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3.00 Credits
(Cross-listed as Civil Engineering 54 and Environmental Studies 54.) A single course which provides students an introduction to epidemiological techniques and analyses, including such topics as incidence and prevalence, age adjustment, and other techniques appropriate for the handling of confounders, the measurement of risk through the odds ratio and relative risk, and the interpretation of epidemiological results. The course will feature applications of epidemiological techniques to topics appropriate for public and community health applications such as those found in infectious disease control, screening for personal risk factors, and the conducting of disease cluster evaluations. This course is offered during the following semesters: Fall Semester Spring Semester First Summer Semester
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3.00 Credits
Examination of racial and health disparities. The nature of racial and ethnic categories, data issues, current health status of various populations, and approaches to resolving disparities including the concept and practice of cultural competence. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Social Sciences This course meets the following culture options: African and African-American Culture - SPRING 2009 ONLY - * Diasporic This course is offered during the following semesters: Spring Semester
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to selected contemporary problems in community health. Please see departmental website for specific details. This course is offered during the following semesters: Fall Semester Spring Semester
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3.00 Credits
Theoretical approaches to women's health and women's relationship to the health care system. Historical development of women's roles as providers (both lay and professional) and as consumers of health care. Analysis of the emergence of a women's health movement, changes in the past decade, and future directions. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Social Sciences This course is offered during the following semesters: Spring Semester
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3.00 Credits
Critical exploration of the ethical dimensions of public health policy and practice. Ethical analyses of health promotion, epidemiological research, surveillance, and health care services in dealing with particular health concerns (e.g., smoking, violence, HIV/AIDS, and managed care). This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Humanities This course is offered during the following semesters: Fall Semester
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3.00 Credits
The physiological basis of medicine from the perspective of a practicing physician. Basic concepts of pathophysiology, epidemiology, and clinical medicine are applied to the care of patients with coronary artery disease, cancer, HIV/AIDS, chronic pain, and other prevalent conditions. Alternatives to biomedicine. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Natural Sciences This course is offered during the following semesters: Fall Semester Spring Semester
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3.00 Credits
(Cross-listed as Sociology 108.) Origins, epidemiology, and evolution of epidemics, rooted in biology, behavior, social organization, culture, and political economy. Societies' efforts to contain diseases, their effects on world history, and their cultural record in literature and contemporary sources. Cases range from early plagues (syphilis, smallpox, bubonic plague) and the recurrent threats of influenza, malaria, and tuberculosis, to nineteenth-century famines, and modern scourges such as the global challenge of AIDS. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Social Sciences This course meets the World Civilization Requirement This course is offered during the following semesters: Fall Semester Spring Semester
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3.00 Credits
Supervised fieldwork with a cooperating agency. Provides an opportunity for students to work in a health organization, agency, or community group and to become acquainted with related career possibilities. Placements, handled through the internship coordinator, can be chosen in the public or private sector, at the local, state, or federal level, and are usually in the Boston area. The internship must be completed in the spring or summer of the junior year or the fall of the senior year. Open only to community health majors. Prerequisites Community Health 1 and 2. This course is offered during the following semesters: Fall Semester Spring Semester First Summer Semester
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3.00 Credits
Offers a structured learning experience in a supportive group setting, concurrent with the internship. Using each internship as a case study, students examine various aspects of the health care system as they analyze how their agencies address community health needs. Students are also encouraged to discuss their work experience and its relevance to their career plans. (Open only to community health majors.) Prerequisites Community Health 1 and 2. This course is offered during the following semesters: Fall Semester Spring Semester First Summer Semester Second Summer Semester
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3.00 Credits
Theoretical principles and training practices in specific community health education skills: interpersonal communication, group facilitation, peer education, dramatic arts, design of workshops and training programs. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Social Sciences This course is offered during the following semesters: Fall Semester Spring Semester
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