COURSE INFORMATION
Interdepartmental

ID 201cd. Biology, Epidemiology, Economics, and Policy (BEEP): Malaria (Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases)
Dr. A. Spielman
2.5 credits
Lectures, seminars. One 3.5-hour session each week.

This course is designed to bring a multidisciplinary approach to a major public health problem in international health. Within the context of the biology and epidemiology of malaria, students are introduced to strategies for vector control, diagnosis, chemotherapy, and vaccines from the point of view of social, political, and economic policy. Impacts of programs are evaluated from an international and local perspective, using techniques from both the social and biomedical sciences.
Course Note: Signature of instructor required.

ID 240c. Principles of Injury Control (Department of Health Policy and Management)
Dr. D. Hemenway
2.5 credits
Seminar. One 3-hour sessions each week.

This course provides an introduction to a serious public health problem - intentional and unintentional injury - and provides a framework for examining control options. Specific categories of injuries, such as motor vehicle crashes and violence, and specific risk factors for serious injury such as alcohol and firearms, are examined in detail.

ID 250a. Ethical Basis of the Practice of Public Health (Department of Health Policy and Management)
Dr. M. Roberts
2.5 credits
Lectures, case studies. Two 2-hour sessions each week.

Provides students with a broad overview of some of the main philosophical and moral ideas that are used as a basis for resolving debates of public health policy. Helps students develop their own capacities to analyze, criticize, evaluate, and construct policy-oriented arguments.
Course Note: Acceptance into the MPH Program or the Department of Health Policy and Management; students must register for appropriate section.

ID 250b. Ethical Basis of the Practice of Public Health (Department of Health Policy and Management and the Department of Population and International Health)
Dr. M. Reich
2.5 credits
Lectures, case studies. Two 2-hour sessions each week.

Provides students with a broad overview of some of the main philosophical and moral ideas that are used as a basis for resolving debates of public health policy. Helps students develop their own capacities to analyze, criticize, evaluate, and construct policy-oriented arguments.
Course Note: Acceptance into the MPH Program or the Department of Health Policy and Management or the Department of Population and International Health; students must register for appropriate section.

ID250c. Ethical Basis of the Practice of Public Health (Department of Population and International Health)
Dr. J. Sevilla
2.5 credits
Lectures, case studies. Two 2-hour sessions each week.

Provides students with a broad overview of some of the main philosophical and moral ideas that are used as a basis for resolving debates of public health policy. Helps students develop their own capacities to analyze, criticize, evaluate, and construct policy-oriented arguments.
Course note: Acceptance into the MPH Program or the Department of Population and International Health; students must register for appropriate section.

ID 251t. Ethical Basis of the Practice of Public Health: Health Care Delivery (Department of Health Policy and Management)
Dr. T. Brennan
2.5 credits
Lectures, case studies. Five 2-hour sessions each week.

This course emphasizes American health care policy and modern medical ethics in its exploration of the political theory of medical care. It is intended to provide physicians and public health professionals with an understanding of the manner in which political economy and ethics interact in health care policy decisions.

ID 260b. Practice of Family and Community Health, Part I (Department of Maternal and Child Health)
Dr. I. Aitken, Ms. J. Kurland
1.25 credits
Seminars.

This is a required preparatory course for ID264cd, the field work component of the Practice of Family and Community Health. Seminars explore the practice of public and community health through case studies and readings. They will also review essential skills required for the implementation of group field work projects.
Course Activities: Seminars.
Course Note: Acceptance into the MPH concentration in Family and Community Health or signature of instructor required. HPC506a also required.

ID 261cd. Practice of Health Care Management (Department of Health Policy and Management)
Section 01- Dr. J. Kasten
Section 02- Dr. J. McDonough
5 credits
Seminars, field studies. One 2-hour session each week and four hours of field work each week.

One section explores the managerial skills required of public health professionals in any setting - leadership negotiations, interdisciplinary teams, and communication. The alternative section focuses on the policy process from a political perspective, identifying key shareholders, political processes, government structure, and the role of conflict resolution in the formation of health policy. Fieldwork provides practical experience in health care management or health policy development.
Course Note: Acceptance into the MPH concentration in Health Care Management or signature of instructor required.

ID 262a. Introduction to the Practice of International Health (Department of Population and International Health)
Dr. R. Cash
2.5 credits
Lectures, case studies. Two 2-hour sessions each week.

How is international health defined? What are its historical roots and modern manifestations? Which are the major contemporary issues and debates on policies and practices? These questions are addressed in this introductory course that defines the scope of the field, highlights contemporary issues, and reviews selective case studies of international health policies and practices. The course begins with an examination of world health and development and the rapid health transitions taking place around the world. Key contemporary issues are critically examined - disease control, primary health care, child survival, essential drugs, health policy, and the evolving roles of international and non-governmental organizations. Interspersed throughout are several case studies of challenges facing the modern practice of international health.
Course Note: This introductory course complements PIH 200a and prepares the student for other international health offerings, including PIH 244b and PIH 251d.

