COURSE INFORMATION
Society, Human Development and Health
ID202 Physical Growth and Development
Spring 2
Department of Society, Human Development and Health and the Department of Nutrition
Dr. K. Peterson
2.5 credits
Course not offered 2009-2010. Offered alternate years.
Lectures, seminars. Two 2-hour sessions each week.
Provides an in-depth treatment to the principles and assessment of physical growth, development and maturation that are the basis for monitoring the health of populations of mothers and children from conception through adolescence. Selection, measurement, and interpretation of anthropometric indicators of growth and body size are discussed in detail. Public health implications of the study of growth and development are also considered, including reference growth curves, secular trends in obesity, maturation, and stature; and strategies for individual and population-based growth monitoring and implications for design of nutrition interventions and primary care in the U.S. and in international settings.
Course Activities: Seminar participation.
Course Note: Knowledge of basic biology recommended.
Course evaluations are an important method for feedback on the quality of course offerings. The submission of a course evaluation is a requirement for this course. Your grade for the course will be made available only after you have submitted responses to at least the first three questions of the on-line evaluation for this course.
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ID205 Societal Response to Disaster
Spring 1
Department of Population and International Health and the Department of Society, Human Development and Health
Dr. J. Leaning
2.5 credits
Spring 1
Lectures, case studies. Two 2-hour session each week.
Course held in Cambridge. 14 Story Street 2nd Floor.
Designed for physicians, public health officers, or others who may be charged with responsibility for intervention during disasters. The focus will be on public health implications of disasters well as decision-making under stress, examining U.S. and international case studies within the theoretical framework of disaster planning, response, and assessment.
Course Activities: Requirements include readings from syllabus and short list of required tests as well as four 5-page critiques of selected disasters.
Course evaluations are an important method for feedback on the quality of course offerings. The submission of a course evaluation is a requirement for this course. Your grade for the course will be made available only after you have submitted responses to at least the first three questions of the on-line evaluation for this course.
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ID209 Nutrition in Child Growth and Development
Spring
Department of Society, Human Development, and Health and the Department of Nutrition
Dr. J. Dwyer
2.5 credits
Course not offered 2009-2010. Alternate year course.
Lectures, case studies. One 2-hour session each week.
Examines principles and practical problems encountered in developing policies and programs involving nutritional issues, growth and development. Lectures on general principles or elements of nutrition provide background setting for policy and are designed to help students base their judgments on scientific evidence. Discussions involve case studies of recent relevant policy issues in industrialized and developing countries. Student papers, presentations and discussions focus on either policy or scientific issues of importance.
Course Activities: Lectures, video presentations, case studies, and discussion, student presentations. (5.06)
Course evaluations are an important method for feedback on the quality of course offerings. The submission of a course evaluation is a requirement for this course. Your grade for the course will be made available only after you have submitted responses to at least the first three questions of the on-line evaluation for this course.
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ID236 Social Epidemiology
Spring 1
Departments of Society, Human Development, and Health and the Department of Epidemiology
Dr. D. Williams
2.5 credits
Course offered 2007-2008; offered alternate years.
Lectures, seminars. One 3-hour session each week.
The course will focus on understanding the social determinants of health. Readings and discussion center on understanding the theories, measurement and empirical evidence related to specific social conditions and experiences such as socioeconomic position, discrimination, social networks and support, work conditions, ecological level neighborhood and community social conditions, and social and economic policies. Biological and psychological mechanisms by which social conditions influence health will be discussed. The course builds on a basic understanding of society and health and of epidemiology. Students will be required to present in class and evaluate methods and measures.
Course Activities: Assigned readings; class presentations and discussions; term paper.
Course Note: Enrollment limited to 20 students; SHH 201, EPI 200 or EPI 201 and EPI 202 required; no auditors. (5.06)
Course evaluations are an important method for feedback on the quality of course offerings. The submission of a course evaluation is a requirement for this course. Your grade for the course will be made available only after you have submitted responses to at least the first three questions of the on-line evaluation for this course.
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ID238 Programs and Principles of Public Health Nutrition
Spring 2
Department of Nutrition and Department of Society, Human Development and Health
Dr. K. Peterson
2.5 credits
Course not offered 2009-2010. Offered alternate years.
Lectures. Two 2-hour sections each week.
The ability to translate nutrition and public health research to practical applications on the community and population level is increasingly becoming critical in the practice of public health nutrition. This course is designed for both masters and doctoral level students interested in acquiring skills for linking nutrition research to action in US and international settings; post-doctoral fellows with relevant applied research interests are welcomed. The course provides an introduction to research and practice of public health nutrition in both the US and abroad by presenting conceptual and methodological perspectives on topics ranging from existing nutrition programs and policies to planning and evaluation, to nutritional surveillance. Participatory, interdisciplinary approaches to research and practice are discussed and incorporated into student workgroup activities.
Course Activities: Discussions, assigned readings, class exercises, class presentations and written group project.
Course Note: Enrollment limited to 30 students. Prior coursework recommended in one or more of the following areas: nutrition, exercise physiology, program and policy implementation and evaluation, participatory and community-based public health practice and research.
Course evaluations are an important method for feedback on the quality of course offerings. The submission of a course evaluation is a requirement for this course. Your grade for the course will be made available only after you have submitted responses to at least the first three questions of the on-line evaluation for this course.
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ID242 Politics and Strategies for Change in Health Policy
Spring 1
Department of Health Policy and Management and the Department of Society, Human Development and Health
Dr. R. Blendon
2.5 credits
Lectures. Two 2-hour sessions each week.
This is a course for public health professionals who want their work to have a real impact on health policy decision-making. You will learn how to develop political strategies for influencing health care policy, and how political analysis can improve health policy research and its implementation at the national, state and local levels. Topics include political strategy; lobbying and special interest groups; the media and public opinion; campaigns, elections, and health policy; building coalitions; and grass roots advocacy. (5.06)
Course evaluations are an important method for feedback on the quality of course offerings. The submission of a course evaluation is a requirement for this course. Your grade for the course will be made available only after you have submitted responses to at least the first three questions of the on-line evaluation for this course.
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ID264 Practice of Family and Community Health, Part II
Spring
Department of Society, Human Development and Health
Dr. B. Gottlieb
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. ID506 required. (5.06)
Course evaluations are an important method for feedback on the quality of course offerings. The submission of a course evaluation is a requirement for this course. Your grade for the course will be made available only after you have submitted responses to at least the first three questions of the on-line evaluation for this course.
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ID278 Mental Health of Childrn and Adolescents
Spring 1
Dr. B. Molnar, Dr. D. Kindlon
2.5 credits
Course Not Offered 2009-2010
Lectures, seminars. Two 2-hour sessions each week.
Describes methods of studying the prevalence, risk factors, treatment and prevention of major mental disorders that begin during childhood and adolescence, including mood disorders, conduct disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, learning disorders, substance abuse, youth suicide and others. Emphasis will be on methodological issues of case definition, research instruments for screening and diagnosis, and current epidemiological evidence. Students will gain a working knowledge of studying the epidemiology of mental disorders of childhood and adolescence as well as prevention strategies.
Course evaluations are an important method for feedback on the quality of course offerings. The submission of a course evaluation is a requirement for this course. Your grade for the course will be made available only after you have submitted responses to at least the first three questions of the on-line evaluation for this course.
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ID283 Epi Investigation of Soc & Env. Risks for Psychiatric Disorders
Spring 2
Department of Epidemiology and Department of Society, Human Development, and Health
Dr. S. Gilman
2.5 Credits
Lectures, seminars, case studies. Two 2-hour sessions each week
Reviews the major social and environmental risks for psychiatric disorders of children, youth, and adults. Lectures will address current theories of social risks for and prevention of psychiatric illness, and the mechanisms linking social risks with psychiatric disorders across settings and over the life course. Topics include prenatal complications, childhood trauma, social networks, culture, social class, and community influences. Major epidemiologic studies of these topics are presented. Students will have the opportunity to design and conduct an original investigation of a social risk factor for psychiatric illness through a secondary data analysis of several psychiatric community studies. This course is in the psychiatric epidemiology track.
Course evaluations are an important method for feedback on the quality of course offerings. The submission of a course evaluation is a requirement for this course. Your grade for the course will be made available only after you have submitted responses to at least the first three questions of the on-line evaluation for this course.
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ID284 Media and Health Communication: Practical Skills
Spring 2
Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Department of Health Policy and Management, Center for Health Communication, and Office of Communications
Dr. Jay Winsten (P), Dr. I Kawachi (S), Robin Herman
2.5 credits
Lectures, seminars, case studies. One three-hour session per week
This course provides students with an overview of the media environment and teaches
practical skills for handling interviews and press conferences; writing press releases and opinion articles; and developing and implementing mass media campaigns to effect positive behavior change. It includes analyses of how news decisions are made by the media, how to deliver an effective message during a public health emergency or institutional crisis, and how health news can be generated. Guest lecturers will include public officials, individuals from major media outlets, and communication professionals. Course Activities: The course will be a combination of lectures, case studies, practical exercises, and discussion.
Course Note: Enrollment limited to 25 students; instructor's signature required; preference given to graduating SHDHstudents.
Course evaluations are an important method for feedback on the quality of course offerings. The submission of a course evaluation is a requirement for this course. Your grade for the course will be made available only after you have submitted responses to at least the first three questions of the on-line evaluation for this course.
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ID295 Program Evaluation of Public Health Programs
WinterSession
Department of Population and International Health and Department of Society, Human Development and Health
Dr. M.Mitchell, Dr. M. J. Brown
1.25 credits
Lectures, field work. Four 8-hour classroom sessions, one week field work, one week writing. January 4-15, 2010
This course provides students with an unusual opportunity to work alongside colleagues from the CDC in Atlanta and around the country in the design of an evaluation of the CDC program in public health. The course will begin with a one week introduction to the theory and practice of evaluation as well as an introduction to the issues involved in the design and monitoring of public health programs. This component will be held in Atlanta at CDC campus.
