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4.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to global health for undergraduate public health students as well as other students interested in understanding health on a global scale. Students in this course will be introduced to public health concepts related to global health, the role of globalization in the spread of illness, the link between socioeconomic factors and health, the role of politics and governments in health, key diseases and conditions in global health, the role of culture and social factors in health, and key organizations and their role in global health. The course will be a combination of lecture, discussion and practical applications and scenarios. Concepts will be reinforced with historical and contemporary examples and case studies.
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4.00 Credits
The focus of this course is to learn to program in SAS. SAS is a powerful data management and statistical analysis software package, used extensively in health and medical research, in academic, government and private sectors. It is available on mainframe computers, as well as on microcomputers under the UNIX, Apple, LINUX and Windows operating systems. This introductory course will introduce the SAS programming software to students interested in conducting research in the health and medical fields. Students will learn how to create SAS databases from a variety of sources, manipulate and manage the data, conduct elementary statistical analysis, and output and present the data. This is an introductory course, designed for those who have little or no programming experience in SAS or any other programming language. However, even those who have some SAS programming experience can benefit from this course.
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4.00 Credits
This is an advanced course in epidemiological principles that will introduce methodological approaches to handling common problems in epidemiologic research that extend beyond the scope of traditional methods.
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4.00 Credits
The course is designed to provide students an overview to develop public health programs and interventions to address the most important health issues affecting our communities at local, national, and international levels. Students will learn the process of public health programming including assessment, design, planning, implementations and evaluation. The course will also include an overview of effective public health interventions using the socio-ecologic framework (individual/behavioral models, environmental/social/community and policy) as a foundation to explore various levels of interventions. The course will be a combination of lecture, discussion, speakers, and practical content. A final project will be required, with a written paper and oral presentation.
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4.00 Credits
The focus of this course will be understanding the educational, health and developmental needs of rural Thai citizens as well as indigenous populations through cultural immersion and active participation in service projects. Students will participate in deep cultural immersion activities and service-learning projects in two distinct rural Thai villages, one in the mountains surrounding Chiang Mai, Thailand, and one in the rural Northeast near Khon Kaen, Thailand, that will help alleviate some of the health, educational and developmental issues present while staying with local families within the villages. Other activities will include a visit to a groundbreaking new concept school in the Northeast, tours of historically significant sites in Thailand, visiting an HIV/AIDS hospice, sightseeing in Bangkok and a relaxing few days on a tropical island to end the trip. Students will meet during Spring Semester for preparatory sessions that will ready them for the experience. Course assignments will include reflective journaling, active discussions during the trip, and a reflective multimedia project at the end of the trip.
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3.00 Credits
Sexual assault, domestic violence, stalking, trafficking, and other forms of interpersonal violence disproportionately affect women, girls, and marginalized populations. Violence against women has become a significant public health threat with measurable impact on indicators such as illness, injury, and mortality. This course will use the public health framework to examine the causes and consequences of interpersonal violence, including an analysis of individual, community, and societal risk and protective factors, implications for public policy, and research directions for primary prevention.
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3.00 Credits
The focus of this course is an overview of public health on a global scale. Students in this course will immerse themselves with a global outlook of public health, and understand how disease and illness ignore national borders. The course will begin with a broad overview of the global health situation, comparing the different regions of the world. Students will then be exposed to specific topics in global health, including infectious diseases, chronic diseases, women and children's health, nutrition, occupational and environmental diseases, mental health, culture/religion and health, traditional and indigenous health, and health care systems. The course will be a blend of lectures and discussion, along with guest lectures and multimedia presentations. The capstone for the course will be a presentation and final paper on a topic of the student's choice.
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2.00 Credits
Killer Diseases of the World will explore deadly viruses, killer parasites and life altering diseases that have threatened humanity. The class will explore diseases and infections including AIDS, cholera, malaria, small pox, influenza, tuberculosis and terrorist-related infectious diseases. Through discussion, readings, case studies and media, epidemiology, diagnosis, signs and symptoms and disease treatment will be explored.
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4.00 Credits
Policy decisions shape our healthcare landscape. The US spends the highest percent GDP on healthcare in the industrial world, but this does not translate into high quality care or health outcome measures. In fact, over 50 million people in the US have no health insurance. People without health insurance (public or private) tend to forgo or delay care, ultimately seeking medical intervention when conditions are more advanced and thus more costly (and difficult) to treat. This course will examine how health care policy is created and adopted in the US, with a focus on Utah. Students will learn the ins and outs of policy, advocacy, lobbying, and the impact policy decisions have on the public and on the medical system. Topics include national and Utah health reform, issues for vulnerable populations, public programs, the health insurance industry, and effective advocacy. The class will be a "hands-on" approach to learning policy, structured around Utah's legislative session. Students will be expected to attend relevant committee hearings, caucuses, coalition meetings, and legislative debate at Utah's Capitol complex during Utah's legislative session. Students will follow proposed legislation through the session, actively working in support or opposition. Students will have the opportunity to work with local advocacy groups and meet Utah's key policy makers.
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4.00 Credits
This course will lead students through an examination of the intersections of race, class, gender and disabilities in narrative medicine. We will examine diverse representations of health issues as a means to develop an understanding of how cultural and political attitudes shape how the medical field responds and treats marginalized populations. This course will study how structural racism, sexism, cissexism and ableism are present in the practice of medicine and how this informs and is informed by law and popular culture. This course is divided into three sections. The first section, Eugenics and Ethnic Minority Bodies, explores the long-term health effects of racism, poverty, and sexism on women of color. The second section, Transgender Articulations, explores the legal and cultural classifications that shape health practices for transgender individuals and how this affects hormonal and surgical interventions. The third section, Disability & the New Genetics, explores the disability rights critique on how prenatal testing supports an argument for genetic perfection and reinforces discrimination against people with disabilities.
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