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PADM 8663 - Issue Public Mgmt Polcy (3) Special issues of current interest that relate to planning, implementation, and evaluation of programs in public and nonprofit agencies; emphasis on policy analysis techniques.
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PADM 8702 - Independent Study (1-3) Independent investigation of research problems or directed readings in selected areas of public administration. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
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PADM 8710 - Special Topics in Public Administration (1-3) This course discusses basic principles governing the behavior and effects of toxic chemicals released into the environment; sources, distribution, and fate of toxic chemicals in the environment; chemicals and cancer and birth defects; government regulation of chemical hazards. Focus is on human health impacts of chemicals found in the workplace and general environment.
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PADM 8711 - Special Topics in Public Administration (1-3) This course discusses basic principles governing the behavior and effects of toxic chemicals released into the environment; sources, distribution, and fate of toxic chemicals in the environment; chemicals and cancer and birth defects; government regulation of chemical hazards. Focus is on human health impacts of chemicals found in the workplace and general environment.
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PADM 8712 - Special Topics in Public Administration (1-3) This course discusses basic principles governing the behavior and effects of toxic chemicals released into the environment; sources, distribution, and fate of toxic chemicals in the environment; chemicals and cancer and birth defects; government regulation of chemical hazards. Focus is on human health impacts of chemicals found in the workplace and general environment.
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PADM 8713 - Special Topics in Public Administration (1-3) This course discusses basic principles governing the behavior and effects of toxic chemicals released into the environment; sources, distribution, and fate of toxic chemicals in the environment; chemicals and cancer and birth defects; government regulation of chemical hazards. Focus is on human health impacts of chemicals found in the workplace and general environment.
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PADM 8714 - Special Topics in Public Administration (1-3) This course discusses basic principles governing the behavior and effects of toxic chemicals released into the environment; sources, distribution, and fate of toxic chemicals in the environment; chemicals and cancer and birth defects; government regulation of chemical hazards. Focus is on human health impacts of chemicals found in the workplace and general environment.
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PADM 8715 - Special Topics in Public Administration (1-3) This course discusses basic principles governing the behavior and effects of toxic chemicals released into the environment; sources, distribution, and fate of toxic chemicals in the environment; chemicals and cancer and birth defects; government regulation of chemical hazards. Focus is on human health impacts of chemicals found in the workplace and general environment.
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PADM 8716 - Special Topics in Public Administration (1-3) This course discusses basic principles governing the behavior and effects of toxic chemicals released into the environment; sources, distribution, and fate of toxic chemicals in the environment; chemicals and cancer and birth defects; government regulation of chemical hazards. Focus is on human health impacts of chemicals found in the workplace and general environment.
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PADM 8717 - Special Topics in Public Administration (1-3) This course discusses basic principles governing the behavior and effects of toxic chemicals released into the environment; sources, distribution, and fate of toxic chemicals in the environment; chemicals and cancer and birth defects; government regulation of chemical hazards. Focus is on human health impacts of chemicals found in the workplace and general environment.
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PADM 8718 - Special Topics in Public Administration (1-3) This course discusses basic principles governing the behavior and effects of toxic chemicals released into the environment; sources, distribution, and fate of toxic chemicals in the environment; chemicals and cancer and birth defects; government regulation of chemical hazards. Focus is on human health impacts of chemicals found in the workplace and general environment.
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PADM 8719 - Special Topics in Public Administration (1-3) This course discusses basic principles governing the behavior and effects of toxic chemicals released into the environment; sources, distribution, and fate of toxic chemicals in the environment; chemicals and cancer and birth defects; government regulation of chemical hazards. Focus is on human health impacts of chemicals found in the workplace and general environment.
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PUBH 7001 - Health Care Policy (3)
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PUBH 7014 - Public Health Communication (3) (COMM 7014-8014) Explores the communication processes and practices that can be used to promote positive change in health behaviors, including the rhetorical exigencies inherent in public health care communication, the various formats for disseminating medical information, and the specific audience needs that health care communication must address.
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PUBH 7104 - Large Data Sets/PUBH Research (3) This course addresses secondary data analysis of health quality and outcomes issues. Secondary data analysis using large, public data sets will be examined. Issues related to secondary analysis and drawing items from multiple data sets will be discussed. Analytical techniques such as adjustments for missing data, transformations of data, and risk adjusstment will be applied using public data sets.
