Community Health Sciences - CHSC

The information below lists courses approved in this subject area effective Spring 2010. Not all courses will necessarily be offered these terms. Please consult the Schedule of Classes for a listing of courses offered for a specific term.

500-level courses require graduate standing.

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400 Public Health Concepts and Practice
3 hours. Concepts, principles, discussions, exercises, and case studies that provide an overview of the philosophy, purpose, history, organization, functions, tools, activities, and results of public health practice. Prerequisite(s): Enrollment restricted to public health students; other graduate, professional and advanced undergraduate students admitted by consent as space permits. To obtain consent, see the SPH registrar.

401 Behavioral Sciences in Public Health
3 hours. Provides grounding in the social and behavorial sciences to analyze public health issues. Includes analysis of individual, community, institutional, and societal factors influencing health and illness. Prerequisite(s): Enrollment restricted to public health students; other graduate, professional and advanced undergraduate students admitted by consent as space permits. To obtain consent, see the SPH registrar.

403 The Future of Public Health
2 hours. Examines the critical issues facing the public health system in the United States by considering concepts, issues and recommendations of public health practice experts. Recommended background: Completion of CHSC 400.

405 Leadership in Public Health Practice
3 hours. Utilizing public health core functions, this course explores leadership style and practice through case studies and techniques which enhance leadership development. Same as HPA 405. Prerequisite(s): CHSC 400 and consent of the instructor.

411 Nutrition for Public Health Professionals
3 hours. Foundation course to introduce nutrition principles and their application to public health populations and problems. Prerequisite(s): CHSC 400; and graduate or professional standing; or consent of the instructor.

419 Public Health Aspects of Sexuality and Women's Health
3 hours. An overview of human sexuality from a public health view with special emphasis on family planning, sexuality and behavior effects on women's health. Same as GWS 419. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing; or junior standing or above with consent of the instructor.

425 Public Health and Aging
3 hours. Gerontological public health issues are examined through the psychosocial and physical dimensions of the aging process and interactions between the elderly and the health care system.

431 Community Assessment in Public Health
3 hours. An introduction to community assessment in hlth promotion. Concepts & models of community hlth & community social dynamics: community participation & capacity building; strategies for situated inquiry and use of existing indicators; ethical issues. Field work required. Prerequisite(s): Credit or concurrent registration in BSTT 400 and credit or concurrent registration in EPID 400 and credit or concurrent registration in CHSC 400 and consent of the instructor.

432 Analytic Methods in Public Health
3 hours. Provides analytic and computer skills needed for assessment and planning in public health and for maximizing the acquisition and use of public health data. Prerequisite(s): BSTT 400 and EPID 400 and CHSC 400.

433 Public Health Planning and Evaluation
3 hours. Planning and evaluation for community health programs, including proposal development and evaluation; considerations for community/ consumer involvement in planning process. Prerequisite(s): Credit or concurrent registration in CHSC 431 and credit or concurrent registration in CHSC 480; or consent of the instructor.

434 Introduction to Qualitative Methods in Public Health
3 hours. Introduction to the major techniques used in qualitative research (observation, participant observation, in-depth interviews). Includes field and in-class exercises, and introduces computer-assisted qualitative data analysis.

441 Introduction to Maternal and Child Health
3 hours. Title V maternal and child health programs; concepts of delivery risks by age; effective interventions and public sector organization for delivery of MCH services. Same as GWS 441. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. Recommended background: Some knowledge of maternal and child health issues.

446 Research Methods in Community Health
3 hours. Introduction to principles and techniques for scientific investigation of problems in public health research and practice. Prerequisite(s): BSTT 400 or the equivalent. Restricted to graduate or professional standing, or consent of the instructor.

447 Survey Planning and Design
3 hours. Theory and applications of sample survey planning and design for conducting research in health sciences and related fields. Addresses three major topics: survey design and planning, sampling and data collection procedures. Same as PA 447. Prerequisite(s): Graduate or professional standing and BSTT 400 or the equivalent. Recommended background: Credit in CHSC 446 or the equivalent.

450 Introduction to International Health
3 hours. Survey of health conditions focusing on Third World issues including consequences of population trends, disease prevalence, prevention/ control, and technology transfer in socio-economic context.

456 Women's Health: A Primary Health Care Approach
3 hours. Health promotion and disease prevention in women's health. Includes community experience with community women. Primary health care approaches examined. Same as NUSC 455, and NUWH 455. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor.

464 Survey of Developmental Disabilities
3 hours. Survey of the developmental disabilities field, including basic definitions, history of DD services, relevant public policies and legislation, service delivery systems, and research. Same as DHD 464. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of the instructor.

