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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 670 Demographic Techniques I (3)
Source and
interpretation of demographic data; rates and ratios, standardization, complete
and abridged life tables; estimation and projection of fertility, mortality,
migration, and population composition.
Chirayath Suchindran, Monday,
Wednesday 11:00am-12:15pm
EPID 689 Resources for International Students (1) (Does not
count toward GH Certificate Program)
Structured opportunities for
international students to become informed about U.S. academic and cultural
issues as they pertain to their training in epidemiology. Not for degree
credit.
Nancy Colvin (registrar), Friday 1:00-2:50pm
EPID 757 Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS in Developing Countries
(3)
Prerequisite: EPID 160. This course examines the epidemiology of AIDS
from an international perspective. It considers the AIDS pandemic in a broad
epidemiology perspective, including key aspects of basic, clinical, and social
science.
Frieda Behets, Sharon Weir- Friday 1:00-3:50pm
EPID 785 Environmental Epidemiology (3)
Prerequisites:
EPID 168 and BIOS 110. Epidemiologic ideas and methods applied to evaluation and
control of human health consequences of environmental hazards. Pollution of
environmental media and global change are considered from a human-ecological
perspective, with local and international examples.
Jiu-Chiua Chen -
Tuesday, Thursday 11:00am-12:15pm
HPAA 660 International and Comparative Health Systems
(3).
Methods of comparing health systems, examinations of related national
health systems and analysis of related high prevalence health
issues.
Bruce Fried, Monday,
3:00-5:50pm
MHCH 722 Issues in
International Maternal and Child Health (3)
This course will focus on key
issues concerning the health status needs of mothers and children, primarily but
not exclusively in the developing world. Topics include primary health care,
measurement and indicators of health status, levels and patterns of maternal and
child morbidity and mortality, major programmatic intervention (e.g. safe
motherhood initiatives, oral rehydration therapy, immunicaton, and family
planning), and national policy orientations towards the health needs of these
two groups. Permission required for non-majors.
Kavita Singh, Wednesday,
9-11:50am
MHCH 723 Introduction to Monitoring and Evaluation (3)
This course provides students with the basic concepts and
methodologies needed to monitor and evaluate programs in maternal and child
health both domestically and internationally. The course covers program
planning, conceptual frameworks, program monitoring, indicators, information
sources, evaluation designs, and survey development. The focus is on practical
issues for undertaking program monitoring and evaluation on maternal and child
health programs.
Ilene Speizer, Tuesday, 2:00-4:50pm
NUTR 745 International Nutrition (3)
Provides a broad overview of international nutrition research issues,
programs, and policies. Topics will include micronutrient deficiencies,
child feeding and growth, determinants of under- and over-nutrition,
chronic disease and nutrition, food fortification and supplementation,
and nutrition intervention programs and policy.
Linda Adair, Peggy Bentley, Monday, 9:00-11:50am
PUBH 500 Global Health Discussion Series (.5)
Global health certificate students are required to sign up for two
semesters (total of 1 credit hour) of the discussion series at the time
they register for the Certificate (PUBH 500, 1/2 credit each semester).
Each session in the series will have a thematic frame that guides
facilitated discussion during and after dinner. Available to graduate students enrolled in the Global Health Certificate Program only. Wednesdays, 6-8pm, September 17; October 22; November 12; December 3
PUBH 510 Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Global Health
(3)
This course will explore contemporary issues, problems, and controversies
in global health through an interdisciplinary perspective; examine the complex
tapestry of social, economic, political, and environmental factors that affect
global health; analyze global health disparities through a social justice and
human rights lens; and expose students to opportunities in global health work
and research.
Peggy Bentley, Gretchen Van Vliet,Wednesdays, 12:00-2:50pm
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