During the second week of class, students will travel to 12 states or other locations and work with CDC and public health officials to develop an evaluation plan for CDC funded public health programs. This evaluation plan will be used by the program mangers and the CDC to evaluate their active public health programs for the next 2-3 years.
The course will be offered for credit (1.25 credits) but can also be taken without credit (audit) if a student prefers. Students will travel through the auspices of the CDC who will cover all costs associated with flights, accommodation and meals.
Course Note: Enrollment limited to 24 students.
Course evaluations are an important method for feedback on the quality of course offerings. The submission of a course evaluation is a requirement for this course. Your grade for the course will be made available only after you have submitted responses to at least the first three questions of the on-line evaluation for this course.
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ID506 Theory and Practice of Public Health in the United States
Fall 2
Department of Health Policy and Management and Department of Society, Human Development and Health
Dr. G. Connolly, Dr. D. Walker
2.5 credits
Lectures, case studies. One 3.5-hour session each week.
This course provides an introduction to public health practice and leadership in the United States, offering both a theoretic foundation and field examples. Using active learning, students interact with one another and a variety of practitioner leader to gain analytic skills applicable to emerging public health issues. Students will be introduced to ways of mobilizing government, medicine, community, organizations, civic associations, advocates, media and other groups to support the core functions of public health. Students will gain a broader understanding of the inherently interdisciplinary nature of public health practice and the skills needed to be effective public health leaders.
Course Note: This course is a prerequisite for ID 264: Practice of Family and Community Health; ordinal grading option only; course limited to 35.
All students are asked to make a commitment to attend all 7 classes as a condition of taking the course.
Course evaluations are an important method for feedback on the quality of course offerings. The submission of a course evaluation is a requirement for this course. Your grade for the course will be made available only after you have submitted responses to at least the first three questions of the on-line evaluation for this course.
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ID513 Ethics and Health Disparities
Spring 1
Department of Population and International Health and Department of Society Human Development and Health
Dr. Norman Daniels
2.5 credits
Not Offered 2008-2009
Lectures, case studies. Two 2-hour sessions each week.
When is an inequality in health status an injustice or inequity? This course examines various aspects of this issue, bringing appropriate perspectives from ethical theories (utilitarian, libertarian, liberal egalitarian, feminist) to bear on case studies revealing a range of important health disparities. Four main cases will be discussed, each focusing on a central type of health disparity: U.S. racial disparities, class disparities, gender disparities in a developing country setting, and global health inequalities. Key questions to be pursued in each case include: when is an inequality in health between this type of demographic variable unjust? When is a policy that produces, or fails to address, such an inequality race- or gender- or class-biased in an morally objectionable way? What ethical issues are raised by different methods of measuring health inequalities? How does ascription of responsibility for health affect the fairness of health inequalities? What kind of obligations exist to address health inequalities across national boundaries? What ethical issues are raised by policy approaches to addressing health inequalities and giving priority to reducing them?
Course evaluations are an important method for feedback on the quality of course offerings. The submission of a course evaluation is a requirement for this course. Your grade for the course will be made available only after you have submitted responses to at least the first three questions of the on-line evaluation for this course.
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ID521 Developmental Epidemiology of Adult Psychiatric Disorders
Fall 1
Dr. K. Koenen
2.5 credits
Course Not Offered 2009-2010
Lectures, seminars. One 3-hour session each week.
The goal of this course is to provide students with a working knowledge of the epidemiologic and clinical aspects of adult psychiatric disorders. A range of studies from early classics to recent work on the prevalence, risk factors and distribution of major mental disorders will be covered. Emphasis will be on evidence for the developmental origins of adult disorders and on how a developmental perspective informs research on etiology, treatment and prevention. Special attention is paid to the unique methodological and analytic issues highlighted in psychiatric epidemiologic research. Students will consider implications for public health programs and interventions.
The course was formerly EPI217, Epidemiology of Adult Psychiatric Disorders. It is an introductory course in the psychiatric epidemiology track and is appropriate for all students interested in mental health research.
Course activities: Class discussion, class presentations, short written assignments including short grant proposal.
Course note: Background in introductory statistics and understanding of basic epidemiologic research methods recommended; EPI200 or EPI201 and BIO200, BIO201 or BIO205 recommended (concurrent enrollment permitted) or permission of the instructor. (5.06)
Course evaluations are an important method for feedback on the quality of course offerings. The submission of a course evaluation is a requirement for this course. Your grade for the course will be made available only after you have submitted responses to at least the first three questions of the on-line evaluation for this course.
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ID538 Foundations in Public Health
Fall
Dr. N. Kane, A Cohen, Dr. M. Decker, Dr. R. Hauser, Dr. M. Roberts, Dr. J. Paulus, Dr. M. Perry, Dr. J. Silverman, Dr. M. Pagano
10 credits
Case study method, lectures: two 4-hour sessions per week
At the completion of this course, students will have developed a professional identity and leadership capabilities for public health practice. They will practice the ability to work collaboratively in groups. In addition, students will demonstrate a basic knowledge of the concepts in the five core disciplines in public health, as well as the skills to analyze, think critically, make and effectively execute decisions. The course will include public health cases that offer students the opportunity to apply skills from several disciplines to real public health issues. The course offers a combination of case study method, lecture, and discussion.
Course note: By invitation only in 2008, students must have taken the prescreening quantitative test and have permission of the instructor to register for this course.
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ID540 Life Course Epidemiology
Spring 1
Dr. S. Gilman, Dr. K. Koenen
2.5 Credits
Lectures, Seminars, Case Study. Two 2-hour sessions each week.
The field of life course epidemiology approaches disease etiology and prevention from the perspective of dynamic risk and protective factors that impact health throughout the human lifespan. Research in the area of life course epidemiology ranges from investigating the fetal and early childhood origins of adult health and disease to understanding how risk and protective processes influence health within specific developmental periods and between them. There are two major themes that will be covered in this course. The first theme, Applications in Life Course Epidemiology (e.g., The Life Course Epidemiology of . . .), introduces students to the application of life course theories and methods to specific public health problems (e.g., chronic disease, mental health, health disparities). The second theme, Methods in Life Course Epidemiology, introduces the major concepts and methodological challenges in investigating disease risks longitudinally, covering topics such as exposure assessment, analytic methods, and causal inference.
Course Activities: Assigned readings, lectures, seminars, class presentations, and short papers.
Course Note: Epi 200 or Epi 201 and Bio 200 or 201, or ID538 required; no auditors.
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SHH201 Society and Health
Fall 1
Dr. I. Kawachi
2.5 credits
Lectures and case studies. Two 2-hour sessions and one 1-hour required lab each week.
Analyzes major social variables that affect population health: poverty, social class, gender, race, family, community, work, behavioral risks, and coping resources. Examines health consequences of social and economic policies, and the potential role of specific social interventions. Reviews empirical and theoretical literature on mechanisms and processes that mediate between social factors and their health effects, and discusses alternative models for advancing public health.
Course Activities: Short written assignments, class discussion, final examination.
Course Note: Departmental requirement in the Department of Society, Human Development and Health (5.06)
Course evaluations are an important method for feedback on the quality of course offerings. The submission of a course evaluation is a requirement for this course. Your grade for the course will be made available only after you have submitted responses to at least the first three questions of the on-line evaluation for this course.
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SHH201 Society and Health
Summer 1
Dr. I. Kawachi
2.5 credits
Lectures and case studies. Five 2-hour sessions each week.
Analyzes major social variables that affect population health: poverty, social class, gender, race, family, community, work, behavioral risks, and coping resources. Examines health consequences of social and economic policies, and the potential role of specific social interventions. Reviews empirical and theoretical literature on mechanisms and processes that mediate between social factors and their health effects, and discusses alternative models for advancing public health.
Course Activities: Short written assignments, class discussion, final examination.
Course Note: Departmental requirement in the Department of Society, Human Development. and Health. (rev. 10.06)
Course evaluations are an important method for feedback on the quality of course offerings. The submission of a course evaluation is a requirement for this course. Your grade for the course will be made available only after you have submitted responses to at least the first three questions of the on-line evaluation for this course.
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SHH203 Communication in Health Care Settings
Fall 2
Dr. A. Gurmankin-Levy
2.5 credits
Course not offered 2006-2007.
Seminars. Two 2-hour sessions each week.
This course will focus on theory and practice of health communication in the clinical encounter: doctor-patient communication, patient education, adherence to medical regimen, cognition and behavioral skills in chronic disease co-management, informed consent, and psychoeducational preparation for surgery.
Course Activities: Brief papers on readings, class discussions, role play, one presentation, one optional paper for extra credit.
Course Note: Clinician or social sciences background recommended; enrollment limited to 18 students; signature of instructor required. (5.06)
Course evaluations are an important method for feedback on the quality of course offerings. The submission of a course evaluation is a requirement for this course. Your grade for the course will be made available only after you have submitted responses to at least the first three questions of the on-line evaluation for this course.
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SHH207 Race, Ethnicity & Health: Perspectives from Soc & Behav Sciences
Spring 2
Dr. D. Williams
2.5 credits
Seminars, lectures. One 3-hour session each week.
Health outcomes in the U.S. vary dramatically as a function of race and ethnicity. The purpose of this course is to address the possible pathways by which such disparities in health status arise at different stages in the life cycle. The course will highlight research that explores this issue from social, behavioral and psychological perspectives, as well as ideas about the meaning of race and ethnicity in American society. Students will be asked to develop their own research ideas that might help illuminate the nature of specific health disparities.
Course Activities: Lectures, class presentations, discussion.
Course Note: Enrollment limited to 30 students; no auditors.
Course evaluations are an important method for feedback on the quality of course offerings. The submission of a course evaluation is a requirement for this course. Your grade for the course will be made available only after you have submitted responses to at least the first three questions of the on-line evaluation for this course.
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SHH208 Adolescent Health
Fall 2
Dr. M. Rich, Dr. P. Burke
2.5 credits
Lectures, seminars, case studies. Two 2-hour sessions each week.
