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of Courses or MyUH
for confirmed course offerings each semester. Individuals
who are not public health students require instructor consent
to enroll in courses; all courses 600-level and above require
graduate standing. For additional information, email
the Office of Graduate Student Academic Services or stop by
Biomed D204.
PH 500 Master's Plan B/C Studies (1)
Enrollment for degree completion. Pre: master’s Plan B or C candidate
and consent.
PH
600 Introduction to Public Health (2)
Focus will provide a broad introduction to the field of public
health and orientation to overarching issues in the field.
A-F only. Pre: consent. Fall only.
PH
602 Introduction to Health Services (3)
This course presents an overview of the historical, conceptual,
ethical, and political context for health care delivery. It
also explores current trends, practices, and issues in the
delivery of health care services. Repeatable one time.
PH
623 Social Science & Public Health (3)
Individual and community health; implications for public health practice,
individual and social change processes.
PH
630 Cultural Competency in Health Care (3)
Course presents both analytical and practical approaches to
cultural competency domains, concepts, models, frameworks,
patterns and communication that occur in cross-cultural health
care situations. A-F only. Pre: graduate standing or consent.
PH 631 Nutritional Epidemiology (3)
Dietary, biochemical, anthropometric and clinical methods used for evaluating
nutrition and diet in the etiology and epidemiology of disease. Pre: PH
663 and FSHN 487 or equivalent. (Cross-listed as FSHN 631)
PH
647 Analytic Approaches to MCH (3)
Application of analytic methods to the identification of health
problems in children and women of reproductive age. Evidence-based
approach in MCH. Repeatable one time.
PH
649 Needs Assessment & Program Planning (3)
Knowledge and skills acquisition in conducting needs assessment
and program planning in public health practice. Pre: consent.
PH
655 Biostatistics I (3)
Introduction to statistical methods for public health sciences. Probability,
experimental design, t tests and analysis of variance, 2X2 contingency tables,
linear regression, introduction to life tables. Pre: graduate standing and
MATH 203 or equivalent course in calculus; or consent.
PH
656 Biostatistics II (3)
Poisson distribution, Fisher’s exact test, contrasts in ANOVA, two
way ANOVA, multiple linear regression and analysis of covariance, path analysis,
logistic regression, method of maximum likelihood, likelihood ratio tests.
Pre: PH 655, completion of one semester of calculus or consent.
PH
658 Computer Applications in Public Health (3)
Applications of computers to problems common to public health. Emphasis on
data analysis and processing using existing computer programs.
PH 659 Methods of Demographic Analysis (3)
Statistical evaluation and analysis of population data; data
sources; population growth; composition; standardization of
rates; mortality and the life table; nuptiality and fertility;
distribution, migration, and urbanization; projections and
stable population theory. Pre: graduate standing or consent.
(Cross-listed as PPST 691 and SOC 691)
PH
660 Current Topics in Social & Behavioral Health Sciences
(2)
Critique of published articles in the social and behavioral
sciences as they related to public health. Emphasis on exchange
of ideas, alternative approaches. Stresses the use of the
scientific method to understand human behavior.
PH
661 Epidemiological Study Design Critique (2)
Critique of study design using published public health literature. Emphasis
on exchange of ideas, alternative approaches; stresses epidemiology as science
of public health. Repeatable. A-F only.
PH
663 Principles of Epidemiology I (3)
Research methods and evaluation of research in epidemiology. Pre: 655 (or
concurrent), or consent.
PH
664 Principles of Epidemiology II (3)
Study design, epidemiologic methods, and grant proposal writing. Pre: 655,
or consent.
PH 665 Infectious Diseases Microbiology I (3)
Pathogenesis, epidemiology, immunobiology of infectious diseases caused by
bacterial and fungal pathogens; principles of host-pathogen interactions;
public health aspects of infectious diseases. A-F only. Pre: MICR 351 or
consent. (Cross-listed as TRMD 604)
PH
666 Seminar in Infectious Disease Control (3)
Strategies for controlling important infectious diseases in the Pacific area.
Emphasis on epidemiology, ecology, and public health principles. Pre: 663
(or concurrent), MICR 130 and consent.
PH 667 Infectious Disease Microbiology II (3)
Pathogenesis, epidemiology, immunobiology of infectious diseases caused by
viruses and parasites; principles of host-pathogen interactions; public
health aspects of infectious diseases. Pre: MICR 351 and TRMD 604; or consent.
