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3.00 Credits
The third in a series of disaster-management courses that focuses on advanced topics from GLBH 519, including terrorism, emergency management, incident command, and communications. Discusses policy, legal, social, psychological implications in disasters. Includes the design and play of a disaster field exercise. Prerequisite: GLBH 520.
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2.00 Credits
Introduces and examines diversity and cultural responsiveness in public health and health care. Examines the roles played by population diversity, health professions diversity, and cultural responsiveness in addressing and eliminating health and health care disparities in both national and global health. Discusses the historic context of social inequities impacting health and health care; and the roles played by biological inheritance, race and ethnicity identifiers, socioeconomics, socioenvironment, and health care beliefs and behavior in health care services delivery. Provides an introduction to cultural competency in public health and tenets for developing and applying cultural awareness in the field. Explores culture--defined as the values and beliefs that generate patterned behaviors, expectations, and worldview; and its role in accessing, utilizing, and delivering positive outcomes in health care.
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3.00 Credits
Food-production systems and issues in agricultural development. Attitudes and approaches for rural development practitioners.
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1.00 Credits
Appropriate project/study or a comprehensive review of an infectious disease of major public health significance. Prerequisite: EPDM 509. Corequisite: GLBH 544.
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3.00 Credits
Epidemiology of major acute and chronic infectious diseases worldwide. Characteristics of host, agent, environment, immunity of individuals, and populations. Methods of control and eradication; types of epidemics; and experimental, serological, and analytical techniques used in epidemiology of infectious disease. Prerequisite: EPDM 509. Cross-listing: EPDM 544.
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4.00 Credits
Issues, problems, resources, and strategies of implementing integrated community-development projects. Basic developmental needs of rural and urban communities. Taught from perspectives of developmental anthropology, agriculture, economic development, and the role of global health organizations. Includes field work in a developing country. Prerequisite: GLBH 566, GLBH 568.
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3.00 Credits
Studies the current global issue of refugees and displaced persons--including internally displaced persons (IDPs)--focusing on physical and psychological health risks to the affected populations. Addresses public health organization of a refugee/IDPs camp--including triage systems, levels of health care, environmental control, and social organization; as well as international legal and regulatory issues, and targeted programs to promote health and security by international, national, and private organizations. Discusses economic, politicalm, and ethical issues relating to the repatriation and resettlement of displaced populations.
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3.00 Credits
Different types of violence and terrorism, methods of attack, training, funding, communication, and responses to terrorism (counter-terrorism). Socioeconomic, political, and medical impact of violence and terrorism, with focus on approaches for intervention and prevention. Public health implications of violence and terrorism. Design of a violence intervention/prevention program.
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3.00 Credits
Global epidemiological profile of women in terms of educational patterns, economic productivity, social status, and mortality patterns. Risks to physical and psychosocial health. National and international legal and regulatory issues and programs to promote access to health care, economic productivity, and the health of women. Cross-listing: HPRO 550.
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3.00 Credits
Overview of technology concepts and tools that support decision making, communication, and incident command towards more effective preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation efforts. Explores application of the Internet, networks and communication systems, maps and geographic systems (GIS and GPS), direct and remote sensing, decision-support systems, hazard analysis and modeling, and warning systems. Discusses current operational problems and limitations and emerging tools and trends in application of technology. Corequisite: GLBH 519.
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