Adolescent health risk behaviors, prevention and intervention programs will be examined in relation to adolescent physical, psychosocial, and cognitive development. Topics will include theories of behavioral change, access to health care, guidelines for preventive services, outcomes research, health policy, and alternative sites for care. Risk behaviors, including injury, violence, suicide, substance use and sexuality will be explored. Focus will be primarily domestic, with examples of federal, state, and community-based adolescent health initiatives.
Course Activities: Class discussions, classroom role playing, writing memoranda.
Course Note: Enrollment limited to 24 students; instructor's signature required; no auditors.
Course evaluations are an important method for feedback on the quality of course offerings. The submission of a course evaluation is a requirement for this course. Your grade for the course will be made available only after you have submitted responses to at least the first three questions of the on-line evaluation for this course.
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SHH210 Women, Health and Development:Reconciling Science and Policy
Spring
Ms. N. Swenson
2.5 credits
Seminars. One 2-hour session each week.
Many state, local, and national governments now have Women's Health programs. The course surveys selected contemporary women and health issues in a global and historical context. Because women - and their children - worldwide are the majority of the poor, we will focus on a common framework: the impact of economic development alongside the impact of laws, customs, and medical systems that affect the human development and health of women and their families. We also analyze key roles women play in caregiving and in health and medical care services. Through written and oral testimonies, and policy letters, students will be able to develop advocacy and policy analysis skills, using epidemiological review, gender analysis, media monitoring, and an introduction to Evidence Based Medicine in medical technologies for healthy women. A critical framework derived from a variety of social science disciplines, and including human rights research, also illuminates the worldwide activism of the women's health movement.
Course activities: Discussion, guest lecturers, preparing and delivering testimonies, possible field trips, and school-wide video showings/discussion (optional). Materials include readings and websites, sample testimonies, video clips, work books. (5.06)
Course evaluations are an important method for feedback on the quality of course offerings. The submission of a course evaluation is a requirement for this course. Your grade for the course will be made available only after you have submitted responses to at least the first three questions of the on-line evaluation for this course.
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SHH211 Health Promotion through Mass Media
Spring 1
Dr. K. Viswanath
2.5 credits
Lectures. One 3-hour session each week.
Covers the development of public communication campaigns in the field of health promotion: assessing what the mass media can accomplish to promote health; designing mass media messages that are consonant with principles of behavioral science and the public health model; and strategic planning for integrated mass media campaigns. (5.06)
Course evaluations are an important method for feedback on the quality of course offerings. The submission of a course evaluation is a requirement for this course. Your grade for the course will be made available only after you have submitted responses to at least the first three questions of the on-line evaluation for this course.
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SHH212 Developmental Disabilities I: Evaluation, Assessment and Systems
Fall
Dr. D. Helm, Dr. A. Crocker
2.5 credits
Lectures, seminars. One 2-hour session each week.
The course focuses on issues confronting professionals who work with people with developmental disabilities, their families, and the system. Materials are organized with a developmental format in mind. Emphasis for first half of semester will be on understanding the professionals' role in diagnosing, evaluating, and assessing children who have developmental disabilities or who are at high risk of acquiring them. Specific discussions of families and services will highlight the second half of the semester. The course uses outside guest speakers who are experts and work in the field.
Course note: The course is held at 1295 Boyleston Street, Room 100. (5.06)
Course evaluations are an important method for feedback on the quality of course offerings. The submission of a course evaluation is a requirement for this course. Your grade for the course will be made available only after you have submitted responses to at least the first three questions of the on-line evaluation for this course.
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SHH213 Developing Radio Communications
Fall
Dr. A. Chernin
2.5 credits
Course Not Offered 2009-2010
Lectures, seminars. One 2-hour session each week.
Covers the development and use of radio communications in public health. Participants create an original, broadcast quality radio public service announcement. Students gain practical skills and experience for field work, including qualitative research methods for formative research, theory-and research-based script development, pilot testing with target audience, and PSA production in professional studio.
Course activities: One trip to a Boston recording studio. One-hour individual session at the recording studio with a professional announcer to produce the radio public service announcement.
Course note: Preference given to students in the Department of Society, Human Development and Health; enrollment limited to 15 students; signature of instructor required; no auditors.
Course evaluations are an important method for feedback on the quality of course offerings. The submission of a course evaluation is a requirement for this course. Your grade for the course will be made available only after you have submitted responses to at least the first three questions of the on-line evaluation for this course.
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SHH214 Developmental Disabilities II: Value, Policy, and Change
Spring
Dr. D. Helm, Dr. A. Crocker
2.5 credits
Lectures, seminars. One 2-hour session each week.
The course focuses on the community, system and leadership components of the developmental disabilities field. It draws from, but is independent of SHH 212. Course materials are presented by leading experts in the field who will provide the content for each session. Issues of systems change and policy implications are stressed while understanding disabilities from the person's and families' perspective is maintained.
Course note: Course meets at 1295 Boylston St, Suite 100. (5.06)
Course evaluations are an important method for feedback on the quality of course offerings. The submission of a course evaluation is a requirement for this course. Your grade for the course will be made available only after you have submitted responses to at least the first three questions of the on-line evaluation for this course.
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SHH215 History, Politics & Public Hlth:Theories of Disease Distribution
Fall
Dr. N. Krieger
5 credits
Lectures, seminars. One 3-hour session each week.
This course focuses on social and scientific contexts, content, and implications of theories of disease distribution, past and present. It considers how these theories shape questions people ask about--and explanations and interventions they offer for--patterns of health, disease, and well-being in their societies. After examining the role of theory in the production of scientific knowledge, Part I reviews both text-based theories of disease distribution developed in ancient Greece, China, and India, and oral traditions reflecting diverse American Indian, Latin American, African, and medieval European explanations of disease distribution. Parts II and III then focus on theories employed in past and present epidemiologic research because of their influence on current efforts to understand and improve the public's health. Part II considers the rise of epidemiology as a distinct discipline in both Europe and the United States, from 1700 to 1950. Part III examines current theories and controversies, and employs selected case examples to illustrate their application to--and implications for understanding--current and changing population distributions of disease and social inequalities in health, especially in relation to class, race/ethnicity, gender and sexuality. Emphasizing relationships between epidemiologic theory and practice, theories and frameworks covered include: miasma, contagion, germ theory, biomedical model, lifestyle, social production of disease, population health, lifecourse, health and human rights, and ecosocial theory.
Course Activities: Brief reflection papers on readings each week, class participation, one group project (textbook survey), one final paper.
Course Note: Enrollment limited to 25 students, with preference given to doctoral students in SHDH; signature of instructor required; no auditors. (5.06)
Course evaluations are an important method for feedback on the quality of course offerings. The submission of a course evaluation is a requirement for this course. Your grade for the course will be made available only after you have submitted responses to at least the first three questions of the on-line evaluation for this course.
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SHH216 Childbirth Health Policy and Epidemiology
Spring 2
Dr. B. Sachs, Dr. E. Lieberman, Dr. D. Pursley
1.25 credits
Seminars. One 2-hour session each week.
Explores issues affecting childbirth services, including prenatal care, maternal health, pregnancy complications, obstetric technologies, personnel, access, financing and neonatal care. The course uses epidemiologic data to address perinatal health policy.
Course Note: Medical or nursing training, ID231, or permission of the instructor required. (5.06)
Course evaluations are an important method for feedback on the quality of course offerings. The submission of a course evaluation is a requirement for this course. Your grade for the course will be made available only after you have submitted responses to at least the first three questions of the on-line evaluation for this course.
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SHH219 High-Risk Behavior: Epi/Prevention Strategies
Spring 2
Dr. B. Molnar
2.5 credits
Lectures, seminars, case studies. Two 2-hour sessions each week.
Examines epidemiology of behaviors that place an individual at higher risk of injuries and mortality, including substance abuse, violence, and risky sexual behaviors. Emphasis is placed on developmental and environmental factors that support these behaviors as well as the design and implementation of preventive interventions.
Course activities: Term paper, group presentation.
Course evaluations are an important method for feedback on the quality of course offerings. The submission of a course evaluation is a requirement for this course. Your grade for the course will be made available only after you have submitted responses to at least the first three questions of the on-line evaluation for this course.
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SHH220 Society and its Effects on Child Health
Spring 1
Dr. J. Palfrey, Dr. R. Samuels
2.5 credits
Lectures, seminars. Two 2-hour session each week.
This course is intended to provide an in-depth study of some of the ways society effects children's health in the United States. Issues covered include: the effects of poverty on health and public policy impact on chronic illness. Other areas covered will be determined by the students and include ethnicity, violence, families, HIV and drug abuse. Students will narrow the focus of the broad topic to an area they are interested in presenting to the class.
Course Note: The course is intended for students of a broad range of disciplines interested in child health issues, who have not necessarily had extensive training in maternal and child health. Minimum enrollment of 8, maximum enrollment of 18, instructor's signature required. No auditors.
Course evaluations are an important method for feedback on the quality of course offerings. The submission of a course evaluation is a requirement for this course. Your grade for the course will be made available only after you have submitted responses to at least the first three questions of the on-line evaluation for this course.
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SHH221 Psychosocial Theories of Health and Health Behavior
Spring
Dr. R. Rudd
5 credits
Lectures, seminars. One 3-hour session each week.
This is a doctoral-level course, designed to provide students with a conceptual grounding in theoretical approaches to health and health behavior. This course emphasizes the use of psycho-social theories in health-related research and includes an examination of Health Beliefs Model, Theory of Reasoned Action, Theory of Planned Behavior, Social Learning Theory, the Transtheoretical Model, risk communication, control theory, social support, and social networks. Heuristic models designed to integrate these theoretical perspectives will be addressed.
Course Activities: Assigned readings, class participation, one paper, weekly concept papers, one class debate.
Course Note: SHH201 required; enrollment is primarily for doctoral students and is limited to 30 students in total; signature of instructor required for master's students. (5.06)
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SHH222 Social Services for Children, Adolescents and Families
Spring 2
Ms. L. Tieszen
2.5 credits
Course offered 2007-2008. Alternate year course.
