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3.00 Credits
Description: Introduction to sampling techniques and analytical methods to measure environmental contamination in the air, water, soils and food. Emphasis on instrument selection and quality control, including documentation, calibration, and sample management. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Identical to: PCOL 502. Usually offered: Fall.
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3.00 Credits
Description: This course is a tool to provide basic understanding of human biology and its role in public health diseases to non-biologists. Major diseases with significant public health relevance will be used to confirm basic biological concepts, taught in each segments introductory lecture. Graduate-level requirements include a 10 page term paper. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. May be repeated: for credit 1 time (maximum 2 enrollments). May be convened with: CPH 405. Usually offered: Fall, Summer.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Description: This course will discuss the term Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) and discuss the epidemiology, etiology, complications, and social barriers of three common conditions (autism, cerebral palsy, and spina bifida) seen in children. Handouts will be given that cover these same areas in other conditions that demand special care of children. The importance of a Medical Home for CSHCN will be discussed and these conditions will be linked to the Disablement Model. Federal policies related to CHCN will be reviewed. The class will select a public health issue that these children face; will research that issue in detail; and will become sufficiently knowledgeable about the condition and the issue to undergo a deposition by a lawyer from the Arizona Center for Disability Law. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Prerequisite(s): Graduate Student in a health related field including biological or social sciences. Usually offered: Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Causes and consequences of evolutionary change in pathogens. Evolutionary principles, vertebrate immunity, molecular epidemiology, evolution of virulence, evolution of antimicrobial resistance, predicting epidemics, impacts of infectious disease on host evolution, HIV evolution. Graduate-level requirements include a term paper and an in-class presentation on the same topic. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Identical to: ECOL 509; ECOL is home department. May be convened with: CPH 409. Usually offered: Fall.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Participants will understand the health effects, evaluate exposures, and identify control options available to reduce exposures to physical stressors in the environment. The course focuses on noise, heat stress, vibration, radiation and ergonomics. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Typical structure: 2 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory. Identical to: PCOL 510. Usually offered: Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Description: History, organization and administration of health care services. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Identical to: PHSC 511; PHSC is home department. Usually offered: Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Description: This class is designed to help students think critically about the identification and treatment of mental illness in the United States. Students will explore current research and debates surrounding the definition, prevention and treatment of mental disorders in the United States. In addition to learning about the presentation and treatment of mental illness, they will also be introduced to concepts in public health, psychology, psychiatry and health services research. We will also discuss the history of our beliefs about the mentally ill and how these beliefshave influenced policy, systems, services and treatment over the last century. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Prerequisite(s): Graduate student status. Usually offered: Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Provides an overview of methods in health technology assessment, including cost-benefit, cost-effectiveness, and cost-utility analysis. Current controversies in technology assessment are discussed. Emphasis will be placed on critical assessment of the published literature. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Identical to: PHSC 513; PHSC is home department. Usually offered: Fall.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Methods and models for program planning and policy analysis; forecasting, service demand, facility location in capital investment programming, task sequencing, program analysis and evaluation. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Prerequisite(s): GEOG 557 or consent of instructor. Identical to: PLNN 514; PLNN is home department. Usually offered: Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Description: The purpose of the course is to explore public health policy from the standpoint of ethics and democratic philosophy. Particular emphasis is placed on the population perspective and on public health as a "second language" of community and as a leading example of a more communitarian public philosophy. This communitarian public philosophy constitutes a major exception to the two contemporary and competing US public philosophies of market and religious fundamentalism versus liberal individualism. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Prerequisite(s): CPH 574 or consent of instructor. Usually offered: Fall.
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