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PubH 6000 HIV/AIDS Epidemiology & Public Health Interventions

Survey of public health approaches to AIDS epidemic. Epidemiological/clinical features of HIV infection. Impact of AIDS on certain communities/populations. Behavior change principles as they apply to AIDS interventions.

The purpose of this graduate level course is to learn more about the principles and practice of infectious disease epidemiology, with direct relevance to how communicable diseases and their control affects public health locally, nationally and internationally. Learning objectives for this course include a greater appreciation and understanding of:

• General principles of infectious disease epidemiology, including outbreak investigation,
• surveillance, analysis of infectious disease data, and laboratory testing of specimens.
• Major modes of transmission of infectious diseases, including airborne, food and water, insect vector, zoonotic, blood, and sexual transmission
• Different control strategies for infectious diseases, including immunization, infection control, behavior change, antibiotic treatment, blood screening, and disease eradication.

We will also explore infectious diseases from a variety of different perspectives (including historical and ethical), in different institutions, and as it affects different populations.

PubH 6020 Fundamentals of Social & Behavioral Science

Four major approaches to public health problems: psychosocial, economic, community, policy. Theory, implementation. Small groups practice skills.

The course explores important infectious diseases that impact on global health, and on the fundamental epidemiologic principles and methods that are applied to the study of the epidemiology of the diseases covered by the course, and to their prevention and control. Emphasis in the course will be given to the following aspects: Epidemiology of disease transmission (person, place, and time, infectious disease transmission dynamics); Disease surveillance; Effective methods for prevention and control, Evaluation of program effectiveness, Policy formulation, Economic

Evaluation; and Ethical considerations of the diseases under study. Instruction will be through lecture format with student participation in problem analysis and presentation of case-studies involved with the diseases under study.

PubH 6390 Special Topics: e-Public Health: Design, Development and Evaluation of Internet-based Public Health Interventions

e–Public Health is defined as "the promotion of health and prevention of disease at the community or population level using Internet-based research methodologies, interventions, and policies. An emerging subdiscipline, e–Public Health encompasses online health promotion strategies for the public or targeted communities, the study of how Internet-use and e-communication may change health risk, and also the health promotion and disease prevention of virtual communities." This introductory course covers the planning, design, implementation and evaluation of Internet-based public health interventions or e-Public Health. Because e-Public Health is by definition a multidisciplinary activity, this course will be taught by a multidisciplinary team.

PubH 6607 Adolescent health: Issues, Programs & Policy

This two-credit course focuses on the major public health issues of adolescents in the United States and the programs and policies that improve the health and well being of this population. The course is designed to examine the prevalence and etiology of health and wellness indicators for youth. This course is designed for graduate students in the health sciences and other health-related areas.