Lectures, seminars. Two 2-hour sessions each week.
Presents the crucial role of social services in maintaining and promoting the health of children and their families. Beginning with a historical overview of social services in the U.S., the course examines current political trends that structure the content and delivery of social services. The social and psychological determinants of the need for social services focus on events of public health relevance, including poverty in childhood, adoption/foster care, family violence, child care, and mental health services for children.
Course Activities: Seminar discussion based on current policy, case discussions and student presentations. (5.06)
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SHH224 Services for Children with Disabilities
Spring 1
Dr. A. Crocker, Dr. D. Helm
2.5 credits
Lectures, seminars. Two 2-hour sessions each week.
Looks at how service programs in the disability field are put together, supported, and evaluated. Uses outside guests from community programs for many sessions.
Course Activities: Each student visits an active program site and reports on management issues.
Course Note: An interest in children with special needs is expected: enrollment limited to 20 students; signature of instructor required. (5.06)
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SHH229 Future Health Communication: New Media and Emerging Technologies
WinterSession
Dr.G. Bennett, Mr. B. Glassman
2.5 credits
Course not offered 2006-2007
Five 3-hour sessions in week 1 (9-12); 5 2-hour sessions in week 2 (9-11); 4 2-hour morning sessions and 3 2-hour afternoon computer-lab sessions in week 3; independent work on projects, week 4 (These may be adjusted depending on students' needs.)
Participants will have first-hand encounters with innovators and visionaries who are introducing new technologies with specific value to health communication. In 3 afternoon labs, students will become competent in working with 3 new technologies that can be immediately integrated into interventions -- health message tailoring, bring-along Internet tools, and expanding-content documents. All of this experience will be theory-based, although it may well stretch the boundaries of theory.
Why? Every day an average of five new Internet-connected devices are announced; more and more of them are wireless. These tools connect people with one another with ways that challenge most of the paradigms of health communication. New social patterns emerge. Where will the high-quality health knowledge for these new devices and systems come from? Where will their users go? In cyberspace, what exactly is a population? How will we meet the health information needs of people with Web-connected car radios and cell-phones with browsers, while not losing touch with people who must walk a mile for a pay phone? How can we predict and even shape the evolution of the technologies we will use to reach those at risk? How can we hold anyone's attention in a world of individually tailored, high-speed virtual reality? What will the health information consumers of 2006 require of us, let alone 2010? With instant messaging, what is behavioral epidemiology? How can we alter health behavior via massive, multiplayer online games? Via weblogs?
This class will pose and address those question, in the context of persistent and emerging public health problems. Participants will learn to detect and understand the earliest signals from the creators of new technologies, to forge partnerships with technology innovators and owners of the most appropriate channels, to develop, package and store information in ways that will make it optimally accessible by many kinds of devices, and to design and build their innovative delivery systems where necessary.
Course Activities: Class participation, leading an in-class discussion.
Course Note: Minimum enrollment of 5 students required. Auditing of labs may be limited; Instructor's signature required
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SHH231 Community Intervention Research Methods
Spring 1
Dr. G. Sorensen, Dr. J. D. Allen
2.5 credits
Lectures. Seminars. One 3-hour session each week.
This course is designed to provide students with skills in intervention research design and methodology. This course will provide an overview of research designs for community studies, application of theoretical models to intervention and evaluation design, linking study design to intervention planning, measurement of outcomes, establishment of community partnerships for intervention planning and implementation, and qualitative/ formative research methods. Emphasis is on domestic examples of randomized trials.
Course Activities: Assigned readings, class participation, term paper.
Course Note: Students will work on group projects aimed at designing a community intervention study and are recommended to come to the first class with an idea for their project. Some experience in community interventions needed.
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SHH234 Public Health Genetics: Contemporary Issues and Challenges
Spring 2
Ms. R. Blatt
1.25 credits
Course offered 2006-2007. Alternate year course.
Lectures, seminars, case studies. One 2-hour session each week.
The commercialization of biotechnology and molecular genetic research raises numerous scientific, ethical, legal and social issues for which public health specialists must be prepared. This course will utilize case studies to focus on developments in biotechnology, molecular biology, and genetic medicine, and will explore their impact on biomedical research, health care delivery, and public health policy and regulation.
Course Activities: Students are expected to do all required readings and complete one class project.
Course Note: Enrollment is open to all HSPH students. No prior knowledge of genetics or molecular biology is required. (5.06)
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SHH236 SHDH Masters ProSeminar
Fall 1
Dr. G. Connolly
1.25 credits
Seminar. One 2-hour sessions each week.
The course focuses on the research and projects of the faculty in SHDH. Presentations will cover examples of social epidemiology, intervention and policy research. Readings and presentations offer an overview of assumptions, theories, and methods. Student groups will be responsible for structuring discussion for a particular session and all participants will submit reflection papers and a final project.
Course Activities: Assigned readings, participation in class discussion, short reflection papers, final report.
Course Note: Required for first-year MS2 students in SHDH. Enrollment limited to first-year MS2 SHDH students, signature of instructor required, ordinal grading option only.
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SHH237 The Practice of Preventing Intimate Partner Violence
Fall 2
Dr. J. Silverman, Dr. M. Decker
2.5 credits
Lectures, seminars. Two 2-hour sessions each week.
This course will present students with the state of knowledge in the field of intimate partner violence, Sexual assault and sex trafficking prevention (i.e., epidemiology of perpetration and victimization, prevention program models and legal frameworks, evaluations of prevention programs, approaches to research), and how individuals with academic public health training can work with practitioners and policy makers to improve prevention of violence against women in a range of practice areas. Students will be encouraged to integrate provided academic and programmatic knowledge in the pursuit of public health research and practice. Guest speakers will describe a range of prevention program models and policies, and provide insight into the need for and utility of related public health research.
Course Activities: Presentations/lectures by guest speakers and instructors, class discussions and student presentations.
Course Note: Ordinal grading option only.
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SHH238 Social Policy and Legal Dilemmas: Child Custody and Visitation
WinterSession
Dr. L. Kleinman, Guest Lecturers
2.5 Credits
Lectures, seminars. Two 3-hour sessions per day for five days. Course offered January 7,8, 11, 12, 13 from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Over the course of one week this course will take students on an intense journey: from developing a conceptual framework based on definitions of health and social justice, to understanding the way that child custody and child protection laws are written and applied, to understanding how these laws may break down in the context of domestic violence, this course will provide an introduction to the subject matter and to an approach for analyzing legal policy within the conceptual framework of public health. The applicability and limitations of recent research will be discussed. Both maternal and child issues will be discussed.
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SHH242 Applied Methods for Secondary Data
Fall 2
Dr. M. Ganz
2.50 credits
Lectures. One 3-Hour Session each week.
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to methods of identifying, creating, and analyzing existing data sets. The course will focus on practical methods for data manipulation and processing that are relevant to research on topics in human development, social epidemiology, and health policy. Several national data sets will be introduced and discussed. Topics will include working with multiple data sources, merging data sources, how to create useful subsamples, methods for working with panel data, and methods for linking higher-level contextual data with individual-level data. The Stata statistical software package will be used. Students will complete brief computer-based homework assignments, a midterm exam, and a final exam.
Course Activities: The course will be lectures, computer based assignments and a final exam.
Course Notes: Enrollment limited to 25 students; BIO200 or BIO205 is required, no auditors, instructor's signature required.
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SHH245 Social and Behavioral Research Methods Part I
Fall
Dr. S. Gortmaker, Dr. L. Berkman
5 credits
Seminars. Two 2-hour sessions each week.
Provides a broad overview of social and behavioral research methodology, including experimental, quasi-experimental and non-experimental research design, measurement, sampling, data collection, and testing causal theories. By case studies, methodological readings, discussion, written assignments, and data analytic homeworks students learn to conduct social and behavioral research and more applied program evaluations. Homework includes analytic work with observational and experimental studies and development of new measures.
Course Activities: Assigned readings, class participation, homeworks, reflections, two papers.
Course Note: BIO 210, BIO 211 or BIO 213 or equivalent required; enrollment limited to 20; a multivariate statistics course strongly recommended; course primarily for doctoral students. (5.06)
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SHH246 Issues in MCH Programs and Policies
Spring 1
Dr. M. McCormick
2.5 credits
Lectures. Two 2-hour sessions each week
Components of health care programs for mothers and children are discussed in the context of historical and legislative background, and social policies. Health programs appropriate to prenatal, early and late childhood, adolescence, and youth are presented in terms of the multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary action required to improve the health status of populations. Includes discussion of factors that shape current and future maternal and child health policies. Topics include infant mortality and low birthweight, maternal health and mortality services for children with special health care needs and financing of health care for mothers and children.
Course Activities: Class discussion, written exercises. (5.06).
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SHH249 Approaches to International Tobacco Control & PH Practice
Spring 1
Dr. G. Connolly
2.5 credits
Course not offered 2009-2010
Lectures, seminars. Two 2-hour sessions each week.
Prepares students to apply training in epidemiology, statistics, management and policy for development of comprehensive public health programs to curb tobacco use. Tobacco industry global structure, marketing, political strategies and world expansion are discussed. Guest speakers describe health policy and program interventions including taxation, marketing restrictions, protection of non-smokers, public education, litigation and cessation programs.
Course Activities: Class debates; final term paper.
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SHH250 Research on Social and Behavioral Health: A Practical Guide
Summer 2
Dr. J. Haas
Credits: 2.5
Lectures, Case Studies. Five 2-hour class sessions each week.
This course is an introduction to research methods that are important to designing, conducting, and evaluating research that involves the assessment of social or behavioral aspects of health. The course will cover study design, measurement, data collection, and analytic issues that are important to this area of public health research. Because surveys are an important tool for social and behavioral research, a major component of this course will focus on survey design and administration. The course will present introductory level research methods and survey design with a focus on practical applications. Students will critique published studies that examine specific aspects of social and behavioral health. Students will be expected to prepare a brief proposal for a study of an aspect of social/ behavioral health that uses a survey instrument, and draft the corresponding survey instrument. The course will consist of 15 two-hour lectures with readings, in class critique of relevant studies and measures, and a final project. Requirements are completing the required reading, active participation in class, and successful completion of the project.