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PUBH 7120 - Environmental Health I ** (3) Introduces complex and interlinked environmental issues facing public health professionals; presents concepts, principles, and applications of natural and social science disciplines forming the basis of environmental health; introduces environmental issues relevant to health problems; develops communication skills by discussing public health issues and environmental policies.
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PUBH 7122 - Environmental Health II (3) This course focuses on specific cases of environmental hazards and related health problems. It also focuses on the applied aspect of sources of environmental data, methods of environmental data collection, risk assessment and use of such data for policy development and risk management.
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PUBH 7124 - Environmental Toxicology (3) This course discusses basic principles governing the behavior and effects of toxic chemicals released into the environment; sources, distribution, and fate of toxic chemicals in the environment; chemicals and cancer and birth defects; government regulation of chemical hazards. Focus is on human health impacts of chemicals found in the workplace and general environment. PREREQUISITE(S): SPED 3501 or SPED 6601;
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PUBH 7125 - Environmental Health Microbiol (3) This course provides introduction to foodborne and waterborne microbial disease including sources and routes of transmission of microbes from the environment to humans; identification of common water and foodborne pathogens and methods for their detection and surveillance; safe preservation and intervention methods to reduce microbial loads in food and water; regulatory aspects of prevention of foodborne disease and how information from surveillance is used to improve public health policy and practice. PRE-REQUISITE: one college level course in both biology and chemistry.
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PUBH 7126 - Prin Exposure/Risk Assessmnt (3) Understanding of exposure and risk is a necessary application and of growing importance in environmental health studies. This course is designed to provide concepts, methods, models, statistics and theory necessary for the assessment of exposure to environmental agents and health risk from exposures. Topics to be covered include: the selection of study populations; identification and quantification of exposure pathways; the design of exposure assessment strategies; exposure measurement methods; risk assessment framework, modeling of health effects; and derivation of risk estimates. Specific examples of exposure and risk assessments will be analyzed and critiqued.
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PUBH 7128 - Envrnmnt Policy/DecisionMaking (3) The course will present regulatory and non-regulatory approaches to the management of toxic substances in the environment, with emphasis on the scientific/technical basis for toxic substances control. It will examine approaches at the international level, in the European Union, and at the federal and state levels in the U.S. Overviews of each approach will be provided with the majority of the course dedicated to examination of the use of risk-based and public health-based approaches to toxicant control in regulatory as well as non-regulatory contexts. Topics that will be integrated into this examination include risk communication, risk perception, risk-benefit and cost-benefit analysis, and environmental justice.PRE-REQUISITES: 7124-8124 and 7126-8126
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PUBH 7129 - Envrnmntl Sampling & Analysis ** (3) This is a graduate level laboratory and lecture course on principles, equipment, instrumentation, methodologies, and strategies for measuring environmental chemical and biological contaminants. We will examine sampling techniques, analytical methods, quality assurance/quality control, and regulatory mandates applied to air, water and soil samples. It is designed for students in the environmental health sciences and other graduate students interested in occupational and ambient-environmental exposure assessments for regulatory compliance and risk estimation.
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PUBH 7130 - Social Determinants of Health (3) (cross-listed with ECON 7710 -ECON 8710 ) This course focuses on the systematic study of the economic and social conditions which determine health. It examines the social gradient in health and explores how social influences such as poverty, social capital, job security, neighborhood characteristics, social support, transportation, discrimination, and stress affect health and longevity. It also explores structural interventions in shaping social environments that are conducive to better health. PRE-REQUISITE: PUBH 7160/8160 OR PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR
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PUBH 7131 - Social/Behavioral Policy Devel (3) This course will introduce students to how theories and methods in the social and behavioral sciences are applied to the development and implementation of public policy aimed at health prevention and promotion. Several current primary and secondary prevention issues will be used as exemplars, including tobacco control, physical activity, injury control, and regulation of food supply. NOTE: PUBH graduate students may not use this course to fulfill degree requirements
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PUBH 7132 - Health Program Evaluation ** (3) This graduate seminar provides qualitative and quantitative perspectives on health program evaluation. The course examines various models, theories, methods, and processes in evaluating community and public health programs. It is a practice-oriented course and facilitates students developing applied skills in the field of health program evaluation.
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PUBH 7135 - Social Ntwrk Concepts in PUBH (3) This course introduces students to the concepts of social networks and social relationships and how these factors are associated with health. Students will be provided with an overview of the history of social network research, social network constructs and measurements, and their application in health research and interventions. PRE-REQUISITES: PUBH 7150 AND PUBH 7160, OR PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR.