(Cross-listed as TRMD 605)
PH 668 Tropical Medicine Laboratory Rotation (V)
Practical experience in use of equipment and procedures in infectious disease
and immunology research; introduction to research in Tropical Medicine. Pre:
TRMD 604/PH 665 (or concurrent), or consent. (Cross-listed as TRMD 606)
PH 671 Community and Public Health Practice (2)
Community organization and development applicable to the delivery of health
services. Understanding community dynamics, mobilizing community groups
for effective health care practice and delivery. Pre: 647 or 737; or consent.
(Cross-listed as SW 674)
PH
681 Environmental Determinants of Health (3)
Environmental factors in personal and community health; implications
for public health practice. Consideration of major issues
from local, U.S., and international perspectives.
PH 690 Global Environmental Health (3)
Reviews the latest developments on issues of global concern,
such as population growth, urbanization, energy consumption,
global climate change, epidemics of vector-born illnesses,
bioterrorism and homeland security, disaster preparedness
and sustainable development. PH majors only. A-F only. (Once
a year)
PH 692 Clinical Epidemiology (3)
Combined lecture-discussion on health measurement and the
use of epidemiologic principles to questions applicable at
both individual and population levels on diagnosis, screening,
prognosis, and the safety and efficacy of therapeutic and
preventive interventions. PH majors only. Pre: 664 or consent.
Fall only.
PH 696 Continuing Education in Public Health (1)
This seminar course is designed to provide practical, community-focused,
continuing education for the practicing public health professional.
The application of public health principles to address practical
public health problems is stressed. Weekly discussions and
reports will cover a variety of relevant public health topics.
Repeatable unlimited times. A-F only.
PH 699 Directed Reading/Research (V)
Pre: consent.
PH 700 Thesis Research (V)
Pre: consent.
PH 701 Health Communication (3)
Skills-oriented course introduces the basic structure of health com¬munication
strategies in different settings, selected elements of communication theory,
the development of health communication material, and a practical training
in motivational counseling skills. Pre: 623 or consent.
PH
702 Health Promotion Research (3)
Focus on research methods commonly used in health promotion. Topics will
include randomized trials, quasi-experimental design, sampling, measurement,
and correlational studies. Labwork will focus on the use of SPSS to analyze
data for applied research problems. Pre: 623 and 655, or consent.
PH
737 Policies/Programs in MCH Services (3)
Development and organization of health services for mothers and children;
review and analysis of policies and events, legislation and programs, current
issues. Pre: 647 or consent.
PH 742 Qualitative Methods (3)
Application of qualitative research methods in the development of health
sciences disciplinary knowledge related to culturally diverse populations.
A-F only. Pre: 655 (or equivalent) or consent.
PH 745 MCH and Disabilities I (1-4)
This course is designed to teach leadership development for health professionals
in an interdisciplinary seminar format. Inquiry-based learning approaches
are applied with a series of families and children with neurodevelopmental
and related disabilities to explore clinical, cultural, policy and program
implications for services and supports for individuals with disabilities
and family members. Program evaluation and research analysis are also conducted
with relevance to best practice with the MCH/CSHN population. Pre: consent.
PH
746 MCH and Disabilities II (1-4)
This course is designed to teach leadership development for health professionals
in an interdisciplinary seminar format. Inquiry-based learning approaches
are applied with a series of families and children with neurodevelopmental
and related disabilities to explore clinical, cultural, policy and program
implications for services and supports for individuals with disabilities
and family members. Program evaluation and research analysis are also conducted
with relevance to best practice with the MCH/CSHN population. Pre: consent.
PH
747 Statistical Methods in Epidemiological Research (3)
Multiple variable statistical methods currently used in chronic disease epidemiology.
Logistic regression, conditional logistic regression, proportional hazards
regression modeling, generalized estimating equation-based methods, delta
method approximations, exact tests. Pre: 656, 663, completion of one semester
of calculus.
PH
748 Chronic Disease Epidemiology (3)
The course will cover selected topics in chronic diseases with critical analysis
of the current epidemiologic literature. Methodologic issues, contemporary
findings and recommendations for future research will be discussed. Pre:
663 or consent.
PH 749 Diabetes and Obesity Epidemiology (3)
Describes the epidemiology and prevention of metabolic syndrome,
diabetes, and associated complications. Discusses methodological
issues associated with evaluating these in epidemiologic studies.