Course note: No Auditors.
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SHH254 Social Disparities, Stress, and Health
Spring 2
Dr. L. Kubzansky
2.5 credits
Lectures, seminars. Two 2-hour sessions each week
This course is designed to review theories and research examining stress and the role it plays in social disparties in health. The course will review basic concepts and models of stress as well as the mechanisms by which stress may influence health and explain social disparities. A key aspect of the class will be to consider the quality of the research on stress and health, and students will be required to evaluate methods and measures. The course builds on a basic understanding of society and health and of epidemiology.
Course Activities: Lectures, seminars: reaction papers, class presentations and discussion, a take-home final.
Course Notes: Enrollment is limited to 20 students. SHH 201, EPI 200 or EPI 201 required. No auditors.
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SHH260 Aging, Livecourse Social Conditions, and Public Health
Fall 2
Dr. M. Glymour
Credits 2.5
Lectures, Seminars. Two 2-hour sessions each week.
This course will introduce students to a range of issues related to human aging, with a focus on aging in the United States. One primary threads in the course will be the consideration of how social conditions across the lifecourse, from infancy to old age, affect health in old age. The second important theme will be the methodological challenges in such research. To understand how such social conditions might translate into the health of current cohorts of elderly, we will discuss examples of major social changes in the 20th century, and evidence about the health consequences of these trends. Topics for consideration will include:
-demography of aging;
-health trends and health disparities in US elderly;
-how factors such as retirement policies, poverty, education, and social networks affect the health and functioning of the elderly;
-selective survival and survivor bias;
-studying patient populations.
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SHH261 SHDH Masters Seminar
Fall
Dr. I. Kawachi
1.25 credits
Seminars. One 1-hour session each week.
This course focuses on the masters students' culminating experience and includes attention to career development and the preparation of the masters students' final paper as defined in the SHDH handbook. Students will share career plans and strategies for entering the next phase of their work, will present and analyze their field work, research, or internship experiences, and will share early drafts of their final paper.
Course Activities: Assigned readings and activities, development of personal strategic and management plans, participation in class discussion, oral and poster presentations, final paper.
Course Note: Enrollment limited to second year SHDH master students; signature of instructor required; ordingal grading option only.
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SHH263 Multilevel Statistical Methods: Concept and Application
Spring
Dr. V. S. Sankaranarayanan
5 Credits
Lectures: Two 2-hour sessions each week; One 1-hour lab each week.
This course is designed to provide doctoral students with a training experience in the concept and application of multilevel statistical modeling. Students will be motivated to think about correlated and dependent data structures that arise due to sampling design and/or are inherent in the population (such as pupils nested within schools; patients nested within clinics; individuals nested within neighborhoods and so on). The substantive motivation for analyzing such complex data structures would be to make quantitative assessments about the role of contexts (e.g., schools, clinics, neighborhoods) in predicting individual outcomes. In particular, the principles of recognizing and modeling the underlying heterogeneity in average relationships would be emphasized. Linear, non-linear, and multivariate multilevel models will be covered. Upon completion, students should be able to conceptualize multilevel modeling strategies and to undertake empirical, quantitative multilevel research. The course will be lecture-based with substantial hands-on component.
Course Activities: Data management, modeling and analysis; individual assignments; project submission and class participation.
Course Notes: SHH245 or instructor's permission required; this course is a requirement for all SHDH doctoral students. (5.06)
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SHH265 Program Planning: Design and Evaluation
Fall 2
Dr. B. Molnar, Dr. R. Rudd
2.5 credits
Lecture, Seminars Two 2-hour sessions each week
Introduces a disciplined and theory based approach to public health program planning. Applies social science principles to community assessment, theory based design, and three levels of evaluation for health related program for individuals, communities, institutions, and local/national group.
Course Activities: Assigned reading with participation in discussion and analysis, class presentations, three essays.
Course Notes: Ordinal grading option only; signature of instructor required.
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SHH269 Doctoral Seminar on Society, Human Development and Health
Fall
Dr. S. Gortmaker
1.25 credits
Seminars. One 1-hour session each week.
Overview of the major research questions pursued by doctoral students in society, human development and health. Requirement for all 1st year SHDH doctoral students and open to all SHDH doctoral students.
Course Activities: Doctoral student participants lead seminars, discussing their research ideas and plans, including their theoretical perspective.
Course Note: Pass/fail only; signature of instructor required indicating suitable background if student is not a doctoral student in the Department of Society, Human Development and Health. (5.06)
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SHH271 Doctoral Seminar on Society, Human Development and Health
Spring
Dr. S. Gortmaker
1.25 credits
Seminars. One 1-hour session each week.
Overview of the major questions pursued by doctoral students in health and social behavior. Requirement for all 1st year SHDH doctoral students and open to all SHDH doctoral students.
Course Activities: Doctoral student participants lead seminars, discussing their research ideas and plans, including their theoretical perspective.
Course Note: Pass/Fail only; signature of instructor required indicating suitable background if student is not a doctoral student in the Department of Society, Human Development and Health; enrollment limited to 20 students.
Course evaluations are an important method for feedback on the quality of course offerings. The submission of a course evaluation is a requirement for this course. Your grade for the course will be made available only after you have submitted responses to at least the first three questions of the on-line evaluation for this course.
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SHH273 Innovative Strategies in Health Education
Spring 2
Dr. R. Rudd
2.50 credits
Course Not Offered 2008-2009; Alternate year course.
Seminars. Two 2-hour sessions each week.
This course focuses on the translation of the pedagogy of Paulo Freire and related social theories into innovative public health education applications. The course is designed as a seminar with student-led case analyses. Readings and discussions center on cases that employ methods such as entertainment, engagement, participation and empowerment as well as on tools used to evaluate such efforts. Most case examples draw from health programs designed to address social inequalities.
Course Activities: Assigned readings, participation in class discussion, facilitation of case analyses, paper/report.
Course Note: Signature of instructor required; ordinal grading option only.
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SHH275 Health Literacy
Spring 1
Dr. R. Rudd
2.5 credits
Offered alternate years. Not Offered 2009-2010.
Seminar, practicum. Two 2-hour sessions each week.
Focuses on the linkages between health and literacy and between health and adult education theory and methods. Health literacy, now defined as a goal for HP2010, is emerging as a new field of inquiry. Course readings and discussions cover the field of published research to date. Participants explore emerging issues and new opportunities for research. Participants hone skills assessing literacy demands in health communications. Structured fieldwork includes observation studies, interviews, small projects.
Course Note: Ordinal grading option only.
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SHH281 Methods for Research on Social and Behavioral Dimensions of PH
Fall 2
Dr. L. Kubzansky
2.5 credits
Lectures, seminars. Two 1.5-hour sessions and one 1.5-hour required lab each week.
Introduces methodology to explore fundamental social and behavioral science concepts and theories useful in understanding social influences on health status. The course emphasizes quantitative research methods in social sciences applied to social and behavioral issues in public health research. Major attention is given to methodology from sociology and psychology in their application to public health problems.
Course Activities: One synthesis paper; discussions; one exam, and weekly assignments.
Course Note: Departmental requirement for SHDH masters students. Specifically geared to SHDH students in the MPH and other professional master's degree programs; students must register for course section with lab meeting time appropriate for their schedule. No auditors. (5.06)
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SHH286 Personality & Cognitive Development: Application to Public Hlth
Fall
Dr. D. Kindlon
2.50 credits
Not Offered 2009-2010
Lectures. One 2-hour session each week.
Basic principles of child development are examined within a public health frame of reference. Emphasis is placed on the understanding of the developmental theories, especially as they relate to understanding interventions for public health problems, including behavior problems and non-organic mental retardation.
Course Activities: Class discussion, class presentation, term paper. (5.06)
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SHH288 Qualitative Research Methods in Public Health
Fall 1
Dr. R. Goldman
2.5 credits
Lectures, seminars: Two 2-Hour sessions each week.
Qualitative research can be used alone or in combination with quantitative research to investigate public health questions. This introductory-level course begins by examining the variety of potential uses of qualitative methods in public health research and diverse qualitative research approaches. The course then explores specific topics, including: "entering" the community to conduct qualitative research; applying theory to study design and open-ended questions; ensuring study rigor; developing theory-based research questions, specific data collection methods (including, but not limited to, semi-structured interviews, focus groups, participant observation); sampling for qualitative studies; data management; data analysis; writing results and research proposals; and considerations for choosing qualitative methods at each stage of a mixed-methods qualitative or mixed-methods qualitative/quantitative study. Students will be required to participate in class discussions, apply concepts covered in class through assignments to collect and analyze qualitative data, critique qualitative works, and propose a qualitative study.
Course Note: Enrollment limited to 25 students; preference given to SHDH students.
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SHH291 Policy Analysis Methods for Public Health
Spring 2
Dr. D. Acevedo-Garcia
2.5 credits
Course not offered 2008-2009.
Lectures, seminars. Two 2-hour sessions each week.
The goal of the course is to build the skills necessary to critically assess the design, results and recommendations of research that examines the effects of social policies. The focus is on providing an introduction to the use of social experimentation methods in policy research. We examine three case studies: (1) housing mobility policy; (2) fair housing enforcement and monitoring; and (3) early childhood programs.
Course Objectives
At the completion of the course, you will be able to:
1) Demonstrate a basic understanding of five basic elements of social experiments: research questions, experimental design, measurement methods, implementation, and interpretation of results.
2) Describe how to design experimental studies to assess the effects of social policies, carry them out, and analyze the data they yield.
3) Apply your understanding of the subject to real examples from social policy experiments and social science research.
4) Discuss the possibilities for and barriers to translating social experimentation research into actual policies (e.g. political factors, scaling, cost).