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PUBH 7140 - Epidemiology Chronic Disease (3) (COMM 7014-8014) This course is designed to provide graduate students with knowledge on major chronic diseases and skill on applying various epidemiologic methods to design and conduct epidemiological studies on chronic diseases. The course covers selected topics in chronic disease with critical analysis of the current epidemiologic literature.
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PUBH 7141 - Epidemiologic Survey Method ** (3) This course provides students in Public Health with the basic elements in designing and performing survey research. The course describes the initial steps in formulating and focusing the research question and proceeds to the key steps in performing survey research, i.e., identifying the target population, obtaining an appropriate sample, designing the survey instrument and implementing it.
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PUBH 7150 - Biostatistical Methods I ** (3) Introduces elementary methods for presenting public health data in summary form and analyzing data; not a mathematics course and will not stress derivations of formulae; instead, emphasizes the application of statistical ideas and methods to the design and interpretation of public health studies.
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PUBH 7152 - Biostatistical Methods II ** (3) This course is the second course in Biometric statistics for public health research. It is intended for advanced students in public health who are interested in gaining expertise in advanced Biometric data analysis. You will be introduced to Biometric statistical modeling techniques commonly used in public health as well as analysis procedures using SPSS and SAS computer software.
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PUBH 7153 - Biostat. in Bioinformatics (3) This course is offered every other year to Master (7000 level) and Doctoral (8000 level) students. This course focuses on statistical methods in application to bioinformatics data and other large data sets with similar features. Students will be introduced to R programming, a commonly used programming language implemented in bioinformatics data analyses. This will be an applied course with focus on learning the methods, applying the methods, and programming in R.
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PUBH 7155 - IBM SPSS & Data Management (3) Designed to introduce SPH students to programming and data structure topics they would be expected to know when using SPSS in their coursework or job. Please note that this is not a statistics course so statistical programming or statistical procedures will not be covered. All programming topics will be demonstrated using public health data sets.
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PUBH 7160 - Soc/Behav Science Principles ** (3) This graduate level course will focus on the contribution of social and behavioral sciences to the understanding of the distribution, etiology, and solution of public health problems. The theoretical underpinnings of the most relevant explanation, planning, change, and evaluation theories will be reviewd in depth and illustrated with examples of the application of these models to helath promotion and disease prevention with individuals, groups and communities. PREREQUISITE(S): Permission of instructor.
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PUBH 7161 - Health Behavior Theories (3) This course provides a multidisciplinary theoretical approach to the study of health and health behavior. Emphasis is on the use of psychosocial theories in health-related practice, policy-making, and research. Other theoretical perspectives, such as the ecological and biopsychosocial models, are addressed in order to integrate these theoretical perspectives.
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PUBH 7165 - PUBH Approaches to HIV/AIDS (3) This course introduces students to critical issues in HIV/AIDS prevention in diverse community settings using an ecological perspective to understand how multiple levels of influence contribute to HIV/AIDS disparities. Social determinants of HIV/AIDS/STI transmission will be addressed. The course will integrate various approaches to eliminating HIV/AIDS disparities including community-based participatory research, faith-based initiatives, and community-based methods.
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PUBH 7170 - Epidemiology in PUBH ** (3) Provides foundation needed to interpret, use, and research epidemiological data; focuses on methodological aspects of epidemiology as it applies to investigation of public health problems and guidance of public health planning and policies. May be repeated for up to 6 hours
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PUBH 7172 - Epidemiology PUBH II ** (3) This course is designed for epidemiology majors and other students requiring a more thorough knowledge of the concepts and methods used in epidemiological research. This course stresses analytical study designs and etiologic research. Topics include exposure-disease associations, threats to internal validity and their control, and valid interpretation of study results, including concepts of association, causality, and effect modification. PRE-REQUISITES: PUBH 7150 AND PUBH 7170, OR PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR
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PUBH 7174 - Epidemiology PUBH III (3) This course is designed for doctoral and advanced master’s degree students. The course focuses on the nature of causality in biological systems and the methods by which it may be determined. The course also focuses on extracting, organizing and interpreting various evidence to support public health and medical practices. Both observational and experimental study designs are considered. Landmark studies from the epidemiologic literature will be extensively used to illustrate these issues. PRE-REQUISITES: PUBH 7150, PUBH 7170, AND PUBH 7172, OR PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR.
