UGPH 0515
Global Communicable and Noncommunicable Diseases (3)
The course will be divided in two parts:
Part I. Non-Communicable Diseases: Topics central to global non-communicable diseases
(NCD) and risk factors are addressed. Attention is focused on NCDs that make major
contributions to the global burden of disease.
Part II. Infectious Diseases: An overview will be given of critical topics related to the
identification, control and prevention of newly emerging and as well as long recognized
infectious diseases with public health importance. The emphasis will be on major infections that
are prevalent in tropical and developing countries. The clinical presentation, modes of
transmission, geographic distribution and prevention of these infections will be considered from
an epidemiologic perspective. Selected global disease control programs and policies will be
assessed for their strengths and weaknesses.
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UGPH 0521
Culture and Health (3)
This course examines theoretical, ethical, and applied elements of
sociocultural research including major methods, challenges, and practices. It also combines a
diversity of timely cases to convey the need for cultural awareness and competency in all
contexts on global health. The course further seeks to explain the various concepts and perspectives on culture and health
and situates culture as an integral component to be considered in attaining health goals.
Participants will examine public health problems within a larger social and cultural context. The
role of culture in research, development of and evaluation of public health initiatives, will also be
explored.
To effectively create and implement public health policies and practices, public health
professionals must account for the cultures of the people they serve, while recognizing cultural
blind spots practitioners and the discipline possess. This course will examine examples of how
public health officials have succeeded and failed to account for culture and its influence on how
communities have engaged with, created, and responded to public health campaigns and
actions.
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UGPH 0560
Foundation In Maternal and Child Health (3)
In this course, students will gain an understanding of the determinants of
the health of mothers and children, from a macro perspective including public policy,
neighborhoods, schools, and health facilities, and from an individual perspective, including
health beliefs and behaviors.
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UGPH 0580
Social Determinants of Health (3)
This course will provide an overview of the social determinants of health, focusing on how social and economic conditions affect a person's health. The course will explore multiple social determinants of health including social integration, racial discrimination, and adverse childhood experiences as they impact the health and well-being of various populations. The course will end with by examining interventions to achieve health equity.
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UGPH 0600
Introduction to Global Public Health (3)
In a world that is increasingly globalized, yet also fragmented, it is important to
develop a health care workforce that is conversant with global health concerns
and to build knowledge networks and research capacities to address information
gaps. This introductory course on global public health provides students with
an overview of the impacts of weak health systems, lacking infrastructure,
economic dependencies, climate, geography, vector biology, and war activity on
communicable and noncommunicable diseases, mental, maternal, and environmental
health.
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UGPH 0605
Qualitative Research Methods (3)
This course
focuses on the methods of qualitative research in public health. The emphasis will be on learning the basic approaches, concepts, content, and
skills associated with qualitative research methods, including case studies,
ethnography, grounded theory, narratives, and phenomenology.
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UGPH 0621
Public Health and Health Disparities (3)
As members of the public health community, we have a role to play in
shaping how people think about and work to eliminate health disparities. This course examines
how social, economic, environmental, cultural, and lifestyle factors contribute to differences in
morbidity and mortality in racial and ethnic minorities and the medically underserved. We will
also examine social determinants of population health.
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UGPH 0630
Global Food Systems and Policy (3)
This course focuses on the challenges faced by food systems locally and globally, and critically analyzes the design, evaluation, and impact of programs and policies aimed at addressing those challenges.
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UGPH 0640
LGBTQ Health: Global History and Context (3)
The course introduces students to the historical context of LGBTQ health and health disparities through the lens of the manifestation of dominant patriarchal systems that produce those disparities.
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UGPH 0642
LGBTQ Health and Health Disparities (3)
This course examines the core interdisciplinary theories, knowledge,
research, and methods evidenced in understanding LGBTQ health and disparities in the LGBTQ
population. The course introduces students to the main conceptual frameworks for the study of
LGBTQ individuals, communities, and populations across the lifespan and overviews existing
knowledge about LGBTQ health in the United States and globally. The course highlights research
design, measurement, ethics, and analysis issues in population research in LGBTQ health.
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UGPH 0644
Methods for Hard-to-Reach Populations (3)
This course provides master's students with tools to design and conduct research among LGBTQ populations and other populations that are hidden and hard to reach.
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UGPH 0646
Transgender Health (3)
People who are transgender, gender queer or gender nonconforming are
becoming more visible in society. Despite the increased visibility of transgender people and the significant
social, political and medical advances regarding sexual orientation and gender identity, gender queer,
nonconforming/binary and people that identify as transgender face severe discrimination, stigma,
systematic and structural oppression, and violence. This course will examine the health and daily life of
people that are transgender, gender queer or gender nonconforming. Students will hear from experts in
the field, hear personal stories from adults, parents of transgender, gender queer or gender
nonconforming children and adolescents, and participate in events produced by the transgender
community. At the completion of the course, students will have a working knowledge of the health and
the structural factors (e.g., discrimination, transphobia, harassment, laws, barriers to health services, as
well as the social, political and medical advances) that have shaped the lives of transgender people.