Course Activities
Active learning through class participation and discussion are an important component of the course. Students are expected to attend and participate in all classes. Two in-class, critical reviews of the methods and policy recommendations of two policy research papers or policy reports. Two take-home excises based on two social experiments.
Course Note: Enrollment limited to 25 students; signature of instructor required.
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SHH292 MCH Seminar
Fall/Spring
Dr. E. Lieberman
1.25 credits
Seminars. One 1-hour session each week.
Weekly seminar on research topics in Maternal and Child Health. Required for SHDH doctoral students majoring or minoring in Maternal and Child Health, and all SHDH masters and MPH/FCH students who are concentrating in Maternal and Child Health for the duration of their program. Open to all HSPH students.
Course Note: Pass/Fail only.
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SHH293 Place, Migration and Health
Spring 2
Dr. D. Acevedo-Garcia
2.5 credits
Course not offered 2008-2009.
Lecture, seminars. Two 2-hour sessions each week.
This course examines some features of spatial population distribution (e.g. residential segregation by race, concentration of poverty) and population movement (e.g. (im)migrant adaptation) that may influence health outcomes. The emphasis of the course is on understanding the public policies that may have shaped those features and the policies that are used or may be used to modify them (e.g. neighborhood development policies, housing mobility policies, (im)migrant integration policies).
Course Objectives
At the completion of the course, you will be able to:
1. Describe main trends and patterns of residential segregation, and (im)migration in the United States.
2. Describe measurement methods, and critically evaluate measures utilized to assess neighborhood environment, residential segregation, and (im)migrant integration.
* Synthesize data from multiple sources to illustrate patterns in neighborhood environment, residential segregation, and (im)migrant integration, and be able to concisely present this information both orally and written.
3. Critically analyze social epidemiologic studies in neighborhood effects on health, and (im)migrant health. This includes the critical evaluation of the design of the study, the methods used to collect and analyze data, as well as the authors’ interpretation of the results.
4. Describe the basic elements of housing policy and (im)migrant integration policy in the United States.
5. Critically analyze studies that have examined the effect of housing policy on health, and (im)migrant integration policy on health. This includes the critical evaluation of the design of the study, the methods used to collect and analyze data, as well as the authors’ interpretation of the results.
6. Effectively communicate data patterns/trends and study findings in the areas of housing policy and health and (im)migrant integration and health to policy makers and community leaders.
Course Activities
Active learning through class participation and discussion are an important component of the course. Students are expected to attend and participate in all classes.
Prepare three "briefs" to summarize data patterns or a policy issue. A topic for each assignment will be provided by the instructors.
Course evaluations are an important method for feedback on the quality of course offerings. The submission of a course evaluation is a requirement for this course. Your grade for the course will be made available only after you have submitted responses to at least the first three questions of the on-line evaluation for this course.
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SHH296 Leadership in Minority Health Policy
Fall
Dr. J. Reede, Dr. C. Douglass, Dr. R. King
2.5 credits
Seminar. One 2-hour session every week
Students will engage with faculty members at Harvard as well as key minority health policy leaders from both the public and private sectors to develop leadership skills required for effective performance in the areas of public health practice and public policy. A major focus will be strategies for career development in the area of minority health policy. Speakers will include physicians, dentists, community organizers, social workers, and others working in health policy.
Course Activities: Students are expected to actively participate in class discussions; students will be required to submit papers as well as to engage health policy mangers and leaders on a specific health issue affecting minorities or disadvantaged communities.
Course Note: Enrollment is limited to 15 students. A brief interview with the instructor and the signature of the instructor are required.
Course evaluations are an important method for feedback on the quality of course offerings. The submission of a course evaluation is a requirement for this course. Your grade for the course will be made available only after you have submitted responses to at least the first three questions of the on-line evaluation for this course.
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SHH297 Sexuality and Public Health
Spring 2
Dr. S. Austin
2.5 Credits
Lectures. Case studies. One 3-hour sessions each week.
This course provides an introduction to the breadth of research and research methods in the study of sexuality and sexual health promotion as applied within and across countries and communities defined by ages, gender, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic position, nationality, culture, and setting. Students will develop skills needed to carry out epidemiologic research and community-based interventions related to sexual health promotion. Students will be introduced to way to integrate conceptual models, methodologies, and perspectives from a variety of disciplines to inform a uniquely public health approach to the promotion of sexual health. Class session format includes lectures, discussions, case studies, individual and group presentations, and in-class writing assignments.
Course Note: Enrollment limited; instructor's signature required. No auditors.
Course evaluations are an important method for feedback on the quality of course offerings. The submission of a course evaluation is a requirement for this course. Your grade for the course will be made available only after you have submitted responses to at least the first three questions of the on-line evaluation for this course.
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SHH298 Issues in Minority Health Policy
Spring
Dr. J. Reede, Dr. R. King
2.5 credits
Seminar. One 2-hour session each week.
This course explores public policy issues impacting the health status of minority and disadvantaged populations, with special emphasis on problem identification, policy analysis, and program planning. Participants will engage with faculty members at Harvard as well as key minority health policy leaders from both the public and private sectors to explore current and future policy affecting minority and disadvantaged populations.
Course Activities: Students will be required to submit both a midterm paper and a final paper that discusses a health policy issue or a topic impacting minority populations.
Course Note: Enrollment limited to 15 students; enrollment requires interview with the assistant to Dr. Reede (164 Longwood Avenue); signature of instructor required.
(5.06)
Course evaluations are an important method for feedback on the quality of course offerings. The submission of a course evaluation is a requirement for this course. Your grade for the course will be made available only after you have submitted responses to at least the first three questions of the on-line evaluation for this course.
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SHH299 The Science of Learning, Behavior, and Health
Spring
Dr. J Shonkoff
5.0 Credits
Lectures. One 3-hour session each week.
Taught at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Classroom: To Be Arranged.
This course will conduct a critical examination of the relation between the science of early childhood development and the formulation of social policies focused on young children and their families. Drawing on research from the biological, behavioral, and social sciences, students will learn about how interactions among early life experiences and genetics shape brain architecture and influence the maturation of biological systems that affect learning, behavior, and both physical and mental health, well into the adult years. This knowledge base will be used as a vehicle for greater understanding of how adversity related to poverty, maltreatment, and discrimination "gets under the skin" and leads to disparities in both health and educational outcomes. The course will then focus on how a greater understanding of the causal mechanisms that explain disparities in educational achievement, economic productivity, and physical and mental well-being can be used to inform more effective policies for young children.
Course note: No Auditors. Cross-listed; HSPH students must register for HSPH course.
Course Evaluations
SHH300 Independent Study/ Tutorial
Fall 1
Department Members
Time and credit to be arranged.
An opportunity for independent study is offered for interested and qualified students or small groups of students. Arrangements must be made with individual faculty members and are limited by the amount of faculty time available. These programs are open to all students who wish to go beyond the content of regular courses.
Course Note: Completed independent study contract is required at the time of registration; maximum of 5 credits per independent study topic; pass/ fail only; signature of instructor required. (5.06)
Course Evaluations
SHH300 Independent Study/ Tutorial
Fall
Department Members
Time and credit to be arranged.
An opportunity for independent study is offered for interested and qualified students or small groups of students. Arrangements must be made with individual faculty members and are limited by the amount of faculty time available. These programs are open to all students who wish to go beyond the content of regular courses.
Course Note: Completed independent study contract is required at the time of registration; maximum of 5 credits per independent study topic; pass/ fail only; signature of instructor required.
Course Evaluations
SHH300 Independent Study/ Tutorial
Fall 2
Department Members
Time and credit to be arranged.
An opportunity for independent study is offered for interested and qualified students or small groups of students. Arrangements must be made with individual faculty members and are limited by the amount of faculty time available. These programs are open to all students who wish to go beyond the content of regular courses.
Course Note: Completed independent study contract is required at the time of registration; maximum of 5 credits per independent study topic; pass/ fail only; signature of instructor required.
Course Evaluations
SHH300 Independent Study/ Tutorial
Spring 1
Department Members
Time and credit to be arranged.
An opportunity for independent study is offered for interested and qualified students or small groups of students. Arrangements must be made with individual faculty members and are limited by the amount of faculty time available. These programs are open to all students who wish to go beyond the content of regular courses.
Course Note: Completed independent study contract is required at the time of registration; maximum of 5 credits per independent study topic; pass/ fail only; signature of instructor required.
Course Evaluations
SHH300 Independent Study/ Tutorial
Spring
Department Members
Time and credit to be arranged.
An opportunity for independent study is offered for interested and qualified students or small groups of students. Arrangements must be made with individual faculty members and are limited by the amount of faculty time available. These programs are open to all students who wish to go beyond the content of regular courses.
Course Note: Completed independent study contract is required at the time of registration; maximum of 5 credits per independent study topic; pass/ fail only; signature of instructor required.
Course Evaluations
SHH300 Independent Study/ Tutorial
Spring 2
Department Members
Time and credit to be arranged.
An opportunity for independent study is offered for interested and qualified students or small groups of students. Arrangements must be made with individual faculty members and are limited by the amount of faculty time available. These programs are open to all students who wish to go beyond the content of regular courses.
Course Note: Completed independent study contract is required at the time of registration; maximum of 5 credits per independent study topic; pass/ fail only; signature of instructor required.
Course Evaluations
SHH300 Independent Study/ Tutorial
WinterSession
Department Members
Time and credit to be arranged.
An opportunity for independent study is offered for interested and qualified students or small groups of students. Arrangements must be made with individual faculty members and are limited by the amount of faculty time available. These programs are open to all students who wish to go beyond the content of regular courses.
Course Note: Completed independent study contract is required at the time of registration; maximum of 5 credits per independent study topic; pass/ fail only; signature of instructor required.
Course Evaluations
SHH301 Tutorial
Fall 1
Department Members
Time and credit to be arranged.
Course Note: Completed study contract is required at the time of registration; maximum of 5 credits per topic; pass/fail only; signature of instructor required.
Course Evaluations
SHH301 Tutorial
Fall
Department Members
Time and credit to be arranged.
