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3.00 Credits
A multidisciplinary approach to the study of occupational safety and health in health care with researcher and practitioner perspectives. Programs and applications to health care. Common worker safety hazards and controls are reviewed and safety improvement strategies are presented. Teaches recognition of safety and hazards in health care, relevant safety and health standards requirements, and identification and implementation of safety improvement initiatives. Permission is required. Offered concurrently with PHC 5351; graduate students will be assigned additional work.
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This is a second course in biostatistics for students in the graduate Public Health program. The topics include descriptive statistics, probability, standard probability distributions, sampling distributions, point and confidence interval estimation, hypothesis testing, power and same size estimation, one and two-sample parametric and non-parametric methods for analyzing continuous or discrete data, simple linear regression, logistic regression and other multivariate methods. Students will use a statistical software package for data management and statistical analyses. This is a fully online course with its own office hours and discussions. STA 2023 or equivalent is a pre-requisite for this course (see UWF Catalog). It is important to have a good understanding of inferential statistics, such as confidence intervals and test of hypotheses (for two samples). Students must have completed STA 2023 or equivalent in college.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the history of public health, the structure of the public health system and the various sectors of public health practice, in order to gain an understanding of the complex factors that determine the health status of a community. Lectures will draw from the public health field, but also related disciplines such as behavioral sciences, healthcare management, medical ethics, and social work. National state, and local level practices will be analyzed, as well as the role that law and government play in the public's health. The course is also intended to stimulate student interest in other public health courses and program offerings.
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3.00 Credits
An overview of scientific principles of public health and their application to public health problems with significant state, national and international impact. It is recommended that students have at least one semester of a college science such as, biology or a comparable course before enrolling.
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3.00 Credits
The purpose of this course is to provide an introduction and overview of qualitative research methodology. Healthcare and public health professionals not only need to use evidence-based information to guide their practice in clinical, administration, and academic positions, but also need to examine, describe, explain and/or understand phenomena or cultures. Using qualitative methods, the researcher can create solutions to practical problems and contribute to the evidenced-based practice literature. This course will introduce the students to the basic principles of qualitative research and will allow them to understand the steps of the qualitative research process.
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3.00 Credits
A multidisciplinary approach to the study of occupational safety and health in health care with researcher and practitioner perspectives. Programs and applications to health care. Common worker safety hazards and controls are reviewed and safety improvement strategies are presented. Teaches recognition of safety and hazards in healthcare, relevant safety and health standards requirements, and identification and implementation of safety improvement initiatives. Offered concurrently with PHC 4363; graduate students will be assigned additional work.
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3.00 Credits
Concerns worker protection and serves as a prerequisite for advanced study of hazards and work settings. Development and management of occupational safety and health programs, resolution of safety and health issues, and improvement of safety performance. Introduction to safety and health fields, overview of loss control information and analysis, specific safety and health programs, and program implementation and maintenance. Offered concurrently with PHC 4341; graduate students will be assigned additional work.
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3.00 Credits
An on-line multidisciplinary approach to the study of industrial hygiene intended for a wide range of health related professionals. Recognition, evaluation and control of environmental or occupational hazards. Insight into the management of occupational health hazards and diseases that can be leveraged in a professional practice. Offered concurrently with PHC 4340; graduate students will be assigned additional work.
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3.00 Credits
Covers behavioral and social science contributions to science disciplines, including psychology, sociology, and anthropology, will be reviewed and integrated with public health objectives and outcomes. Using a biopsychosocial framework, the role of social, psychological, and behavioral factors in health and illness are emphasized.
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3.00 Credits
The course will introduce students to the main concepts of the public health field and the critical links between global health and social and economic development. Students will get an overview of the determinants of health, and how health status is measured. Students will also review the burden of disease, risk factors, and key measures to address the burden of disease in cost-effective ways. The course will review specific topics related to the most important communicable and non-communicable diseases as well as issues related to food distribution, reproductive health and other global major health concerns with an important focus on low- and middle-income countries and on the health of the poor. We will also discuss cross-cutting global health issues such as poverty and equity, human rights and ethical issues in public health; globalization and health and complex emergencies.
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