Introduction to the philosophy, nature, and scope of health organizations; administration and organization of governmental health programs, economic and political forces and their effects on health services.

Review of communication sources, channels, messages, reception, and effects, diffusion of health information, adoption of preventive health behavior, and mass media and social change patterns.

Review of group process roles and responsibilities of public health professionals. Group dynamics, principles related to theories and concepts underlying public health community programs. Structured laboratory experience provided.

Survey of socio-behavioral theories commonly used in public health education interventions at the individual, group, and community levels.

This seminar will introduce students to the new field of environmental epigenetics. Through videos and discussion of recent research papers, students will learn how the environment (nutrition, chemicals, psychosocial stress) can shape our genetic makeup and ultimately influence disease susceptibility.

This interdisciplinary course will provide students with an opportunity to consider youth as a modern idea, a critical life stage, and as a political category. These understandings situation young people in particular ways that have real health consequences. Using adult learning theory, we will consider our own experiences, study youth development theories, and explore age-based social inequalities and the construction of 'teen problems'. Students will consider the implications of these ideas on young people's lived experiences and their health.

This course examines violence from a public health perspective in the United States and globally. It covers topics on homicide, suicide, and non-fatal violence and the approaches to violence prevention.

This course provides fundamental statistical concepts and tools relevant to the practice of analyzing and visualizing data. Previous or current experience in an introductory statistics course is assumed. Students will larn to program and implement all tecniques using the free statistical software package, R.

Introduction to major health issues in developing world, factors which affect health status, models for tackling these problems, and the role of industrialized countries in improving global health. Students explore major causes of morbidity and mortality and explore strategies to improve health.

Overview of the characteristics of main health care systems and policies in selected countries. Topics of study include financing, insurance and delivery, access, and cost of health care services.