Course Note: Completed study contract is required at the time of registration; maximum of 5 credits per topic; pass/fail only; signature of instructor required.
Course Evaluations
SHH301 Tutorial
Fall 2
Department Members
Time and credit to be arranged.
Course Note: Completed study contract is required at the time of registration; maximum of 5 credits per topic; pass/fail only; signature of instructor required.
Course Evaluations
SHH301 Tutorial
Spring 1
Department Members
Time and credit to be arranged.
Course Note: Completed study contract is required at the time of registration; maximum of 5 credits per topic; pass/fail only; signature of instructor required.
Course Evaluations
SHH301 Tutorial
Spring
Department Members
Time and credit to be arranged.
Course Note: Completed study contract is required at the time of registration; maximum of 5 credits per topic; pass/fail only; signature of instructor required.
Course Evaluations
SHH301 Tutorial
Spring 2
Department Members
Time and credit to be arranged.
Course Note: Completed study contract is required at the time of registration; maximum of 5 credits per topic; pass/fail only; signature of instructor required.
Course Evaluations
SHH306 Clinical Effectivenes Seminar
Fall/Spring
Dr. D. Goldmann, Dr. J. Finkelstein, Dr. J. Perrin, Dr. S. Muret-Wagstaff, Dr. T. Lieu
1.25 credits
Seminar. One 1.5-hour session each week.
This series of weekly seminars covers a broad spectrum of topics with content or methodologic relevance to research in child health services. The seminar series is coordinated by the Clinical Effectiveness Program at Children's Hospital together with The Division of General Pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital and The Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School. Speakers include faculty in and around the Harvard Medical Area as well as visiting speakers.
Course Note: Pass/Fail option only; signature of instructor required. (5.06)
Course evaluations are an important method for feedback on the quality of course offerings. The submission of a course evaluation is a requirement for this course. Your grade for the course will be made available only after you have submitted responses to at least the first three questions of the on-line evaluation for this course.
Course Evaluations
SHH308 Infant Assessment in the Context of Perinatal Exposure
Fall 1
Dr. E. Tronick
1.25 credits
Course not offered 2006-2007
Tutorial.
This tutorial focuses on observations of infant neurobehavioral assessment and several other assessments of older infants and children (e.g., attachment, mastery motivation, Bayley examination) in the laboratory. The student will observe Research Assistants carrying out these procedures, do reading on their own, and set aside time to discuss the observations. Times are flexible. Newborn observations occur almost every day at the Brigham and Women's and the other procedures occur many days of the week at our labs at 1295 Boylston. The student is responsible for arranging the observation times with Research Assistants.
Course Note: Pass/fail only; instructor's signature required. (6.06)
Course evaluations are an important method for feedback on the quality of course offerings. The submission of a course evaluation is a requirement for this course. Your grade for the course will be made available only after you have submitted responses to at least the first three questions of the on-line evaluation for this course.
Course Evaluations
SHH308 Infant Assessment in the Context of Perinatal Exposure
Fall 2
Dr. E. Tronick
1.25 credits
Course not offered 2006-2007
Tutorial.
This tutorial focuses on observations of infant neurobehavioral assessment and several other assessments of older infants and children (e.g., attachment, mastery motivation, Bayley examination) in the laboratory. The student will observe Research Assistants carrying out these procedures, do reading on their own, and set aside time to discuss the observations. Times are flexible. Newborn observations occur almost every day at the Brigham and Women's and the other procedures occur many days of the week at our labs at 1295 Boylston. The student is responsible for arranging the observation times with Research Assistants.
Course Note: Pass/fail only; instructor's signature required. (6.06)
Course evaluations are an important method for feedback on the quality of course offerings. The submission of a course evaluation is a requirement for this course. Your grade for the course will be made available only after you have submitted responses to at least the first three questions of the on-line evaluation for this course.
Course Evaluations
SHH308 Infant Assessment in the Context of Perinatal Exposure
Spring 1
Dr. E. Tronick
1.25 credits
Course not offered 2006-2007
Tutorial.
This tutorial focuses on observations of infant neurobehavioral assessment and several other assessments of older infants and children (e.g., attachment, mastery motivation, Bayley examination) in the laboratory. The student will observe Research Assistants carrying out these procedures, do reading on their own, and set aside time to discuss the observations. Times are flexible. Newborn observations occur almost every day at the Brigham and Women's and the other procedures occur many days of the week at our labs at 1295 Boylston. The student is responsible for arranging the observation times with Research Assistants.
Course Note: Pass/fail only; instructor's signature required. (6.06)
Course evaluations are an important method for feedback on the quality of course offerings. The submission of a course evaluation is a requirement for this course. Your grade for the course will be made available only after you have submitted responses to at least the first three questions of the on-line evaluation for this course.
Course Evaluations
SHH308 Infant Assessment in the Context of Perinatal Exposure
Spring 2
Dr. E. Tronick
1.25 credits
Course not offered 2006-2007
Tutorial.
This tutorial focuses on observations of infant neurobehavioral assessment and several other assessments of older infants and children (e.g., attachment, mastery motivation, Bayley examination) in the laboratory. The student will observe Research Assistants carrying out these procedures, do reading on their own, and set aside time to discuss the observations. Times are flexible. Newborn observations occur almost every day at the Brigham and Women's and the other procedures occur many days of the week at our labs at 1295 Boylston. The student is responsible for arranging the observation times with Research Assistants.
Course Note: Pass/fail only; instructor's signature required. (6.06)
Course evaluations are an important method for feedback on the quality of course offerings. The submission of a course evaluation is a requirement for this course. Your grade for the course will be made available only after you have submitted responses to at least the first three questions of the on-line evaluation for this course.
Course Evaluations
SHH311 Teaching Assistant
Fall 1
Department Members
Time and credit to be arranged
Course Note: Course has prerequisites; instructor's signature required; pass/fail only.
Course Evaluations
SHH311 Teaching Assistant
Fall
Department Members
Time and credit to be arranged
Course Note: Course has prerequisites; instructor's signature required; pass/fail only.
Course Evaluations
SHH311 Teaching Assistant
Fall 2
Department Members
Time and credit to be arranged
Course Note: Course has prerequisites; instructor's signature required; pass/fail only.
Course Evaluations
SHH311 Teaching Assistant
Spring 1
Department Members
Time and credit to be arranged
Course Note: Course has prerequisites; instructor's signature required; pass/fail only.
Course Evaluations
SHH311 Teaching Assistant
Spring
Department Members
Time and credit to be arranged
Course Note: Course has prerequisites; instructor's signature required; pass/fail only.
Course Evaluations
SHH311 Teaching Assistant
Spring 2
Department Members
Time and credit to be arranged
Course Note: Course has prerequisites; instructor's signature required; pass/fail only.
Course Evaluations
SHH311 Teaching Assistant
WinterSession
Department Members
Time and credit to be arranged
Course Note: Course has prerequisites; instructor's signature required; pass/fail only.
Course Evaluations
SHH350 Research
Fall 1
Department Members
Time and credit to be arranged.
For doctoral candidates who have passed their school-wide Oral Qualifying Examination and who are undertaking advanced work along the lines of fundamental or applied research in the department.
Course Note: Pass/Fail only; maximum of 20 credits; signature of instructor required.
Course Evaluations
SHH350 Research
Fall 2
Department Members
Time and credit to be arranged.
For doctoral candidates who have passed their school-wide Oral Qualifying Examination and who are undertaking advanced work along the lines of fundamental or applied research in the department.
Course Note: Pass/Fail only; maximum of 20 credits; signature of instructor required.
Course Evaluations
SHH350 Research
Spring 1
Department Members
Time and credit to be arranged.
For doctoral candidates who have passed their school-wide Oral Qualifying Examination and who are undertaking advanced work along the lines of fundamental or applied research in the department.
Course Note: Pass/Fail only; maximum of 20 credits; signature of instructor required.
Course Evaluations
SHH350 Research
Spring
Department Members
Time and credit to be arranged.
For doctoral candidates who have passed their school-wide Oral Qualifying Examination and who are undertaking advanced work along the lines of fundamental or applied research in the department.
Course Note: Pass/Fail only; maximum of 20 credits; signature of instructor required.
Course Evaluations
SHH350 Research
Spring 2
Department Members
Time and credit to be arranged.
For doctoral candidates who have passed their school-wide Oral Qualifying Examination and who are undertaking advanced work along the lines of fundamental or applied research in the department.
Course Note: Pass/Fail only; maximum of 20 credits; signature of instructor required.
Course Evaluations
SHH350 Research
WinterSession
Department Members
Time and credit to be arranged.
For doctoral candidates who have passed their school-wide Oral Qualifying Examination and who are undertaking advanced work along the lines of fundamental or applied research in the department.
Course Note: Pass/Fail only; maximum of 20 credits; signature of instructor required.
Course Evaluations
SHH400 Non-Resident Research
Fall 1
Department Members
Time and credit to be arranged.
For doctoral candidates who have passed their school-wide Oral Qualifying Examination and who are undertaking advanced work along the lines of fundamental or applied research in the department.
Course Note: Pass/Fail only; maximum of 20 credits; signature of instructor required.
Course Evaluations
SHH400 Non-Resident Research
Fall
Department Members
Time and credit to be arranged.
For doctoral candidates who have passed their school-wide Oral Qualifying Examination and who are undertaking advanced work along the lines of fundamental or applied research in the department.
Course Note: Pass/Fail only; maximum of 20 credits; signature of instructor required.
Course Evaluations
SHH400 Non-Resident Research
Fall 2
Department Members
Time and credit to be arranged.
For doctoral candidates who have passed their school-wide Oral Qualifying Examination and who are undertaking advanced work along the lines of fundamental or applied research in the department.
Course Note: Pass/Fail only; maximum of 20 credits; signature of instructor required.
Course Evaluations
SHH400 Non-Resident Research
Spring 1
Department Members
Time and credit to be arranged.
For doctoral candidates who have passed their school-wide Oral Qualifying Examination and who are undertaking advanced work along the lines of fundamental or applied research in the department.