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PUBH 7175 - Lab Tech in Molecular Epi (3) 7000/8000 level; Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 contact hours (2-5 pm)/week May be repeated with change in topic for 9 credits
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PUBH 7180 - Foundations of PUBH ** (3) Provides foundation for critical analysis of current public health issues, facilitating discussion of contemporary issues and challenges of public health policy and practice; key topics include balancing individual and societal rights; public health ethics; health disparities; cultural competence, socio-ecologic approaches to promote health; public health concerns in urban communities; and current public health practice. May be repeated for a maximum of 12 credit hours PREREQUISITE(S): Permission of instructor.
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PUBH 7190 - Adv SAS for PUBH Prof 1 (3) This class introduces students to advanced SAS programming statements and techniques using the SAS system software.
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PUBH 7191 - Adv SAS for PUBH Prof II (3) This class introduces students to advanced SAS programming language statements and methods specifically for data management and reporting. Students will learn methods and techniques to identify data errors, use methods for data entry, maintain analytical data sets and summarize clinical/medical encounter data. This class is a continuation of PUBH 7190-8190.
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PUBH 7192 - Intro to Human Disease for PH (3) This course introduces pathophysiology of major human diseases relevant to public health professionals. The course materials will be discuss from a public health perspective that focuses on mechanisms and progression of diseases, pathophysiologic associations with risk factors, structural changes, and the applications of this knowledge in disease prevention in public health.
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PUBH 7300 - Spatial Anlys/Sim for UrbnHlth (3) The use of spatial analysis and simulation has become increasingly common in the study of urban health problems. This course aims to provide graduate students the framework and basic concepts of spatial epidemiology, health geography and system sciences. Students are expected to understand and be able to apply the major methods from spatial analysis, GIS, and Agent-based model for health problems. The spatial analysis and simulation methods will be learned within the context of urban health, focusing on urban environment and health disparities. Students will apply and integrate various methods collectively for a selected project.
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PUBH 7305 - Quant Meth Review Rsch (3) (same as PSYC 7305-8305). This course focuses on quantitative strategies for reviewing research findings in the social sciences. These quantitative review techniques (often referred to as “meta-analysisâ€) can help investigators summarize and resolve conflicts in past research. The course should be particularly useful to graduate students who are planning to conduct literature review as part of a research project, master’s thesis, or doctoral dissertation. PRE-REQUISITES: Students enrolled in this course are expected to have completed PSYC 7302/8302 or an equivalent graduate-level statistics course, and to have a basic understanding of the analysis of variance and multiple regression.
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PUBH 7306 - Linear Struct Modeling (3) (PSYC 7306-8306). The purpose of this course is to provide students with an introduction to structural equation modeling (SEM). An emphasis will be placed on helping students use/apply SEM methodology to answer research questions in their areas of interest. After completing this course, students should be able to (1) conduct structural equation analyses using SAS, AMOS, and Mplus, (2) communicate results of structural equation analyses in both written and verbal form, (3) evaluate strengths and limitations of studies employing SEM techniques, and (4) provide consultation to colleagues on SEM related issues. PRE-REQUISITES: PUBH 7152 OR EQUIVALENT.
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PUBH 7307 - App Struct Equ Modeling in PH (3) This course will provide knowledge about the fundamentals of structural equation modeling, and its practical applications in public health. It will provide details of structural equation modeling, from statistical concepts to how to perform various types of structural equation analyses. Topics will include covariance structures, path diagrams, path analysis, model identification, model testing with emphasis on confirmatory factor analysis and invariance testing. Statistical software recommended for this course are SAS and SPSS AMOS.
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PUBH 7308 - Appl Multivariate Stat (3) (PSYC 7308-8308). Covers multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) with independent designs and extensions to repeated measures and ANOVA. Goals include review of conceptual bases, learning SPSS and SAS procedures, learning analysis of simple and complex designs, and learning special post-hoc procedures. PRE-REQUISITES: PUBH 7152/8152 OR EQUIVALENT.
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PUBH 7309 - Appl Surv Analys in Pub Hlth (3) This course will cover the statistical concepts and techniques that are useful in the field of public health for the analysis of survival data or time to event data. The course will examine the features unique to survival data which distinguishes these data from other more familiar types of data. Topics include survival functions, hazard rates, types of censoring and truncation. Methods will include life tables, Kaplan-Meier plots, log-rank tests, Cox regression models, and Inference for parametric regression models. Statistical software recommended for this course are SAS and SPSS. May be repeated with change of topic.
