Community Health Studies Courses

Program | Faculty | Master's | Doctoral | Courses

All courses carry 3 credits unless otherwise specified.

505 Current Issues in Health Education

An overview of health education principles in the context of legislative and public policy considerations, substance abuse, sexually transmitted diseases, nutrition, and the special health concerns of youth, women, and the aged.

524 Introduction to Health Politics and Policy

The determinants of health policy in the U.S., including decisions and non-decisions made by institutional and political actors at all levels of government and by private sector actors. The social and cultural development of American medicine, historical efforts to pass national health insurance legislation, growth of govern-ment's involvement in health care, and recent failure of health care reform.

525 Ethical Issues in Health

Theoretical framework of ethics as applied to the health field with a special emphasis on biomedical areas. Seminar format with active participation of students.

601 Principles of Community Health Education

Principles of health education. Methods and approaches to community health. Family, school, and community dimensions and potentials. Types and use of var-ious methods leading to community action. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

602 Community Development and Health Education

Latest approaches in community development and community organization procedures. Exploratory readings, field assignments; emphasis on leadership development and coordinated community action.

603 Principles of Group Dynamics in Public Health

Review of group process roles and responsibilities of public health professionals. Group dynamics, principles related to theories and concepts underlying public health community programs. Structured laboratory experience provided.

604 School Health

Principles, concepts, methods, and dynamics of the organization of a school health program at elementary and secondary levels. Stress on planning and teaching in problem areas (i.e., sex education, mental health, drugs).

608 Communication Theory Applied to Health Education

Seminar in communication theory, practice, and research. Review of communication sources, channels, messages, reception, and effects, diffusion of health information, adoption of preventive health behavior, and mass media and social change patterns. Media advocacy as a health education strategy emphasized. Theory and research related to case studies. Lab on use of media and public information skills in community health education.

614 Health, Population and Social Development Planning

Interrelationships of health, population, and social development policy in selected "developing" countries. Social issues in the context of these interrelationships, including: cultural barriers to technological adaptation, ethnocentricity, distribution of social services, international agency roles, equitable distribution of income, land reform, literacy campaigns, urban slums, changing roles of women, warfare and violence, malnutrition and hunger, influence of multinational corporations, and population participation in decision making. Selected community development and communication models; case studies; identification of political, institutional, and cultural barriers to social change.

620 Principles of Public Health Practice

Introduction to the philosophy, nature, and scope of modern health and medical care organizations; administration and organization of governmental health programs, economic and political forces and their effects on health services and programs.

621 Health Care Organization and Administration

The theory of internal organization and management applied to health care organi-zations. Analysis of management functions. Interrelationship between health in-stitutions, their surrounding communities, and government.

622 Program Evaluation in Health Administration

Concepts of program evaluation and their application to the health field. Emphasis on theoretical concepts and their application to development of practical skills in program evaluation.

624 Research Methods in Health Services Administration

Major methodologies useful in health research. Topics include philosophy of scientific investigation, field research, participant, survey research, experimental design, construction of questionnaires, and attitudes scales; the format for writing a research prospectus.

625 Hospital Administration

History, types, and organizational structure of hospitals in the U.S. Discussions and case studies on the major operating divisions, their functions and relationships. Prerequisites: Com Hl 620 and 621.

627 Long Term Care, Policy and Management

The impact of aging, chronic disease, disability, and dependency on the organization and delivery of long-term care services. Policies which have been developed to deal with quality, cost, and ethical issues. Management issues and current research in long-term care. Prerequisites: Com Hl 620 and 621.

628 Financial Management of Health Institutions

The fundamental tools for management control and decision making in health care organizations. The budgeting and financial management process. Emphasis on reimbursement for services and reporting requirements to government and third-party payor, and how managers establish budgets and financial controls to cope with them. Prerequisite: Com Hl 620.

696D Special Problems in Public Health

Special investigational or research problems for M.P.H. candidates or advanced students. Scope of the work can be varied to meet specified conditions. Credit, 3-6.

698 Practice Experience Practicum

Opportunity for supervised field observation to gain practice experience in selected public health agencies.

699 Master's Thesis (M.S. candidates only)

Independent research leading to a thesis on a public health subject. Results should be suitable for publication. Credit, 6-12.

702 Advanced Methods in Health Education

Health education efforts that have influenced community health. Individual study, programming and research methods. Prerequisite: Com Hl 601.

704 Planning in Community Health Education

Foundation for program planning in community health education and other public health areas. Provides basic planning principles, processes, and methods. A multi-disciplinary approach integrating the use of theory and practice.

708 Research Methods in Community Health Education

Logic and techniques of research methods applied to health education. Emphasis on formulating research problems; developing research designs; collecting, analyzing, and reporting data as they relate to solution of community health problems.

721 Regional and Institutional Planning for Health Services

Methods and techniques for planning health services at the regional and institutional levels. Strategic planning for health care organizations and its relationship to regional planning by community groups and state government. Methods and techniques for establishing objectives, estimating need and demand for health services, analyzing markets of various health care organizations, selecting among alternatives to meet consumer needs and demands, and evaluating progress toward objectives. Prerequisite: Com Hl 620.

722 Managed Care Planning

Organization and delivery of prepaid health services. Policy, management, clinical, and philosophical issues. Development of analytic and technical skills emphasized. Prerequisite: Com Hl 620 or 621.

726 Health Economics and Reimbursement

Concepts, vocabulary, and theoretical basis for economic analysis of the health field. Application of these concepts to health administration. Prerequisites: basic course in economics, Com Hl 620.

780 Public Health Law

Constitutional and social bases for public health law. Development of statutes and regulations and their effects on social problems, including review of court decisions and preparation of administrative regulations.

796 Independent Study

797 Special Problems

891 Research Seminar

Research seminar for doctoral candidates. Credit, 2.

899 Doctoral Dissertation

Credit, 18.