Course Note: Pass/Fail only; maximum of 20 credits; signature of instructor required.
Course Evaluations
SHH400 Non-Resident Research
Spring
Department Members
Time and credit to be arranged.
For doctoral candidates who have passed their school-wide Oral Qualifying Examination and who are undertaking advanced work along the lines of fundamental or applied research in the department.
Course Note: Pass/Fail only; maximum of 20 credits; signature of instructor required.
Course Evaluations
SHH400 Non-Resident Research
Spring 2
Department Members
Time and credit to be arranged.
For doctoral candidates who have passed their school-wide Oral Qualifying Examination and who are undertaking advanced work along the lines of fundamental or applied research in the department.
Course Note: Pass/Fail only; maximum of 20 credits; signature of instructor required.
Course Evaluations
SHH400 Non-Resident Research
WinterSession
Department Members
Time and credit to be arranged.
For doctoral candidates who have passed their school-wide Oral Qualifying Examination and who are undertaking advanced work along the lines of fundamental or applied research in the department.
Course Note: Pass/Fail only; maximum of 20 credits; signature of instructor required.
Course Evaluations
WGH200 Women, Gender and Health
Spring 1
Departments of Society, Human Development and Health, Global Health and Population, Epidemiology, and Environmental Health
Dr. S. Gruskin, Dr. N. Krieger
2.5 credits
Seminars. One 3-hour session each week.
This course will focus on constructions of gender and sex and their implications for understanding determinants of population health and creating healthy public policy. It will consider how different frameworks of addressing gender and biological sex shape questions asked and explanations and interventions offered for societal patterns of health, disease, and well-being. The course will demonstrate ways of conceptualizing gender in relation to biology and health using case examples pertaining to breast cancer, smoking, cumulative trauma disorders of hands and wrists, HIV/AIDS, violence, access to health services, sexual health, reproductive health, and population policy. In all these cases, issues of gender will be related to other social determinants of health, including social class, racism, and other forms of inequality. Implications of diverse approaches will be debated, as part of developing useful strategies for improving physical, mental, and social well-being of women and men.
Course Note: Enrollment limited to 25 students; signature of instructor required; no auditors.
Course evaluations are an important method for feedback on the quality of course offerings. The submission of a course evaluation is a requirement for this course. Your grade for the course will be made available only after you have submitted responses to at least the first three questions of the on-line evaluation for this course.
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WGH207 Advanced Topics in Women, Gender and Health
Spring 2
Department of Epidemiology, Society, Human Development and Health and Population and International Health
Dr. H. Corliss, Dr. S. Austin
1.25 credits
Seminars. One 2-hour sessions each week.
This interdepartmental, interdisciplinary seminar will offer the chance to analyze ways by which diverse constructs of gender influence public health research and practice. Using different examples each week, the core WGH faculty and students will focus on how gender contributes to classifying, surveying, understanding and intervening on population distributions of health, disease, and well-being. Discussion of these examples will draw on different disciplines, conceptual frameworks, and methodological approaches (both quantitative and qualitative). For example, traditional epidemiological and biostatistical methods, along with multilevel, ecosocial, and health and human rights frameworks will be applied, as appropriate, in the assessment of gender-based health related disorders. The format will include formal presentations and informal discussions.
Course Note: Minimum enrollment of 5; maximum enrollment of 20; instructor's signature required. Pass/fail only. (10.06)
Course evaluations are an important method for feedback on the quality of course offerings. The submission of a course evaluation is a requirement for this course. Your grade for the course will be made available only after you have submitted responses to at least the first three questions of the on-line evaluation for this course.
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WGH210 Women, Gender and Health: Critical Issues in Mental Health
Fall 2
Departments of Society, Human Development and Health and Population and International Health
Dr. B. Gottlieb
1.25 credits
Lecture, seminar. One 2-hour session each week.
This course explores issues relevant to mental illness, mental health from a gender perspective. Course themes include illness constructs, life cycle and transitions, collective and individual trauma, role and relationship and embodiment. Topics include eating disorders, pain, hormonally mediated mood disorders, and PTSD. Examples highlight US and international experience. Readings are multidisciplinary, including public health and medicine, social sciences, history and literature.
Course Activities: Includes a student final project.
Course Note: Minimum enrollment of 5 students; no auditors.
Course evaluations are an important method for feedback on the quality of course offerings. The submission of a course evaluation is a requirement for this course. Your grade for the course will be made available only after you have submitted responses to at least the first three questions of the on-line evaluation for this course.
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WGH211 Women, Gender and Health: Introductory Perspectives
Fall 1
Department of Epidemiology, Department of Society, Human Development and Health and Department of Population and International Health
Dr. S. Missmer (P), Invited guest lecturers
2.5 credits
Lectures, case studies. One 3-hour session each week.
This course will introduce students to gender as a theoretical concept and a category of analysis in public health-that is, the way gender has contributed to differentially structuring women and men's experiences of health. The course aims to answer such questions as: How has gender influenced the construction of public health in diverse societies? How do our social frameworks and structures, such as gender, affect people's experiences and expectations of health?
This course is designed for students who wish to enhance their understanding of, and skills to address, the social and cultural factors that have influenced the development of individual's and societal health. The interfaces among gender, class, race/ethnicity and sexuality will also be emphasized.
The course will cover a broad range of health issues for which gender has been of special importance. Topics to be covered include: reproductive health, sexual health and sexuality; violence; occupational health and work; chronic and communicable disease. Issues relating to the distribution of health, disease and well-being, including policy, will be addressed across sessions. Additionally, sessions will include international, domestic, and historical perspectives, with attention paid to both epidemiologic research and policy dimensions.
Course evaluations are an important method for feedback on the quality of course offerings. The submission of a course evaluation is a requirement for this course. Your grade for the course will be made available only after you have submitted responses to at least the first three questions of the on-line evaluation for this course.
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WGH220 Sexuality and Public Health
Fall 2
Dr. S. Austin
2.5 Credits
Lectures. Case studies. One 3-hour sessions each week.
This course provides an introduction to the breadth of research and research methods in the study of sexuality and sexual health promotion in diverse contexts and populations. Students will develop skills needed to carry out epidemiologic research and community-based interventions related to sexual health promotion. Students will be introduced to ways to integrate conceptual models, methodologies, and perspectives from a variety of fields to inform a unique transdisciplinary, holistic approach to public health promotion of sexual health. Class session format includes lectures, discussions, case studies, individual and group presentations, and in-class writing assignments.
Course Note: Enrollment limited. No auditors.
Course evaluations are an important method for feedback on the quality of course offerings. The submission of a course evaluation is a requirement for this course. Your grade for the course will be made available only after you have submitted responses to at least the first three questions of the on-line evaluation for this course.
Course Evaluations
WGH300 Independent Study/Tutorial
Fall 1
Department Members
Time and credit to be arranged.
An opportunity for independent study is offered for interested and qualified students or small groups of students. Arrangements must be made with individual faculty members and are limited by the amount of faculty time available. These programs are open to all students who wish to go beyond the content of regular courses.
Course Note: Completed independent study contract is required at the time of registration; students may sign up for up to 2.5 credits per independent study topic; pass/ fail only; signature of instructor required.
Course Evaluations
WGH300 Independent Study/Tutorial
Fall 2
Department Members
Time and credit to be arranged.
An opportunity for independent study is offered for interested and qualified students or small groups of students. Arrangements must be made with individual faculty members and are limited by the amount of faculty time available. These programs are open to all students who wish to go beyond the content of regular courses.
Course Note: Completed independent study contract is required at the time of registration; students may sign up for up to 2.5 credits per independent study topic; pass/ fail only; signature of instructor required.
Course Evaluations
WGH300 Independent Study/Tutorial
WinterSession
Department Members
Time and credit to be arranged.
An opportunity for independent study is offered for interested and qualified students or small groups of students. Arrangements must be made with individual faculty members and are limited by the amount of faculty time available. These programs are open to all students who wish to go beyond the content of regular courses.
Course Note: Completed independent study contract is required at the time of registration; students may sign up for up to 2.5 credits per independent study topic; pass/ fail only; signature of instructor required.
Course Evaluations
WGH300 Independent Study/Tutorial
Spring 1
Department Members
Time and credit to be arranged.
An opportunity for independent study is offered for interested and qualified students or small groups of students. Arrangements must be made with individual faculty members and are limited by the amount of faculty time available. These programs are open to all students who wish to go beyond the content of regular courses.
Course Note: Completed independent study contract is required at the time of registration; students may sign up for up to 2.5 credits per independent study topic; pass/ fail only; signature of instructor required.
Course Evaluations
WGH300 Independent Study/Tutorial
Spring 2
Department Members
Time and credit to be arranged.
An opportunity for independent study is offered for interested and qualified students or small groups of students. Arrangements must be made with individual faculty members and are limited by the amount of faculty time available. These programs are open to all students who wish to go beyond the content of regular courses.
Course Note: Completed independent study contract is required at the time of registration; students may sign up for up to 2.5 credits per independent study topic; pass/ fail only; signature of instructor required.
Course Evaluations
WGH304 Issues in Mental Health: Independent Study
Fall 2
Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Department of Epidemiology and Department of Population and International Healh
Dr. B. Gottlieb
1.25
Not Offered 2008-2009
Field placement. Two sessions with mentor.
This independent study course is offered to students who are enrolled in WGH 210 Fall 2. The course will supplement the themes and topics of WGH 210, including illness constructs, trauma, embodiment, pain and eating disorders with a mentored field and service learning experience. Students will be required to provide 20 hours of service to one of several local sites selected for their relevance to course themes (for example, a shelter, an psychiatric in-patient unit, a school-based clinic), maintain a structured portfolio of reflections and commentary based on field experiences and readings, and attend 2 mentoring sessions.
Course activities: Field placement, preparation of final portfolio.
Course note: Students must be concurrently enrolled in WGH 210 Fall 2. Minimum enrollment 1 student; maximum enrollment 5 students. Pass/fail only
Course Evaluations
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