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PUBH 7310 - Mixed Model Regression Analys (3) Instruction in the use of mixed-model regression with a focus on design and ananlysis of group-randomized trials; attention also given to analysis of data from surveys based on cluster sampling, longitudinal studies, and studies involving matching. Same as PSYC 7310-8310. may be repeated with different topics
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PUBH 7311 - Appl Categorical Data Analys (3) Instruction includes tabular, logistic, and Poisson and Cox regression, as well as interpretation of SAS output. For advanced students in psychology, education, and public health pusuing a career in research. Same as PSYC 7311-8311.
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PUBH 7333 - Addictive Behaviors (3) This course provides public health students with an introduction to the historical, clinical, epidemiological, and public policy issues related to addictive behaviors, including alcohol, tobacco, illicit drugs, and gambling. Students will be exposed to a variety of methodological approaches used by social and behavioral scientists to study addictive behaviors, including ethnography, surveys, geographical information systems, and clinical trials.
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PUBH 7334 - Comm Based Part Resrch Mthds (3) This course familiarizes students with key historical underpinnings of community based participatory research (CBPR), principles of CBPR practice, and methodological considerations in building community partnerships; community assessment; issue analysis; research planning; data gathering; and data sharing. The course will also address cultural competence; working with diverse populations; ethical considerations; as well as funding and Institutional Review Board issues. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 contact hours (2-5 pm)/week.
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PUBH 7335 - Struct/Environ Iss/Urban Comm (3) This course focuses on concepts of risk and burden of disease in urban communities. It examines contemporary issues and challenges of the social, cultural, built, and physical environments of urban communities. Key topics include public health and urban health; roots of health inequality; risk and burden of disearse; stress, socio-economic and structural influences on health; and community-based approaches (CBPR) to address public health concerns in urban communities.
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PUBH 7336 - Women’s Health (3) This course examines topics in women’s health in the United States; the programs, services, and policies that affect women’s health; and methodological issues in research about women’s health. the epidemiology, measurement and interpretation of these factors, and how these factors can be translated into interventions, programs, and policy, will be of major interest.
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PUBH 7337 - Public Health Nutrition (3) This course examines dietary intake and nutrition behaviors from a public health perspective. Topics covered include dietary intake measurement for the monitoring of population health; socioecological factors impacting eating behaviors from infancy into adulthood; and the role of diet in the development of diseases with public health implications (e.g., obesity, malnutrition).
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PUBH 7338 - Critical Issues in Global Hlth ** (3) This course focuses on critical issues in global health emphasizing the multidisciplinary approach to understanding global health problems as they occur within and across borders. Concepts include the interplay between global stressors such as population, urbanization, economics, environment, and war; and their effects on the spread of infectious and chronic diseases, nutrition, and environmental health.
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PUBH 7339 - Transl Rsrch Meth Pop Hlth (3) (same as PSYC 7305 -PSYC 8305 ) This course covers methods to plan, design and evaluate the potential translatability and public health impact of prevention interventions. Methodological issues to be considered include reach, representativeness, adoption, implementation, adaptation, impact, scalability, and sustainability of interventions. Measurement and metrics to assess these elements and evaluate their impact will be included.
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PUBH 7340 - Behavioral Intervention Develp ** (3) (PSYC 7306-8306) This course provides training in the development of theory-based behavioral interventions that are relevant to public health research and practice. Focuses on community and population level strategies and methods.
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PUBH 7341 - Physical Activity/Public Hlth (3) This course is an overview of physical activity programming and interventions within the public health framework. Students will study issues germane to physical activity and public health; acquire knowledge of current research, best practices, guidelines and recommendations for physical activity; and develop skills integral to the design, implementation, and evaluation of public health programs that are intended to promote physical activity in specific populations.
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PUBH 7342 - Epidemiology Min/Ethnic Pop (3) (PSYC 7308-8308) This course provides an evidence-based approach to the study of the epidemiology and heatlh disparities of racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. Emphasis is placed on historical events and immigration policies that have contributed to the prominent size of these populations, identification of data sources to describe this demographic imperative and health status, and on socio-political, cultural, and religious influences that inform public policy on health disparities.
