HSCP 3730: Health Promotion Theory

Individual and environmental forces generating opposing viewpoints regarding public health needs and concerns. Prerequisites: No prior public health knowledge needed for this course. This is a fully online course. Students are required to use Armstrong’s Online Learning Management System (Desire 2 Learn) throughout the semester to support faculty-to-student and student-to-student interaction, including but not limited to Attendance Verification, discussion boards, journals, announcements, email, individual work, submitting assignments, etc

PUBH 7675: Public Health Practicum

Presenter will provide

PUBH 7890 – Special Topics in Capstone

Fundamentals needed to plan and evaluate public health programs including needs assessment, behavioral and educational assessment, administrative assessment, objective writing, and process, impact and outcome evaluation methods

Expanding the Understanding of the Social Determinants of Health to Support Community Readiness for Change

Addressing the Social Determinants of Health is critical if we truly want to achieve health equity. The World Health Organization\u27s Commission on the Social Determinants of Health (2008) recognized the need to broaden the understanding of these determinants among the general public to facilitate change in communities. Using a concurrent transformative case study, this mixed methods design explored the potential increase in 1) awareness of the social determinants of health, 2) understanding of context and 3) organizational empowerment through the use of Photovoice and Action planning with a Rural Diabetes Community Coalition in Southeast Georgia. Engaging the coalition through these processes will potentially facilitate change in the county to impact long term diabetes outcomes. The qualitative inquiry included an in-depth document review, Photovoice (N=5), key informant interviews (N=8), action planning(N=8) and follow up interviews (N=5). As a secondary measure, the perceived control scale (N=12) was used as a pre/post-test to quantitatively measure the potential change in organizational empowerment. The qualitative results show an expanded view of context and the determinants that affect the health outcomes. The quantitative results are inconclusive. Recommendations for future research will be discussed

PUBH 7500: Public Health Planning and Evaluation

Fundamentals needed to plan and evaluate public health programs including needs assessment, behavioral and educational assessment, administrative assessment, objective writing, and process, impact and outcome evaluation methods. Prerequisites: MHSA 6000 (or 7000) Foundations, PUBH 6100 (or 7110) Epidemiology, PUBH 6000 (or 7200) Biostatistics, PUBH 6150 (or 7720) Theory, and PUBH 6175 (or 8710) Research Methods. This course will be taught in a hybrid format, which means the majority of the course will be online. However, it is required for students to be in class (on campus) on the following dates: January 10th, XXX , XXX, September 27th, & XXX ; XXX optional technical assistance appointments

PUBH 4132 – Health Promotion Program Planning I

This course introduces students to the theory and application of community-based program planning and evaluation. The first of a two-course sequence, the focus will be on the development of a health promotions program plan designed to apply course content to a real-life health issue. Concepts in community assessment, organization, and mobilization for the purpose of addressing identified public health concerns will serve as the foundation for the planning process

PUBH 4234 – International Development in Health

This course will describe key cultural, social, and economic issues and methods in global health, and thus provide essential background for other core courses. The course is interdisciplinary, emphasizing the fields of anthropology, sociology, public health, global health, and critical global health studies. This course explores aspects of health inequalities and demonstrates how the sources of health inequalities (including globalization, the impact of social, economic, and political systems, the local and global economy, transnational organizations, culture, race, class, gender, and sexuality) are rooted in injustices that create and sustain the conditions that lead to disparities in health status and health care both domestically and globally

PUBH 4234 – International Development in Health

This course will describe key cultural, social, and economic issues and methods in global health, and thus provide essential background for other core courses. The course is interdisciplinary, emphasizing the fields of anthropology, sociology, public health, global health, and critical global health studies. This course explores aspects of health inequalities and demonstrates how the sources of health inequalities (including globalization, the impact of social, economic, and political systems, the local and global economy, transnational organizations, culture, race, class, gender, and sexuality) are rooted in injustices that create and sustain the conditions that lead to disparities in health status and health care both domestically and globall

PUBH 7890 – Special Topics in Capstone: Public Health Leadership

Serves as culminating experience enabling students to synthesize and apply aggregate key program concepts to support workforce development as they prepare to serve as public health leaders within the community; methods utilized to promote professional development include case studies, assigned readings, and multiple interactions with community public health leaders

GEPH 7500 – Public Health Planning and Evaluation

Fundamentals needed to plan and evaluate public health programs including needs assessment, behavioral and educational assessment, administrative assessment, objective writing, and process, impact and outcome evaluation methods