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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
Essential issues in public health, including history from ancient times to HMOs; definitions; organization and infrastructure; functions, practices, programs, and services. Contributions of important public health practitioners. Political, social, and economic considerations of public health problems.
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1.00 Credits
Orientation to on-line instruction programs. Includes introductions to Loma Linda University; the School of Public Health faculties, facilities and resources; use of library on-line services; Web-based instruction; Blackboard; course formatting; and fellow students.
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3.00 Credits
Culture, history, and political and social dynamics affecting the health of Native Americans. Topics include: history of Native Americans, the Native American universe, history of Native American disease, current state of Native American health, merging traditional healing and Western medicine, improving Native American wellness, effects of federal Indian law, Indian Health Service and its predecessors.
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2.00 Credits
Philosophy of scientific research, sources of research invalidity, quantitative and qualitative literature-review techniques, setting research goals and objectives, quasi-experimental and experimental design, research ethics. Requires presentation and critique of published research and literature review. Taken over the course of two quarters for a total of 4 units (2 units in the winter and 2 units in the spring). Prerequisite: STAT 509.
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2.00 Credits
Student develops and critiques research and dissertation proposals, with peer review of research protocols. Limited to doctoral degree students. Prerequisite: PHCJ 534, STAT 514; or consent of the instructor.
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1.00 Credits
Selected topics addressing issues, concepts, and recent developments in public health.
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2.00 Credits
Serves as the capstone educational experience for students earning a degree in public health. Integrates the core and crosscutting competencies, along with the student's specific area of study, to facilitate the transition from the academic setting into the professional world of public health. Students apply and integrate their knowledge and expertise through case studies taken from current public health issues in local, national, and global environments. Prerequisite: Public Health Core Courses.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Individual arrangements for students with health-professional backgrounds to participate in a guided, structured, practical experience in ongoing clinical lifestyle-modifying situations. Minimum of thirty hours required for each unit of credit. A maximum of 4 units applicable to a degree program.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Explores the meaning(s) of scientific facts, laws, and theories--with special attention to the development of scientific thought, the nature of scientific discovery, contrasting interpretations of scientific inquiry, and the ethical ramifications of scientific discovery. Additional project required for fourth unit.
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4.00 Credits
Principles of drug action: drug receptors, absorption and fate of drugs, drug toxicity, and drug development. Systematically considers the pharmacology and clinical applications of the major drugs used by dental patients. Demonstrations illustrating the effects of drugs in animals and man.
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