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PUBH 7343 - Tobacco Use:Cause,Conseq,Ctrl (3) 3
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PUBH 7345 - Health Literacy (3) (Same as PSYC 7310 -PSYC 8310 ) (Same as COMM 7345-8345) This course will introduce students to the issues of health literacy from a public health perpective. We will explore the impact of health literacy on access to care, vulnerable populations, management of chronic illness, mental health, healthcare costs, and several other areas.
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PUBH 7346 - Public Mental Health (3) (Same as PSYC 7311 -PSYC 8311 ) This course provides an overview of mental health issues from a public health perspective. Topics include differentiating mental health from mental illness, socio-economic disparities in mental illness, community-based services for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of prevalent mental illnesses, and major mental heatlh policy issues in the United States.
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PUBH 7347 - Qualitative Mtds Hlth Research (3) This course provides an overview of qualitative research methods commonly used in health related research, including the basic skills needed for data collection and analysis and an understanding of philosophical and epistemological roots. Students will learn to develop and critique a qualitative research proposal in terms of design, technique, analysis and interpretation.
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PUBH 7348 - Hlth Equity,Cult Comp,Soc Just (3) 3
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PUBH 7400 - Special Problems (3) Independent investigation of a research problem or directed readings, in a selected area of public health chosen in consultation with the instructor. Only six hours of credit may be applied to a degree. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits.
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PUBH 7401 - Applied Field Epidemiology (3) This course is designed to introduce students to the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary for conducting field epidemiology investigations and outbreak investigations they will be expected to manage as public health professionals working in local health department settings. Topics covered will include surveillance and outbreak detection; designing field investigations; selecting appropriate comparison groups; hypothesis generation and analytic studies; introducing public health control measures; conducting multijurisdictional investigations; and communicating findings.
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PUBH 7442 - Cancer Epidemiology (3) The course concentrates on distribution and trends of incidence, mortality and survival of major cancer types. It also discusses in depth current theories of cancer etiology, including radiation, tobacco, alcohol, drugs, occupation and other environmental, biologic and behavioral factors. Special issues of epidemiological research in cancer, such as study design, issues related to abstracting information from medical and other records and retrospective assessment of exposures will also be emphasized. PRE-REQUISITES: PUBH 7150 AND PUBH 7170, OR PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR.
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PUBH 7443 - Infectious Disease Epidemiolgy ** (3) This course is designed to introduce students to the basic concepts in infectious disease epidemiology. Topics include history and major concepts of infectious disease epidemiology, investigating new outbreaks, emerging infectious disease and bioterrorism. Measures for controlling infectious disease, such as surveillance, vaccination, and vector control will be taught. Major infectious diseases will be discussed in some detail, including HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria, and Flu. PRE-REQUISITES: PUBH 7150 AND PUBH 7170, OR PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR.
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PUBH 7444 - PUBH Surveillance Fundamentals (3) This course covers topics related to the systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of health outcomes for use in planning, implementation, reporting, and evaluation of public health. Additional topics include basic concepts and procedures of sample designs, graphical techniques, and statistical methods of population sampling.
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PUBH 7445 - Genetic Epidemiology (3) This course will serve as a basic introduction to genetic epidemiology and its application in research. Basic concepts of human genetics will be introduced, and the research methods used to study the genetic basis of disease will be presented. Research methods discussed will include family based studies such as twin studies and affected sib pair linkage analyses, and candidate gene methods such as case-control, cohort and transmission/disequilibrium test. Gene-environment and gene-gene interaction will also be discussed. The course will conclude with a discussion of ethical issues around genetic epidemiology, current research and future directions. PRE-REQUISITES: PUBH 7150 AND PUBH 7170, OR PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR.
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PUBH 7447 - Public Health Genomics (3) This course introduces students to the field of public health genomics through providing an overview of the field and evaluating challenges associated with the translation of genomic information into public health practices. The course materials will be presented on selected topics including: historical background of the field, genetic testing and counseling, communication of genomic information to public, using genomic information in disease prevention and health promotion efforts, genomic information in health care practices, ethical issues, genetics and race/health disparities, and implications of genomic information for communities.
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PUBH 7450 - Randomized Clinical Trials (3) The purpose of this course is to provide students with a thorough grounding in the conduct of randomized clinical trials (RCTs) including design, management, evaluation, and resource acquisition. Emphasis is placed on RCTs that are relevant to public health research and practice.