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UGPH 0648
Public Health Aspects of HIV Prevention and Care (3)
Students will consider the evolution of the HIV epidemic in the United States
throughout the last four decades using a public health lens and with consideration to population-based
health promotion strategies. Students will learn about the history of the disease in the U.S. and within a
global context, the biomedical aspects of the disease including HIV testing and treatment, the
epidemiology of the disease, the socio-bio-behavioral drivers of the disease, and HIV/AIDS public health
policies and calls to action. Students will examine, analyze, apply, and evaluate theoretical paradigms
and research, drawn from public health and interrelated disciplines with regard to HIV prevention,
treatment, and care as it is manifested in and across all segments of the population. The course utilizes
a biopsychosocial framework for understanding illness and health promotion and emphasizes theorybased
HIV prevention and care.
Prerequisite: PHCO 0505
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UGPH 0670
Global Food and Culture (3)
Food tells a unique story about people, places, and perspectives. By
understanding what drives people to eat the foods they do, we can gain insight into the broader
factors that influence nutrition and health outcomes of populations around the world. The
overarching aim of this course is to provide students with a deeper understanding of the cultural,
social, environmental, political and economic determinants that affect the food choices, nutrition
and health of populations globally. Students will learn cultural concepts that relate to food and
body shape preferences, they will examine how different farming and food systems influence
the foods that populations have access to, and they will learn about the diverse dietary patterns
from around the globe, and how they might influence health outcomes. A combination of
lectures, individual assignments, virtual in-class group discussions and presentations will be
used to meet the course objectives.
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UGPH 0680
Urban Public Health (3)
The course provides the student with basic information about how cities
`workż and the background needed to better promote health in urban settings. Cities are
ultimately about their residents and visitors, and the many interactions among them within
complex urban ecosystems. The course describes the multiple social and physical
environments of cities and the ways by which class, power, oppression, socioeconomic status,
development, and the natural and built environments interact to influence the health and wellbeing
of urban populations and subpopulations.
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UGPH 0711
Leadership and Management I: Organizations Contributing to Public Health (3)
This course will include a chance to build systems thinking capacity, develop strategies for influencing organizations within complex macro environments, and practical skills for all aspects of organizational leadership and management. The course will focus on the need for recruiting, retaining, and developing diverse professionals within organizations. Participants will also have an opportunity to explore their own leadership goals, work collaboratively with other students, and meet influential leaders.
Prerequisite: Doctoral student standing.
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UGPH 0712
Creating Interventions for Impact (3)
This course will provide students with a foundation to rigorously identify and define targets for public health intervention, develop organizing conceptual frameworks to guide intervention development, and to interrogate and refine these targets and frameworks as new information comes to light. Addition, this course aims to provide a foundation in basic design and implementation principals used in diverse settings within the technology sector, and to adapt these approaches and principals to creating innovative public health interventions in ongoing collaboration with members of the targeted community and other stakeholders. Finally, the course aims to provide a basic foundation in selecting appropriate assessment, evaluation, and research techniques during this era of rapidly changing social, economic, and technological contexts.
Prerequisite: Doctoral student standing.
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UGPH 0715
Leadership and Management II: Organizations Contributing to Public Health (3)
In this second course in the Leadership and Management course sequence, topics covered include comparing the popular press leadership literature with the scientific literature (including an assessment of the strength of the science in this area), negotiation and mediation skills, media skills, implicit and explicit bias in organizations, hiring and supporting staff to ensure diversity, and employee engagement.
Prerequisite: Doctoral student standing and UGPH 0711.
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UGPH 0716
Evaluation and Evidence for Public Health (3)
Public health professionals are both consumers and creators of evidence about what works and does not work to enhance public well-being. Through this course, students will understand the role of program evaluation in developing evidence for policy and program decisions. With a grounding in impact, implementation, and cost-benefit evaluation, students will demonstrate mastery by developing an evaluation design and an outline for a request for proposals for their dissertation. Throughout, students will make connections between the methods and how to apply them to their dissertation.
Prerequisite: Doctoral student standing.
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UGPH 0723
Leadership and Management III: Organizations Contributing to Public Health (3)
In this third course in the Leadership and Management course sequence, students will expand their knowledge to build systems thinking capacity, develop strategies for influencing organizations within complex macro environments, and practical skills for all aspects of organizational leadership and management. Students will also learn about and have conversations with leaders who
have deep experience with measuring organizational impact, transforming organizations,
partnering across sectors, and creating effective approaches to diversity, equity and belonging. Students will also plan their DrPH Applied Practice Experience during this course.
Prerequisites: UGPH 0711 and UGPH 0715. Doctoral student standing.
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UGPH 0724
Policy, Power, and Advancing Public Health (3)
This course will help students learn to analyze the public health care policy environment, understand power and dynamic decision-making, white supremacy and misogyny and the role of racism and sexism in driving poor health policy, and acquire the tools to craft and win effective public health policy.
Prerequisite: Doctoral student standing.
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UGPH 0744
Methods for Hard to Reach Populations (3)
This course provides doctoral students with tools to design and conduct research among LGBTQ populations and other populations that are hidden and hard to reach.
Prerequisite: Doctoral student standing.
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UGPH 9000
Introduction to the United Nations (3)
This course introduces students to the historical, theoretical and practical foundations of the United Nations and discusses the UN's influence as an intergovernmental organization for public policy and international norm setting in the areas of security, peacekeeping, human rights and development among others. It also discusses the UN as a bureaucracy and examines current and potential structural and operational challenges that lie ahead.
UGPH 9000 is a required course for students enrolled in the United Nations & Global PH certificate program. This course is offered by the Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences.
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