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Course Criteria
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1.00 Credits
This is the second seminar course, students will complete the final research proposal, develop and defend an oral presentation of the research proposal, and conmplete IRB and IBC forms necessary to collect data for the Senior Honors Thesis.
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2.00 Credits
Introduction to the characteristics, causes, and effects of health disparities in the U.S. Health Care System. Provides students with a foundation to develop the knowledge, attitudes, and skills to become culturally competent health educators. Explores how health education and promotion is shaped by the cultural, social, and economic contexts in which individuals function.
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3.00 Credits
Explore legal and illegal drug use in modern society. Issues related to the social, cultural, political and economic impat of drug use will be discussed. The emphasis in the course will be on prevention, treatment and effective education techniques for various practice settings and target populations.
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3.00 Credits
Chronic conditions (e.g. diabetes, cardiovascular disease, renal disease, obesity) are currently responsible for sixty percent of the global burden of disease and the World Health Organization predicts this to rise to eighty percent by the year 2020. This is one of the greatest challenges facing health care systems throughout the world and it places long-term health and economic demands on health care systems as the population ages. This course will provide students with the opportunity to study specific issues related to chronic disease epidemiology and management and their links to practice.
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3.00 Credits
Introduces students to the background and development of administrative settings for health care delivery in the United States by exploring trends and issues based on current health and medical care programs and practices and analyzing the current organizational structure of medical care services in the United States. Topics to be examined include the medical care process, factors affecting supply and distribution of health professionals and health facilties, health care costs, and financing of care through health insurance and governmental programs. Students will also learn health advocacy skills to plan community-based interventions.
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3.00 Credits
Provides the student with the theory and practical applications of planning, developing, implementing and evaluating health promotion programs in a variety of settings. The focus will be on a global approach to planning with emphasis on the worksite, hospital and the community as settings for health promotion programming.
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3.00 Credits
Provides the student with the theory and practical applications of planning, developing, implementing and evaluating health promotion programs in a variety of settings. The focus will be on a global approach to planning with emphasis on the worksite, hospital and the community as settings for health promotion programming.
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3.00 Credits
Introduces the student to research methods used in health education and promotion. Examines the rationale and procedure to evaluate health education/promotion programs. Focuses on several topics including: research design, methods of program evaluation, planning research and evaluation, the politics and ethics of evaluation, measurement, sampling logistics, data analysis and the development of a student project.
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3.00 Credits
Examines health issues, scientific understanding of causes, and possible future approaches to control the major environmental health problems in industrialized and developing countries. Topics include how the body reacts to enviromental pollutants; physical, chemical, and biological agents of environmental contamination; vectors for dissemination (air, water, soil); solid and hazardous waste; susceptible populations; biomarkers and risk analysis; the scientific basis for policy decisions; and emerging global environmental health problems.
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3.00 Credits
Exposes the student to concepts, theories, terms, models, resources, people and experiences which are related to community health issues and programs with a focus on the role of health educators in various community health settings. An examination of affiliations, functions, responsibilities, skills and networks used by community health educators will be included.
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