Implementation Date: 2011
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Courses in Public Health
HLTH 5124. Safety Through the Life Span. (3)Prerequisite: Consent of the department. Introduction to accident/injury prevention emphasizing personal responsibility for health care with a focus on psycho-social development and a wellness approach to safety management. (On demand)
HLTH 5126. Adolescent Sexuality and Family Life Education. (3).Designed for teachers, counselors, school nurses, administrators and others responsible for family life education programs in school, with focus on adolescent sexuality issues. (2 year cycle SummerOn demand)
HLTH 5130. Applied Nutrition for Today’s Consumer. (3)Principles of nutrition, dietary guidelines, dietary relationships to diseases and health, special populations, computerized dietary analysis. (2 year cycleOn demand)
HLTH 5136. Health Product and Service Consumerism. (3)Teaching methodology, knowledge and skills for affecting appropriate health behaviors through emphasis on the individual consumer at the health marketplace. (On demand)
HLTH 6000. Special Topicsin Public Health. (1-4)Prerequisite: permissionof department. Courses in selected topics and advanced studies in public health. May be repeated for credit as topics vary. Lecture hours will vary with the courses taught. (On demand)
HLTH6090. International Comparative Health Systems. (3) Cross-listed as NURS 6090 and SOWK 7090. A study tour to explore the cultures, social, and health care systems outside the United States. Participants will visit a variety of health care sites and attend presentations by practitioners and educators. They will have opportunities to interact with people from the host countries and visit a variety of cultural and historic sites. (On demand)
HLTH 6101. International Health. (3) Principles and methods of studying international health, including historical background, sources and problems associated with health data, the social context, the role of government and non- government agencies, health in relation to environment and development, international health projects, defining the international health sector, infectious disease problems, and the practice of international health. (On demand)
HLTH 6153. Worksite Health Promotion. (3)Prerequisite: consent of the instructor.An exploration of the practices of promoting health in various settings for a variety of consumers. (On demand)
HLTH 6155. Health Risk Reduction and Disease Prevention. (3)Personal/professional management of risk factors and lifestyle intervention processes for leading causes of mortality and morbidity. (On demand)
HLTH 6201. Social and Behavioral Foundations of Public Health. (3)Prerequisite: MSPH or COHP students,or instructor permission. Introduction to concepts and theories from the social and behavioral sciences relevant to public health practice and research. Effects of selected social and psychological factors including demographic, socioeconomic and life style indicators on health. (Spring)
HLTH 6202. Community Epidemiology. (3) Cross-listed as HADM 6104. Prerequisite: MSPH or COHP students, or instructor permission. Principles and methods of epidemiology including definitions and models of health, illness and disease; modes of transmission of clinically important infectious agents; risk factors and chronic diseases; and insights into existing studies and paradigms of health promotion and disease prevention. (Fall)
HLTH 6203. Public Health Data Analysis. (3)Prerequisite: MSPH or COHP students, or instructor permission. A foundations graduate course designed to develop understanding and skill in data analysis and interpretation in research related to public health. Students will have opportunities to develop basic skills in data analysis, computer use, data interpretation, and the presentation/communication of results. (Fall)
HLTH 6204. Public Health Research Methods. (3) Prerequisite: MSPH or COHP students, or instructor permission. An introductory graduate course designed to expose students to the processes and techniques necessary to conduct relevant social and behavioral science research in public health. The course explores the fundamental concepts of research design, sampling, data collection, and data analysis. Students will develop understanding and proficiency in commonly used public health measurement procedures and techniques, and how to estimate the adequacy of those procedures for communities and populations. (Fall)
HLTH 6205. Environmental Health. (3)Prerequisite: MSPH or COHP students, or instructor permission. Contemporary environmental factors including biological, physical, and chemical factors which affect the health of a community. Traditional elements of environmental health, including the control of infectious diseases, toxicology, and environmental health policy and practices at local, state, and federal levels. (Spring)
HLTH 6206. Health Services Administration. (3) Cross-listed as HADM 6145. Prerequisite: MSPH or COHP students, or instructor permission. Introduction to organizational theory with applications to health care systems, including organizational design and inter-organizational networks and alliances. Examination of communication and leadership skills development, including conflict, labor and dispute management. (Fall)
HTLH 6207 Community Health Planning and Evaluation. (3)Prerequisite: MSPH or COHP students, or instructor permission. The use of community and behavioral analysis as a basis for establishing program goals and objectives, for determining appropriate methods to study health-related interventions, for carrying out planned intervention programs, and for evaluating behavioral change outcomes. (Spring)
