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Graduate
Catalogue: Public Health Courses
The following outlines of
course content are correct at the time of writing, although the
material (or the order in which it is covered) may be subject to
change.
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The following outlines of
course content are correct at the time of writing, although the
material (or the order in which it is covered) may be subject to
change.
1. All courses are 3 credit hours each, unless otherwise indicated.2. Normally, a course will not be run without a minimum enrolment of five students.
Study of epidemiological
methods to evaluate the patterns and determinants of health and
diseases in populations.
The impact of external
factors - through air, water, food and toxic waste, as well as by
physical injury - on health and the incidence of disease.
Diet-disease
relationships and risk assessment.
Social, political, and
economic determinants of the health of women, children, and families,
together with the impact of major issues, policies, and programs.
PHE508:
Health Promotion, Disease Prevention and Control
The basic concepts,
strategies and methods behind health promotion and the prevention and
control of disease, including the importance of policy planning,
implementation and evaluation.
PHE601:
Epidemiology of Major Chronic and Infectious Diseases
Epidemiological concepts
of the incidence and spread of communicable and non- communicable
diseases, including monitoring, prevention, and control.
PHE602:
Research Methods in Epidemiology
Planning, execution,
analysis, and intervention of epidemiological studies.
PHE603:
Design and Implementation of Reproductive Health Programs
This considers the
various main types of reproductive health problem (sexually-transmitted
diseases, etc.), and how to implement measures to limit their incidence
and/or their effects.
PHE604:
Child Development and Public Health
PHE605:
Nutritional Problems in Developing Countries
The effects of poor and
inadequate diets, together with problems of food-spoilage and
food-borne diseases, on health and susceptibility to illness.
PHE606:
Nutrition Assessments of Individuals and Community Nutrition
Dietary assessment
methodologies for the general population and for vulnerable groups; and
the identification of social, psychological and economic contributory
factors.
PHE607:
Community Development and Public Health
The concepts, strategies
and methods of interventions – and the role of public health
practitioners – as a means of promoting social change and creating
healthy communities.
PHE608:
Rural Health, Traditional Medicine and Drug Discovery
The role of cultural
forces - including primitive, folk, and scientific medicine - and
social stresses iin rural societies; the need for
culturally-appropriate interventions; and the potential for
drug-discovery from folk-cures.
PHE609:
Epidemiology of Psychiatric Diseases
Population-based studies
of the diagnosis and incidence of psychiatric disorders, and their
underlying causation, together with their social impact.
PHE610:
Health Psychology, Stress and Adaptation
This considers how
individuals try to cope with problems during life.
PHE611:
Organisation and Management of Health-Care Systems
Based on the care-study method, issues
relating to strategic management, finance and marketing, human resource
utilisation, and quality management in health care organizations.
PHE612: Information
Systems in Health Care Management
Aspects of the analysis,
development and management of information systems in healthcare
organizations.
Opportunity for
supervised field observation to gain practice experience in selected
public health agencies.
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