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PUBH 7501 - Health Systems Organizations (3) This course focuses on issues that contribute to assessing and improving the quality of health systems and services, including: institutional reforms and capacity building, politics and governance, health system financing, public/private partnerships, and building community capacity. The course will emphasize how problems come to be recognized and defined, their characteristics and magnitude, and plans and programs to alleviate them. Students will be taught to understand health system characteristics, problems, policies and management and to champion solutions to structural and behavioral challenges in the health care system.
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PUBH 7502 - Hlth Policy, Theory & Methods (3) This course utilizes a multi-level approach to public health by providing a comprehensive overview of the health effects, history, marketing, politics, and control of tobacco use, combining medical, psychsocial, epidemiological and economic perspectives to give students a framework for understanding tobacco addiction and its prevention and treatment.
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PUBH 7503 - Health Systems Decision-Making (3) (Same as COMM 7345 -COMM 8345 ) This course addresses decision-making processes associated with managing risk in healthcare organizations in multiple healthcare settings. Students will examine and evaluate the quality of risk management decisions for program-level decisions as well as for addressing enterprise-wide risks. Students will learn to structure challenging decision problems using critical thinking, to gather information, develop alternatives based upon organizational values, mission, and objectives, and determine the best course of action.
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PUBH 7504 - IT & Organizational Change (3) This course will focus on electronic medical records, and the potential for health IT to improve quality; the economics of healthcare IT; theories of diffusion of innovations; theories of the relationship between healthcare IT, and behavior, practice and healthcare organizational changes; the costs and benefits of healthcare IT in costs, benefits and quality improvement; and alternative health policy approaches to hasten IT adoption in health care.
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PUBH 7505 - Aging, Pub Hlth, & Hlth Svs (3) 3
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PUBH 7601 - PUBH Preparedness & Response (3) This course will introduce the organizational structure of emergency management and the specific role of public health emergency management in preparedness and response. Key topics include the common framework for emergency response, public health law, public health surveillance tools, and health concerns of vulnerable populations.
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PUBH 7603 - PUBH Emergency Response Ldrshp (3) This course will identify the range of hazards that public health emergency managers must confront in order to understand the public health consequences and create the plans that guide us through our response. Key topics include leadership and mitigation strategies that can reduce morbidity and mortality resulting from disasters.
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PUBH 7604 - Res Methods in Soc/Behav Sci (3) This course provides a comprehensive introduction to step-by-step research process, including research design, data collection, interpretation, and guidelines for writing and presenting results in social and behavioral sciences. It covers a range of research methods, including observational techniques, survey research, focus groups, and other types of unstructured data collection methods. Emphasis is placed on understanding the strengths, weaknesses, and underlying logic of different procedures for obtaining empirical evidence for rigorous population health research.
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PUBH 7605 - Built Environment and PH (3) This interdisciplinary course focuses on ibcreasing recognition that the built environment, including all of the physical parts where we live and work, and community features such as sidewalks, trails and public transit can inpact human health. Key topics include neighborhoos, physical activity, and diet; active transportation; disparity by race/ethnicity and income levels; social determinants; and policy interventions.
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PUBH 7710 - HealthCare Economics (3) (cross-listed with ECON 7710-8710) Applies basic economic concepts to analyze health care market and evaluate health policies; including distinctive economic characteristics of health, health care industry, and health care professionals; American system of health care; current health care policy issues such as health care reform, managed care, and manpower planning.
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PUBH 7880 - Leadership Skills for GA (3) Overview and practical demonstrations of leadership skills to enhance professional development for graduate assistants. NOTE: PUBH graduate students may not use this course to fulfill degree requirements.
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PUBH 7985 - Practicum/Field Experience ** (3)
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PUBH 7992 - Master’s Project Seminar ** (3) Capstone course for the MPH program, drawing from all previous learning in the program. Students identify a public health problem, develop a format for intervention, conduct the intervention, and evaluate program success; requires formal report and oral presentation.
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PUBH 7996 - Thesis (1-6) Grades of S, U, or IP will be given.
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PUBH 8014 - Public Health Communication (3) (COMM 7014-8014) Explores the communication processes and practices that can be used to promote positive change in health behaviors, including the rhetorical exigencies inherent in public health care communication, the various formats for disseminating medical information, and the specific audience needs that health care communication must address.
