Office of Global Health

The courses listed below qualify toward the credit requirement for the Graduate Certificate in Global Health. NOTE: Please use the University Registrar's website and course search engine to verify course information.

BIOS 771- Demographic Techniques II - Suchindran (3)
Life table techniques; methods of analysis when data are deficient; population projection methods; interrelations among demographic variables; migration analysis; uses of population models.
Monday, Wednesday 11:00-12:15

ENVR 685 - Water and Sanitation Planning and Policy in Lessor Developed Countries - Whittington (3)
Prerequisite, permission of the instructor. Seminar on policy and planning approaches for providing improved community water and sanitation services in developing countries. Topics covered include: the choice of appropriate technology and level of service, pricing, metering, and connection charges; cost recovery and targeting subsidies to the poor; water vending; community participation in the management and operation of water systems; and rent-seeking behavior in the provision of water supplies. Three seminar hours per week.              
Friday, 9:00-11:45        

ENVR 890 (Section 002) - Global Water, Sanitation and Hygiene - Sobsey
This course focuses on water, sanitation and hygiene in both developing and developed countries from an environmental health perspective. It emphasizes an appreciation and understanding of the need to develop effective, appropriate, accessible and affordable measures to reduce the global burden of disease from environmental exposures to biological and chemical agents of human health and environmental concern. The course content is based on the World Health Organization risk-based framework that uses risk assessments of health effects from exposures to pathogenic (disease-causing) microbes and toxic chemicals in environmental media to inform the development of holistic, integrated risk management policies and systems. Exposures to various agents of health concerns via water, wastes, air, vectors and other transmission routes will be considered, as will the various prevention and control measures of risk management systems intended to reduce these exposures.

Eligibility and prerequisites: Enrollment is limited to graduate students and upper level undergraduates who have core knowledge in chemistry, biology, epidemiology and statistics. This core knowledge would be satisfied by undergraduate or entry level graduate courses in chemistry though organic chemistry, biochemistry, microbiology or cell biology and epidemiology. Core knowledge in risk assessment is also recommended. Permission of instructor required. Enrollment limited.
Tuesday, Thursday, 3:30-4:45

EPID 751 - Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases - Stamm (4)
Prerequisite, Undergraduate biology and chemistry. Basic principles of infectious diseases, focusing on emerging and re-emerging disease agents that affect public health. Includes an introduction to the biology of viruses, bacteria, and eucaryotic parasites.                       
Monday, Wednesday 9:00-9:50 and Friday 8:00-9:50  

EPID 754 - Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Diseases - Van Rie (3)
Prerequisite, EPID 600 or equivalent. Permission required for non-majors. Introduction to basic methods for analysis and interpretation of epidemiological data on infectious diseases and for predicting the impact of control programs such as HIV prevention programs and vaccination strategies.         
Monday 1:00-3:50

EPID 756 - Control of Infectious Diseases in Developing Countries - Pettifor (3)
Epidemiology of the major infectious diseases in developing countries. Understanding surveillance, prevention and control strategies appropriate for poor countries. Special attention paid to water-bourne diseases, tuberculosis, malaria, and helminthiases.
Tuesday, Thursday 2:00-3:15

HBHE 753 - Qualitative Evaluation & Research Methods - Maman (3)                                   
Prerequisite, HBHE 750 or equivalent. Theoretical and methodological approaches of applied medical anthropology for health program development and evaluation. Field methods for collecting and analyzing data through observation, interviewing, group methods, and case studies.
Tuesday, Thursday 12:30-1:45

HPAA 664 - Globalization and Health (Crosslisted as MHCH 664 ) - Fried (3)
The course examines multiple dimensions of globalization and explores their direct and indirect effects on determinants of health through presentations, case studies, class discussions, small group seminars, readings, weekly written assignments, a critical book review, and a final paper and poster session. An expected outcome of the course is that students will gain a deeper understanding of how the changes and transformations of globalization and development affect health, and will have examined responses and approaches to current global patterns that contribute to positive and adverse health effects, and health inequalities.    
Tuesday 1:00-3:30