ID 263cd. Practice of Occupational Health (Department of Environmental Health)
Dr. T. Smith, Dr. R. Herrick
5 credits
Lectures, case studies. Two 2-hour sessions each week.

Focuses on the assessment of workplace hazards, the physiology and biomechanical aspects of work, and a practical problem-solving approach to health problems in various work settings. Emphasizes the relationship between working conditions and health, with special reference to the recognition, measurement, and control of occupational hazards.
Course Activities: Oral and written projects, class discussions, walk-through field trips to local industries (field trips may take up to four hours).
Course Note: EH 262ab recommended; signature of instructor required; no auditors.

ID 264cd. Practice of Family and Community Health (Department of Maternal and Child Health)
Dr. I. Aitken, Ms. J. Kurland
2.5 credits
Field studies, seminars.

Addresses the professional training needs of MPH students who plan to pursue leadership positions in the public sector or in community health. Students, in small groups, undertake fieldwork in public or community health agencies. They apply managerial and analytic techniques developed in the concentration to the solution of problems confronting these agencies. Student groups meet with advisers from HSPH and their host agency throughout the field placement. Seminars explore the practice of public and community health through case studies and readings.
Course Activities: Field work, written and oral project report.
Course Note: Acceptance into the MPH concentration in Family and Community Health or signature of instructor required. HPC506a also required.

ID 265c. Practice of Quantitative Methods (MPH Program)
Dr. M. Testa, Dr. R. Monson
2.5 credits
Lectures, seminars, case studies. Two 2-hour sessions each week.

Explores practical and conceptual issues in the design, conduct, analysis and evaluation of human studies through the discussion of current research and methodologies. Students design studies to address important health problems. Class discussion and group projects are emphasized.
Course Note: Acceptance into the MPH concentration in Quantitative Methods or signature of instructor required.

ID 267ab. Infectious Disease Epidemiology (Department of Epidemiology and Department of Immunology and Infectious Disease)
M. Lipsitch
2.5 credits
Seminars. One 2-hour seminar each week.

Seminars consist of presentations of student and faculty research in progress and discussion of recent publications in the field of infectious disease epidemiology. The emphasis is on conceptual issues related to the epidemiology of infectious diseases.
Course Activities: Individual student papers and presentations, student and faculty critiques.
Course Note: Must be taken for credit by students in the Program on the Epidemiology of Infectious Disease. Signature of instructor required. This course in intended for doctoral students currently involved in thesis work and for others with active research projects.

ID 268cd. Infectious Disease Epidemiology II (Departments of Epidemiology and Immunology and Infectious Disease)
M. Lipsitch
Cancelled for 2001-2002 year only.
2.5 credits
Seminars. One 2-hour seminar each week.

Seminars consist of presentations of student and faculty research in progress and disucssion of recent publications in the field of infectious disease epidemiology. The emphasis is on conceptual issues related to the epidemiology of infectious diseases.
Course Activities: Individual student papers and presentations, student and faculty critiques.
Course Note: Must be taken for credit by students in the Program on the Epidemiology of Infectious Disease. Signature of instructor required; pass/fail grading option only. This course in intended for doctoral students currently involved in thesis work and for others with active research projects.

ID 270t. Summer MPH Practicum and Culminating Experience- Summer Only
Dr. E. Cook, Dr. M. Testa
5 credits
Seminars. Five 1- to 2-hour sessions each week.

Summer-Only Master of Public Health Program students develop an off-site practicum at their home institution under the supervision of a local mentor and a member of the faculty at HSPH. This practicum may include aspects of epidemiology, biostatistics, decision sciences, or other quantitative aspects of public health. Students should apply the competencies learned in core courses to an actual investigation. Following the first summer course work, students must submit a written proposal for the practicum along with a letter of support from an investigator from the student's home site, indicating an agreement to act as the local mentor for the project. This proposal is reviewed and an HSPH faculty supervisor is identified. Students ordinarily would write a paper suitable for publication, a grant proposal or a technical report. This exercise will culminate with a presentation in the final summer of the student's program.
Course Note: Students must attend the sessions of this course during the second and third summer and they are encouraged to attend their first summer. Regular contact between students and mentors and among students is expected via e-mail during the year to seek advice, provide activity updates and to discuss approaches to the solution of methodological issues.

ID 300f. Public Health Field Study (Office for Professional Education/ MPH Program)
Faculty Members
1.25 credits

The focus of this course is a field trip to Cuba. In Cuba, we expect to visit institutions such as the Ministry of Public Health, the schools of medicine and public health, health research institutes, and AIDS sanatorium, and community health clinics. In depth discussions with individuals who set and implement health policy, infectious disease rearchers, community doctors, and local community health workers are a significant part of this trip.
Course Note: Enrollment limited; signature of instructor required.

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