The course is designed to cover the global, national, and
local epidemics of diabetes, and its environmental and genetic
risk factors, as well as interventions to improve diabetes
outcomes.
PH
750 Health Behavior Change (3)
The course will provide an understanding of the relationship
between health behaviors and outcomes including psychological,
physiological and quality of life aspects. The course will
also focus on the major theories of behavior and behavior
change. Emphasis will be placed on understanding concepts,
principles and explanations and how these are translated into
practical interventions for adoption and maintaining behavior
change. Repeatable one time. A-F only. Pre: consent.
PH
751 Social Epidemiology (3)
This course will examine the epidemiologic study of the social
distribution and social determinants of states of health,
including the identification of social-environmental exposures
and their relation to physical and mental health outcomes.
Repeatable one time. A-F only. Pre: consent.
PH
753 Survival Analysis (3)
Construction and interpretation of various types of life tables,
treatment of censored data, proportional hazards, relative
risk regression models, and parametric survival analysis.
Pre: 655 or consent.
PH 755 Seminar in Tropical Medicine & Public
Health (1)
Weekly discussion and reports on current advances in tropical
medicine and public health. Repeatable unlimited times. (Cross-listed
as TRMD 690)
PH 756 Special Topics in Tropical Medicine (1)
Advanced instruction in frontiers of tropical medicine and
public health. Repeatable unlimited times. (Cross-listed as
TRMD 705)
PH
765 Program Evaluation (3)
Presented are principles of and frameworks for program evaluation.
Students develop logic models and evaluation plans for a community
program and collect and analyze evaluation data. A-F only.
Pre: consent. Spring only. (Cross-listed as SW 765)
PH 770 Doctoral Seminar in Public Health (2)
Required doctoral seminar for students in the DrPH program.
(B) domestic & global health disparities; (C)
research methods in health disparities; (D) evidence-based
programs in global health & health disparities; (E) topics
in health disparities & policxy.
PH 771 Teaching Practicum (3)
Provide doctoral students with theoretical and practical teaching
and course development experiences under the guidance of a
faculty mentor. Students will have a portfolio documenting
their accomplishments. Graduate standing in PH only. A-F only.
Pre: 600, 623, 649, 655, 663, 765, and 770; or departmental
approval. (702 may be substituted for 649)
PH 772 Research Practicum (3)
Hands-on research experience with a faculty mentor. Meet in
small groups to discuss issues related to research in public
health. Final project will be submission of a publishable
quality paper. Graduate standing in PH only. A-F only. Pre:
600, 623, 649, 655, 663, 765, and 770; or departmental approval.
(702 may be substituted for 649)
PH
781 Environmental Health Lab Methods (1)
Hands-on training for laboratory methods used in monitoring
and detecting environmental health risk factors; learning
and application of immunoloical-, animal cell culture- and
molecular biology-based techniques for studying environmental
pathogens and toxic pollutants. Repeatable one time. PH majors
only. A-F only. Pre: consent. (Once a year)
PH
788 Seminar in Public Health Science (V)
Topics related to recent developments in major areas; student
and faculty research activities. Repeatable. Sections: (1)
biostatistics; (2) environmental health; (3) epidemiology;
(4) public health nutrition. Repeatable unlimited times. Pre:
consent.
PH 789 Integrative Seminar (V)
Integrative seminar in (M) maternal and child health and (S)
social and behavioral health sciences. A-F only. Pre: consent.
PH 791 Advanced Public Health Practice (3)
Observation, study, and practical work in student’s area of emphasis.
(B) biostatistics; (E) epidemiology; (G) gerontology; (S) social and behavioral
health sciences; (T) public health science. Pre: public health degree candidate
and consent.
PH 792 Current Issues & Topics in Public Health (V)
Current and emerging issues and topics related to public health.
(B) biostatistics; (E)
epidemiology; (S) community health development; (T) public
health science; (U) public health. Repeatable. Pre: consent.
PH 797 Exploration in Public Health (V)
Investigation of emergent fields of inquiry in public health.
(B) biostatistics;
(E) epidemiology; (G) gerontology; (S) community health development;
(T) public health science; (U) public health. Repeatable.
Pre: consent. (Cross-listed as NURS 797)
PH 800 Dissertation Research (V)
Pre: consent.
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