HLTH 6220. Health Behavior Change. (3). Prerequisite: MSPH or COHP students, or instructor permission. Assessment of psychosocial, cultural and situational factors in the voluntary behavior change process; theories of health behavior. (Fall)
HLTH 6221. Community Health.(3) Prerequisite: MSPH or COHP students, or instructor permission. The nature of communities as social systems. Principles and practices relevant to community health. (Spring)
HLTH 6222. Methods in Community Health. (3) Prerequisite: MSPH or COHP students;HLTH 620421or instructor permission. Methods based on the ecological model of health for planning community health interventions including strategies directed at policy, community, institutional, inter- and intra-personal levels. (Fall)
HLTH 6224. Measurement in Health Sciences. (3) Prerequisites: MSPH or COHP students;HLTH 6204or instructor permission. The purpose of this course is to educate students on applied measurement techniques used in the health sciences. The skills obtained from this course will be useful in health related program evaluations, testing of models of health theories, development of health surveys, and health needs assessments. It includes an exploration of methods for establishing reliability and validity estimates. (On demand)
HLTH 6260. Analytic Epidemiology. (3) Cross-listed with HSRD 8003. Prerequisite: MSPH or COHP students; HLTH 6202 (Community Epidemiology)and permission of instructorwith a B or better. Principles and methods of studying advanced epidemiology, with emphasis on the analytic approach. Includes: advanced techniques in the establishment of disease causation in groups and communities. Such topics as risk assessment, environmental exposures, stratification and adjustment, and multivariate analysis in epidemiology are covered. Emphasis is also placed on quality assurance and control and communicating results of epidemiological studies in professional publications and settings. (Spring)
HLTH 6262. Public Health Data Analysis II. (3) Prerequisite: MSPH or COHP students; HLTH 6203. This course provides the foundation skills for advance statistical methods used in the analysis of epidemiological and public health data. The course emphasizes developing advanced data analysis skills using real life data. Topics covered include multiple linear regression, logistic regression, Poisson regression, survey data analysis, and survival data analysis. (On demand)
HLTH 6346. Evaluation of Community Health Programs. (3) Prerequisite: MSPH or COHP students; HLTH 6207 or permission of the instructor.The purpose of this course is to teach students methods for evaluating community health programs. Students will learn and apply various evaluation techniques including formative, retrospective, and monitoring; survey and trend analysis; application of experimental and quasi-experimental design; triangulation of data; and evaluation report development. (On demand)
HLTH 6471. Public Health Internship. (3)Prerequisites: Prerequisite: MSPH studenthaving cCompleteidon of 18 or more graduate credit hours and permission of the Graduate Coordinator. Intensive, supervised experience in the practice of public health in community settings. Pass/Unsatisfactory or IP grading only. (Every semester)
HLTH 6600. Seminar in Public Health. (1-6) Prerequisite: Instructor permissionof department. Seminar in selected current topics and advanced studies in public health. May be repeated for credit as topics vary. (On demand)
HLTH 6800. Tutorialin Public Health. (1-3)Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Directed study in areas of specialization in public health and related fields. Maximum credit toward degree: three hours. Pass/Unsatisfactory or IP grading only. (Every semester)
HLTH 6900. Research and Thesisin Public Health. (1-6) Prerequisite: MSPH student having cCompletedion of at least 18 hours of graduate program (including HLTH 6201 through HLTH 6205) and permission of the Graduate Coordinatoror permission. A capstone synthesis course in which the candidate demonstrates independent learning thorough application of public health research skills to solve a problem or hypothesis. The thesis is of the student’s own design conducted under the supervision of an advisor and graduate committee. Pass/Unsatisfactory or IP grading only. May be repeated for credit up to a maximum of 6 credits. (Every semester)
HLTH 6901. Public Health Capstone Project. (1-3) Prerequisite: MSPH student having cCompletedion of at least 18 hours of graduate program (including HLTH 6201 through HLTH 6205) and permission of the Graduate Coordinatoror permission. A capstone synthesis course in which the candidate demonstrates independent learning thorough application of public health research skills to a problem or opportunity in a community health setting with a target population. The project is of the student’s own design conducted under the supervision of an advisor and graduate committee. Pass/Unsatisfactory or IP grading only. May be repeated for credit up to a maximum of 3 credits. (Every semester
HLTH 7999. Master’s Degree Graduate Residency Credit. (1) Prerequisite: MSPH student and permission of the Graduate Coordinator. Meets Graduate School requirement for continuous enrollment during final term prior to graduation when all course work has been completed.