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This course focuses on the social and behavioral sciences that are essential for understanding health behaviors and for developing effective health promotion interventions. Students will learn about the social, behavioral, and cultural determinants of health to design, implement, and evaluate health behavior change interventions. This course provides an overview of the key theories and models used to predict behavioral health and individual health-related decision making. The models of behavior changes and social network theories are also discussed. Prerequisites: MPH-540

This course examines major global health challenges, programs, and policies to improve health at the global level in resource-constrained and marginalized communities. The course begins with an introduction to the language of global health: the burden of disease, epidemiology, cost-effectiveness, and health systems. The students analyze current and emerging global health priorities and factors that result in health inequity around the world. The course incorporates knowledge and views from multiple academic disciplines (public health, economics, politics, management, sociology, etc.) and does not require background knowledge in global health.

This is an introduction to the field of epidemiology that focuses upon basic epidemiological definitions, common courses of data, and measures of disease occurrent and epidemiological study designs. Epidemiological processes of both chronic and infectious diseases are discussed. Practical skills such as calculation of rates, estimating risks and evaluation of public health screening programs are also included.

This is a core course for graduate students in the IWU-Public Health Program (MPH). This course will focus on addressing the core competencies and basics principles, structures, and practices in public health. The course introduces the MPH students to the rationale, history, and development of public health in the United States.

This is a core course for graduate students in the IWU-Public Health program. The course covers basic epidemiological concepts and methods, and demonstrates how these can be applied to improve population health. The course focuses on basic epidemiological definitions, measures of disease occurrence, and epidemiological study designs. Practical skills for public health practice, including calculation of rates, estimation or risks, and evaluation of public health screening programs, surveillance systems, and field investigations. Students will also learn about applications of epidemiologic principles to infectious diseases and chronic diseases, identifying sources of data, and how to interpret published epidemiological literature.

This first of a two-part course sequence includes instruction on techniques for quantitative and qualitative research methodology utilized in public health, critical analysis of published research, and ethical research considerations and practices. Emphasis is placed on the development of scholarly information literacy competencies. Students develop applicable skills to evaluate, synthesize, and apply public health core knowledge in such a way as to create effective projects and/or protocols that are culturally inclusive and community-centered. Prerequisites: MPH-560, MPH-510, IPE-545, and MPH-620.

This course provides an overview of the technical skills necessary for the development, implementation, and evaluation of practices that identify, prevent, and minimize the adverse impact of environmental and occupational hazards on human health. Students learn about assessment and control of environmental and occupational exposures, effects of these exposures on human health, principles of toxicology, and environmental regulations and policies. Prerequisites: MPH-540, MPH-560 and IPE-545