CPH 580 covers univariate statistical methods commonly encountered in public health studies. This includes descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, paired and unpaired t tests, ANOVA, contingency tables, log rank test, regression and correlation.
This course provides an introduction to the theory and practice of assessing, correcting, controlling, and preventing environmental health hazards that may adversely affect the health of current and future generations.
This course will demonstrate how changes in health behavior can and do impact population-level indicators of morbidity and mortality. Within the context of the socio-ecological framework, students will focus on health behavior theories and interventions targeting the intra- and interpersonal levels of the framework. Students will apply an intervention mapping approach to identify priority needs for health promotion and design health promotion programs. Students will be able to make clear linkages between health promotion practices and the overarching goals of public health.
In this course students are taught the principles and methods of epidemiologic investigations, research methodology, and statistical integration. Major topics include etiologic factors of disease and injury, the distribution of health problems within populations, levels of prevention, and the concept of risk. The design of retrospective, cross-sectional, and prospective studies are examined to illustrate odds ratio, relative risk, life tables, and person-years.
This is a required course for students enrolled in the Master of Public Health program. This course will provide guidance for students in completing a culminating project which draws from elements of the MPH core curriculum and from the student's concentration area. The course will provide students the opportunity to synthesize, integrate and apply the skills and competencies they have acquired to a public health problem.
This course applies and integrates the pinciples and tools of epidemiology to the decision-making process in health care management. Prereq: Enrollment in a Public Health degree Program and CPH 605, or consent of instructor.
A study of work-related and environmental exposures and hazards associated adverse health outcomes. Integrating the fields of occupational and environmental epidemiology.
This course introduces the application of epidemiologic methods to the study of older persons.
This course addresses advanced theories and practices of identifying, assessing, and controlling occupational and environmental hazards that may adversely affect the health of communities and working populations. The course emphasizes harmful effects of non-chemical hazards, such as radiation, noise, hypoxia, and physical agents that lead to morbidity and mortality. However, evaluation and control measures will cover many types of hazardous exposures, including those from chemical exposures.
This course provides an overview of chemical agents within the environment, their interaction with the human organism, and resultant public health implications. The goal of this course is to utilize toxicological information to create, understand, and explain control strategies that protect and improve public health.