HPAA 510, Section 001- Global Perspectives on Ethical Issues in HPAA  - Harris (3)
This course will address the ethical issues of health policy and administration, with particular attention to the global perspectives on these issues. These global perspectives are both comparative and trans-national. Thus, we will compare the ethical approaches to health system issues in various countries, such as the different perspectives on informed consent, refusal of treatment, physician-assisted suicide, and reproductive health. The course will address global perspectives on the ethical issues in rationing of care, allocation of resources, and cost-containment; ethical issues of corruption, kickbacks, and conflicts of interest; and ethical aspects of research with human subjects in both developing and developed countries. We will also consider the cross-border issues that arise from movement of patients and providers across national boundaries, such as treatment of undocumented aliens, medical tourism, and the "brain drain" of health care personnel from developing countries. Finally, the course will deal with organizational ethics and compliance, including ethical issues for U.S. health care professionals and organizations providing services in other countries.
Monday 6:00-9:00pm

HPAA 715, Section 001- Health Economics for Policy & Administration - Thirumurthy (3)
Prerequisites, BIOS 600, and permission of the instructor for non-HPAA students. Provides training in the theory of health economics and applies this theory to important issues in health policy and administration.
Monday, Wednesday 11:00-12:15

MHCH 712 - Program Assessment in MCH - Farel (3)
Using a current request from a local health agency, students will learn how to provide consultation about a selected program activity in child health, women's health, and global health. Student teams will make site visits, collect and analyze program data, prepare reports, conduct literature reviews, prepare a written report with recommendations, and make an oral presentation to the agency staff, MCH Department faculty and students. Permission required for non-majors. 
Monday 9:00-11:50  

MHCH 716 -  International Family Planning and Reproductive Health- Bloom (3)
This course will provide an overview of the critical issues in international family planning and reproductive health, including the major theoretical frameworks, patterns and trends over time, and an overview of the history of family planning and reproductive health policy development.  We will trace the evolution of the field from its demographic roots through to the current expansion to a broader reproductive health perspective.  The main theoretical models to explain the determinants of fertility and reproductive mortality and morbidity will be presented.  Demographic data will be used to describe the trends and patterns of family planning and reproductive health within the global context.  The development of population, family planning and reproductive health policy through the last three decades, along with the more recent focus on the field within the context of health and human rights, will be discussed.
Thursday 11:00- 1:50

MHCH 721 -  Maternal and Child Health Issues for Immigrant Populations - Weathers (3)
Prerequisites: BIOS 600, EPID 600, MCH 702,. The purpose of this discussion-based course is to examine the research, program, policy, and advocacy implications of immigration today on the health of women and children in the U.S. By the end of this course, MCH student professionals should be able to: 1) critically describe and evaluate the implications of the demographic characteristics of current U.S. immigrants for research, advocacy, program, and policy, and 2) critically evaluate policies, programs, and the research literature addressing the health of immigrant women and children, using historical and contemporary ecological contexts.
Monday 1:00-3:50pm 

MHCH 730 - Reproductive Health Policy - Bennett (3)
Seminar participants will examine forces that shape social policy relating to reproduction and the differential impact of policy based on age, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, marital status, and other factors. Focus will be on global controversies in reproduction and reproductive health services in the context of human rights and women's rights.
Friday 10:00am-12:50pm

MHCH 605 (Section 001) - Optimal Infant and Young Child Feeding - Labbok (3)
This survey course will briefly cover the principal topics in this broad field of mother and child health as it relates to and is supported by breastfeeding, including domestic and global issues.  The topics will include relevant maternal and infant anatomy, physiology, and endocrinology; complementary feeding; immunology and disease; pathology, pharmacology and exposures; psychology, sociology and anthropology; growth and development; research issues; ethics, Code of Marketing and other legal issues; breastfeeding support skills; counseling, communication and advocacy; and programming and policy.
Wednesday, 9:30-12:20

MHCH 862 - MCH Program Evaluation - Angeles (3)
Analytic skills seminar, focusing on the methodology and practice of MCH progam evaluation. Review of concepts and methods for program evaluation will expose students to all phases and issues surrounding program evaluation. Case studies will be examined, with applications from developing countries. Prerequisites: Knowledge of SAS or Stata, MHCH 213 or equivalent. Permission required for 1 yr doctoral students, non-majors and master's students.
Monday 9:00-11:50  

PUBH 500 Global Health Discussion Series - Fried (.5)
Global health certificate students are required to sign up for two semesters of the dinner series at the time they register for the Certificate. Each dinner in the series will have a thematic frame that guides facilitated discussion during and after dinner. Themes will be recommended by students and by participating faculty. Formats might include: presentations; showing and discussion of a documentary; discussion of a news report; discussion of a book chapter or article; or, attending a special campus speaker's presentation or event
Selected Wednesdays 6:00-8:00pm