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3.00 Credits
Designed to explore the basic concepts and principles of the disease process including history and classification. Emphasis will be upon etiology, origin symptoms, treatments, prevention, host, agent, and environmental factors affecting occurrence, prevention, and control. Offered concurrently with HSC 4551; graduate students are assigned additional work. Upper division or graduate status is required.
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3.00 Credits
High-order philosophical, ethical, and theoretical foundations of the professional practice of health education are explored. Students will be expected to develop their own philosophical, ethical and theoretical approach(es) to the field after becoming familiar with the peer-reviewed literature related to the health education.
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3.00 Credits
The course examines the roles of health educators, health administrators, and other health professionals in providing culturally competent health guidance to consumers of health care. The course provides insight into the history of health care, examination of the culture's role in health and healing, current issues, and challenges facing health care in contemporary society. Students will be challenged to integrate research and theory of health communication as they apply concepts related to health communication and cultural competency.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores health care delivery in the United States. Examines health care systems in other countries along with covering topics including American beliefs and values related to health care delivery, evolution of health services in the United States, health service professions, influence of medical technology, and the financing of health services.
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3.00 Credits
Foundational course for developing, implementing, and evaluating Worksite Health Promotion (WHP) programs. Current issues related to worksite wellness and health promotion will be discussed and reviewed in detail. Topics include: history of WHP; the health/productivity/cost link; and WHP program framework. Worksite employee issues will be explored including: employee health needs, employee health interests, employee health interests, and accessing employee data. Worksite program goals, policy, implementation, participation generation, and evaluation will be analyzed. Management hierarchy and organizational values will be assessed in relation to building a healthy worksite environment. Funding and resource considerations will be evaluated.
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3.00 Credits
An overview graduate level course of the methods and strategies for the prevention and control of infectious diseases within a population setting and the application of these tools in public health programs to achieve an epidemiologic impact on disease reduction, elimination or eradication. Methods covered in the course are those applied to population settings and address both vaccine and non-vaccine preventable diseases of public health significance.
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3.00 Credits
Nutritional health needs across the life cycle, from preconception to later years are covered. Course emphasizes the critical analysis of each stage of life on nutrition intake, how to meet nutritional needs, and the impact of SES, psychological, and physiological factors on food intake, nutritional status and well being.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to prepare the graduate student with the theoretical and practical perspectives of health program planning and evaluation. Emphasis will be placed on the major components of program planning models; needs assessment; priority setting; program goals and objectives; program implementation and evaluation; and budgeting. Additional topics include: ethical issues related to health program planning; multicultural literacy; and grant writing. Graduate standing or permission from Health Education faculty for non-graduate students is required.
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3.00 Credits
This course prepares graduate students in health education/promotion with the knowledge, abilities, and skills to improve the effectiveness of community-based health behavior change strategies utilizing interactive technologies (e.g., Internet, mobile phones, text messaging, virtual reality, & avatars) and social media strategies. These ever-changing technologies and social media platforms provide innovative approaches for health education/promotion professionals to develop, implement, and evaluate theory-based health promotion interventions within community settings.
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3.00 Credits
Provides students with an understanding of social marketing definitions, theory, and techniques. Social marketing systematically applies consumer marketing tools to achieve a consumer oriented approach to health promotion programming. Students will learn how to segment, reach, and influence target audiences while examining issues such as product planning, pricing, communication, distribution, and market research. As part of this course, students will apply marketing principles to design program messages and materials for behavior change initiatives.
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