricted to public health students.

This course provides an intensive, sustained exposure to public health practice. The Practicum is a required Applied Practice Experience. The experience is tailored to each learner's primary area(s) of professional interest and may occur in any setting where public health issues are addressed. This course is limited to public health students.

This course is designed to present an interdisciplinary perspective on human health risks from biological, chemical, and physical agents in their environment. The environmental settings that the course will focus on include the outdoors, the home, and the work setting. The course will cover the issues, principles, and trends in the study of the environmental impact on public health. These factors will be illustrated by a discussion of specific environmental exposures, hazards, and illnesses. In addition, the issue of environmental justice in minority communities will be presented and discusses. The course will also be utilizing the databases from the National Library of Medicine, particularly those from Environmental Health, Toxicology, & Chemical Information system. Further, the course will also utilize GIS as a component in determining environmental health risk. Finally, the impact of the rapidly evolving knowledge about genetics on public health environmental issues will be assessed.

This graduate course aims to provide students with an understanding of advanced research designs, data collection techniques, and analyses methods commonly used in public health and social science investigations. Students will be introduced to quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research approaches. Topics will include ethical consideration in data collections and reporting, sampling methods, sample size consideration, secondary data analyses, and metaanalyses. Students will gain skills in the design and rigor of proposal development and manuscript preparation. Lectures will be built through a mix of texts, public health literature, and course work, and students will build skills for conducting research and evaluation.

This graduate-level course is designed to develop global health practitioners/professionals who can competently apply global health principles in health practice and research. Mastery and understanding of the course content should result in the learner's capacity to better understand global health's impact both locally and globally. Additionally, the course aims to assist the learner to effectively reflect on the engagement of diverse global communities in health-related endeavors to develop research practices that will readily translate to their applied settings. Upon completion of the course, learners should have enhanced capacity of the global health arena to work collaboratively with perspective global community stakeholders, to implement global health interventions, conduct global research and evaluation, improve the global health of communities, and promote global health equity in the current reality, and those of the world.

Health programs usually are implemented to achieve specific outcomes by performing some type of intervention or service. This graduate-level course will provide students with the basic language, knowledge, skills, and sensibilities to plan and conduct evaluations of public health programs even though the concepts and methods are equally relevant to other sectors. The evaluation cycle, including conceptualization and design, implementation, and dissemination of results/use of findings, will be discussed.

Continuation of PUHE-508. . This two-part graduate-level course is designed to provide a culminating experience or integrative learning experience for students engaged in projects integrating course work in public health. The course allows students to reflect upon and illustrate their competency as a public health practitioner and develop their project idea. Students are required to begin creating their capstone project, in which they apply the knowledge gained in the MPH Program. They must integrate their knowledge of public health with current best practices and research in the field. Students will expand upon their idea in a written final product/report in the Public Health Capstone Part II course. The final Capstone project should be the result of work that is independently conducted, and that represents original research and critical analysis. Each project will contain an approved plan, executed project, and dissemination strategy. The material produced from both Capstone I and II will be presented to an audience of faculty and students the last week of class (for Part I) and two to three weeks before the end of class for Part II. *Both courses are restricted to public health students.

The independent study course requires departmental approval to enroll. Public health students can conduct individual or group projects that focus on public health research or community outreach topic. Students are required to work with a faculty preceptor or public health agency, and all work is conducted under their supervision and evaluation. After completing the course, students should be able to demonstrate a command of public health knowledge and scientific principles of the topic area of interest and demonstrate an ability to apply for graduate-level work in an area of specific professional and personal interest. See note on page 577 related to courses with a range of credit hours.