480 Health Education and Health Promotion
3 hours. Theories of health education and health promotion for public health professionals; approaches for individual, group, and community-level behavior change. Prerequisite(s): Graduate or professional standing. Priority enrollment given to students in the division of Community Health Sciences within the School of Public Health. Recommended background: For CHSC students, CHSC 401 is recommended as a prerequisite.

485 Communications, Mass Media and Public Health
3 hours. Examines the development, theoretical bases, and assessments of mass media interventions, and the intended and unintended effects of the mass media in society.

494 Special Topics in Community Health Sciences
1 TO 4 hours. Study of topics in maternal and child health, gerontology, behavioral science of health and illness, international health, community health and public health practice. May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term. Topics vary by semester. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. Restricted to graduate or professional standing, or consent of the instructor.

500 Proseminar in Community Health Sciences
3 hours. Analysis of current key literature from behavioral sciences, maternal and child health, gerontology, general and miscellaneous fields of community health sciences. Prerequisite(s): CHSC 400 and 8 semester hours in student's major field.

510 Women's, Children's, and Family Health: Outcomes and Measurement
3 hours. Introduces key theoretical frameworks, measurement tools, and relevant datasets needed to understand and describe the health status of women, children, and families at the individual and population/community level. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. Recommended background: Enrollment in the Master of Public Health or other graduate program.

511 MCH Delivery Systems: Services, Programs, and Policies
3 hours. Structure, funding, and evidence base for MCH service delivery systems at the federal, state and local levels. Prerequisite(s): CHSC 400 and CHSC 510; or consent of the instructor. Recommended background: Enrollment in the Master of Public Health or other graduate program.

512 Best Practices in Maternal and Child Health Programs
3 hours. Using a life span approach within an ecological framework, best practices in MCH will be examined in terms of underlying theories, program and policy implementation, evaluation, and advocacy. Prerequisite(s): CHSC 510 and CHSC 511 and CHSC 543; and consent of instructor.

514 Nutritional Epidemiology
3 hours. Examination of nutritional epidemiological techniques to the design of population-based nutrition research. Students complete research proposal using nutritional assessment, epidemiology and research skills. Prerequisite(s): CHSC 411or EPID 403 or consent of the instructor.

518 The Epidemiology of Pediatric Diseases
3 hours. Familiarizes the student with issues unique to research on children. Lecture topics inlcude epidemiology of childhood diseases, important research studies, and methodologic problems specific to studying children. Same as EPID 518. Prerequisite(s): EPID 400 or EPID 403, EPID 404 and BSTT 400; or consent of the instructor.

526 Family Perspectives on Disability
3 hours. Examines trends, theories and research methods, policies, and family centered intervention approaches for families of persons with disabilities. Same as DHD 526. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor.

527 Critical Issues in Long Term Care Policy
3 hours. Long-term care organization, financing, delivery utilization and policy, emphasizing affordability, access and quality in a managed care environment. Same as HPA 527. Prerequisite(s): CHSC 400 and CHSC 425; or consent of the instructor.

528 Societal Analysis of Aging, Health and Health Care
3 hours. Analysis of aging, health and health care issues mainly from sociological and public health perspectives. Review and application of appropriate concepts, theories and methods. Same as SOC 528. Prerequisite(s): CHSC 425 or consent of instructor.

529 Gerontological Health/Illness Behavior
3 hours. Perceptions and behaviors of older adults are examined in reference to illness prevention, health promotion and reactions to acute and chronic illness. Priority enrollment is given to students in the Gerontology track of the Division of Community Health Sciences within the School of Public Health or consent of the instructor.

534 Management and Analysis of Qualitative Data
3 hours. A hands-on course that teaches conceptual and technical skills for organizing and analyzing qualitative (textual) data from focus groups, in-depth interviews and other sources, using specialized text-analysis computer software. Extensive computer use required. Prerequisite(s): CHSC 434 or consent of the instructor.

542 Advanced Maternal and Child Health Applied Programs
3 hours. Interventions and services in health care programs for maternal and child populations. In-depth program analysis and problem solving with emphasis on public sector programs, population needs and program evaluation. Prerequisite(s): CHSC 441.

543 MCH Policy and Advocacy
3 hours. Explores the social, economic and political dynamics which influence the development and implementation of MCH policy and U.S. health policy in general. Prerequisite(s): CHSC 441 or consent of the instructor.