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PUBH 8104 - Large Data Sets/PUBH Research (3) This course addresses secondary data analysis of health quality and outcomes issues. Secondary data analysis using large, public data sets will be examined. Issues related to secondary analysis and drawing items from multiple data sets will be discussed. Analytical techniques such as adjustments for missing data, transformations of data, and risk adjusstment will be applied using public data sets.
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PUBH 8120 - Environmental Health I (3) This doctoral course introduces complex and interlinked environmental issues facing public health professionals; presents concepts, principles, and applications of natural and social science disciplines forming the basis of environmental health; introduces environmental issues relevant to health problems; develops communication skills by discussing public health issues and environmental policies.
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PUBH 8122 - Environmental Health II (3) This course focuses on specific cases of environmental hazards and related health problems. It also focuses on the applied aspect of sources of environmental data, methods of environmental data collection, risk assessment and use of such data for policy development and risk management.
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PUBH 8124 - Environmental Toxicology (3) This course discusses basic principles governing the behavior and effects of toxic chemicals released into the environment; sources, distribution, and fate of toxic chemicals in the environment; chemicals and cancer and birth defects; government regulation of chemical hazards. Focus is on human health impacts of chemicals found in the workplace and general environment.
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PUBH 8125 - Environmental Health Microbiol (3) This course provides introduction to foodborne and waterborne microbial disease including sources and routes of transmission of microbes from the environment to humans; identification of common water and foodborne pathogens and methods for their detection and surveillance; safe preservation and intervention methods to reduce microbial loads in food and water; regulatory aspects of prevention of foodborne disease and how information from surveillance is used to improve public health policy and practice. PRE-REQUISITE: one college level course in both biology and chemistry.
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PUBH 8126 - Prin Exposure/Risk Assessmnt (3) Understanding of exposure and risk is a necessary application and of growing importance in environmental health studies. This course is designed to provide concepts, methods, models, statistics and theory necessary for the assessment of exposure to environmental agents and health risk from exposures. Topics to be covered include: the selection of study populations; identification and quantification of exposure pathways; the design of exposure assessment strategies; exposure measurement methods; risk assessment framework, modeling of health effects; and derivation of risk estimates. Specific examples of exposure and risk assessments will be analyzed and critiqued.
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PUBH 8128 - Envrnmnt Policy/DecisionMaking (3) The course will present regulatory and non-regulatory approaches to the management of toxic substances in the environment, with emphasis on the scientific/technical basis for toxic substances control. It will examine approaches at the international level, in the European Union, and at the federal and state levels in the U.S. Overviews of each approach will be provided with the majority of the course dedicated to examination of the use of risk-based and public health-based approaches to toxicant control in regulatory as well as non-regulatory contexts. Topics that will be integrated into this examination include risk communication, risk perception, risk-benefit and cost-benefit analysis, and environmental justice.PRE-REQUISITES: 7124-8124 and 7126-8126
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PUBH 8129 - Envrnmntl Sampling & Analysis (3) (cross-listed with ECON 7710 -ECON 8710 ) This is a graduate level laboratory and lecture course on principles, equipment, instrumentation, methodologies, and strategies for measuring environmental chemical and biological contaminants. We will examine sampling techniques, analytical methods, quality assurance/quality control, and regulatory mandates applied to air, water and soil samples. It is designed for students in the environmental health sciences and other graduate students interested in occupational and ambient-environmental exposure assessments for regulatory compliance and risk estimation.
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PUBH 8130 - Social Determinants of Health (3) This course focuses on the systematic study of the economic and social conditions which determine health. It examines the social gradient in health and explores how social influences such as poverty, social capital, job security, neighborhood characteristics, social support, transportation, discrimination, and stress affect health and longevity. It also explores structural interventions in shaping social environments that are conducive to better health. PRE-REQUISITE: PUBH 7160/8160 OR PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR
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PUBH 8131 - Social/Behavioral Policy Devel (3) This course will introduce students to how theories and methods in the social and behavioral sciences are applied to the development and implementation of public policy aimed at health prevention and promotion. Several current primary and secondary prevention issues will be used as exemplars, including tobacco control, physical activity, injury control, and regulation of food supply.
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PUBH 8132 - Health Program Evaluation (3) This graduate seminar provides qualitative and quantitative perspectives on health program evaluation. The course examines various models, theories, methods, and processes in evaluating community and public health programs. It is a practice-oriented course and facilitates students developing applied skills in the field of health program evaluation.
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