544 Public Health Aspects of Adolescent Health
3 hours. Overview of critical health/developmental issues in adolescence; youth participation in health initiatives. Crosscutting perspectives of social identity, gender, culture and social class will be essential to any topic discussion/ assignment. Same as SOCW 546. Prerequisite(s): CHSC 446 or consent on the instructor. Recommended background: Research, policy and/or practice and interest in adolescence and in community development and intervention studies; ethnic/minority studies; education; health and social/human service professions.

545 Reproductive and Perinatal Health
3 hours. Focuses on the epidemiology of key reproductive and perinatal health outcomes and relevant health services and health policies. Same as EPID 545. Prerequisite(s): BSTT 400; and EPID 400 or EPID 403; or consent of the instructor.

547 Public Health Approaches to Maternal and Child Nutrition
2 hours. Advanced seminar to integrate role and application of nutrition for maternal and child populations. Prerequisite(s): CHSC 411 or CHSC 441 or consent of the instructor.

548 Readings in Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology
2 hours. Advanced seminar in reproductive/perinatal epidemiology with particular emphasis on methodologic issues. Same as EPID 548. Prerequisite(s): CHSC 441 and EPID 404 or consent of the instructor. Recommended background: Maternal and child health and epidemiology.

549 Advanced Applied Methods in MCH Epidemiology
3 hours. Gives conceptual and technical understanding of statistical and epidemiological methods, builds skills/proficiency in applying these. Attention is given to data handling tasks and to statistical/epidemiologic strategies for analysis and presentation. Same as EPID 549. Prerequisite(s): EPID 402 or EPID 404; and BSTT 401 and EPID 406; or consent of the instructor. Recommended background: Credit or concurrent registration in EPID 501.

550 Advanced Concepts in Community Health Sciences
3 hours. Critical review of landmark publications in community health, with analysis of current literature for developing community health science and practice. Prerequisite(s): CHSC 400 or the equivalent.

551 Foundations of Public Health Inquiry
3 hours. Examination of research paradigms, precepts of theory development, literature synthesis, and ethical principles, all enhance the scholarliness and meaningfulness of doctoral students' public health inquiry. Prerequisite(s): Open only to Ph.D. degree students.

553 Family Planning: Policies and Practices
2 hours. Provides an understanding of family planning concepts, including contraceptive and abortion methods, and the policies that affect their implementation. Prerequisite(s): CHSC 400 and EPID 403 and BSTT 400; or consent of the instructor.

554 International Women's Health: Current and Emerging Issues
3 hours. Enhance students' understanding of, and sensitivity to, current and emerging international women's health issues. The focus will include studying social and cultural factors affecting women's physical as well as psychosocial health. Prerequisite(s): CHSC 400; or consent of the instructor.

563 Neighborhoods and Health
3 hours. This interdisciplinary seminar explores theories and empirical evidence regarding the mechanisms by which neighborhoods affect health and contribute to health disparities. Same as NUSC 563. Prerequisite(s): Graduate or professional standing and an introductory graduate-level statistics course.

564 Community Integration in Developmental Disabiities
3 hours. Historical and contemporary issues pertaining to the empowerment and integration of persons with developmental disabilities into community settings. Same as DHD 564, and DIS 564.

577 Survey Questionnaire Design
3 hours. Concepts and strategies for developing survey questionnaires for various modes of survey data collection. Students develop and present questionnaires related to their individual interests. Same as PA 577. Prerequisite(s): CHSC 446 or CHSC 447; or consent of the instructor.

584 Community Organizing for Health
3 hours. Focus on the bases of facilitating community organizing processes in health promotion including theories, fieldwork tools, feminist and international perspectives. Field work required. Prerequisite(s): CHSC 480 or consent of the instructor.

586 Health Behavior Interventions
3 hours. Addresses advanced concepts and strategies for the development, implementation, and evaluation of public health interventions to change health behaviors. Prerequisite(s): CHSC 446 and CHSC 480.

594 Advanced Special Topics in Community Health Sciences
1 TO 4 hours. Advanced study of topics in maternal and child health, gerontology, behavioral science of health and illness, international health, community health, and public health practice. May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term. Topics vary by semester. Prerequisite(s): BSTT 400 and CHSC 400 and EPID 400 or equivalent and consent of the instructor. Recommended background: Advanced placement in graduate program.

595 Seminar in Community Health Sciences
1 TO 3 hours. Analysis of current theory and research in community health sciences. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term. Topics vary by seminar. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. Recommended background: Advanced placement in graduate program.

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This listing is for informational purposes only and does not constitute a contract. Every attempt is made to provide the most current and correct information. Courses listed here are subject to change without advance notice. Courses are not necessarily offered every term or year. Individual departments or units should be consulted for information regarding frequency of course offerings.