HSAP 0515
Data for Health Services Research and Policy (3)
The purpose of this course is twofold. First, the course introduces students to methods for identifying and employing relevant data sources for use in health services research and policy analysis. Second, the course provides a comprehensive introduction to data management and hands-on experience using, managing, and producing estimates from such data.
This course is offered at the New Brunswick school location only.
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HSAP 0519
Managing Health Care Delivery Organizations (3)
The purpose of this course is to provide students with descriptive information about the organizations in the United States that deliver health care and some of the methods used in managing them.
This course is offered at the New Brunswick school location only.
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HSAP 0590
Readings/Research Topics in Health Care Organization and Administration (1-3)
Prerequisites: Faculty and adviser approval required prior to registration. This course is offered at the New Brunswick school location only.
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HSAP 0614
Health Services and Policy Research Methods (3)
Public health research is increasingly based on the analysis of surveys of households, providers, and analyses of administrative records. This course explores the foundations of such secondary data analysis.
This course is offered at the New Brunswick school location only.
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HSAP 0615
Health Care Economics (3)
Students will use principles of microeconomics to examine the special features of the health care market. They will develop analytical skills that are grounded in economic theory and techniques to assess and evaluate health care issues and problems. Class discussions focus on such topics as health insurance, demand for health care, physician payment, national health care reform, cost containment strategies, and more.
Prerequisites: PHCO 0501 and PHCO 0504.
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HSAP 0617
Health Services Research and Evaluation (3)
Building on prior exposure to research methods in biostatistics and epidemiology, and issues in health services administration, students are presented with an overview of both quantitative and qualitative research methods used in investigating health services, including health needs assessment and evaluation of health services programs.
Prerequisites: PHCO 0501, PHCO 0502, and PHCO 0504. This course is offered at the Stratford school location only.
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HSAP 0619
Public Health Applications in Developing Countries (3)
This course is designed to introduce students to basic issues of confronting the public health of marginalized populations in developing countries. It addresses the socioeconomic and political factors, and conditions that place populations at risk for poor health. The course includes a one-week field experience in the Dominican Republic in which students undertake public health projects in extremely poor communities of Haitian sugarcane workers and their families.
Prerequisites: PHCO 0501 and permission of the instructor and faculty adviser. This course is offered at all school locations.
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HSAP 0620
Health Ethics and Law (3)
Legal topics that will be examined include general information on the role of law in public health enforcement and administration; constitutional and legal basis for regulation of public health; public good versus private rights; and, administrative law as a branch of public health law. The course will also illustrate ethical concerns and problems in public health research, practice, and administration using a case method approach.
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HSAP 0661
Health Care Policy (3)
This course examines the current
issues in U.S. health care policy with in-depth case examples from New
Jersey policy. Provides an overview of the financing, regulation, and
delivery of health care in the United States, with discussion of current
policy topics including health insurance coverage, quality of care, and
racial/ethnic disparities in care.
Prerequisite: PHCO 0501. Cross-listed with 34:833:580. This course is offered at the New Brunswick school location.
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HSAP 0663
Issues in Private and Public Health Insurance (3)
This course explores issues related to the role of private and public health insurance in the health care sector. The focus is on institutional features of the private and public health insurance systems, the theory underlying the population's demand for private and public health insurance, and potential behavioral responses by persons with such coverage. Students engage in a critical evaluation of the private and public insurance systems with the intent of identifying changes that might improve the efficiency and equity with which these markets pool risks.
This course is offered at the New Brunswick school location.
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HSAP 0665
Public Health Management and Practice (3)
This course is designed to provide public health students with a conceptual framework for both understanding and integrating the dimensions and practice of the evolving field of public health. It addresses historical aspects and events that have impacted the field and emphasizes directed efforts to clarify and strengthen the discipline and functions of public health from a systems approach. It also reinforces the organization and management of mandated community health and related services provided by governmental health agencies.
This course is offered at Stratford school location.
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HSAP 0666
Public Health: Policy and Practice (3)
How policy decisions affect public health practice at federal, state, county, and local levels is the primary focus of the course. Policymakers and professionals engaged in public health practice at various levels will be guest lecturers.
This course is offered at the Stratford school location.
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HSAP 0671
Topics in Health Systems and Health Care Policy (3)
This course will focus on selected topics related to the performance and structure of health care systems, and the possible policy responses to address perceived shortcomings in health system performance.
Prerequisite: HSAP 0615. This course is offered at the New Brunswick school location.
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HSAP 0672
Theories of Development and Global Public Health (3)
Students will be introduced to different theories of development (modernization theory, dependency theory, and world systems theory) and discuss their implications for global public health partnerships in supporting health systems such as the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations (GAVI); the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria; and the Clinton Global Initiative; women's role in development and health; the growing significance of chronic disease; populations shifts towards greater urbanization; and the challenges of public health practice.
This course is offered at the New Brunswick school location.
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HSAP 0673
Population Health and Public Policy (3)
This course surveys selected population health problems and how they are shaped by the social, economic, and residential circumstances of individuals, their political environments, and their health behaviors. Particular emphasis of the course will be to explore public policy initiatives to address the health problems under consideration, and to evaluate their success and unintended consequences.
This course is offered at the New Brunswick school location.
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HSAP 6504
Human Resources Management (3)
This course examines the relationship between employers, employees, and their labor relations organizations in government and the nonprofit sector. It focuses on the leadership and direction of employees and the impact of collective negotiations on critical issues of public policy and civil service organizations.
Cross-listed with 56:834:557. This course is offered through Rutgers Graduate School-Camden.
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HSAP 6505
Organizational Behavior (3)
This course examines organization behavior--of individuals and groups/teams--and the organization context in which that behavior takes place. Organization theories as well as behavior theories and approaches are discussed, including seminal historical works and more current treatments.
Cross-listed with 56:834:505. This course is offered through Rutgers Graduate School-Camden.
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HSAP 6525
Public Management (3)
Contemporary management approaches, techniques, and skills for managing various kinds of public organizations. Decision making, administrative leadership, planning, implementation, evaluation, and ethics are key topics.
Cross-listed with 56:834:525. This course is offered through Rutgers Graduate School-Camden.
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HSAP 6540
Colloquium: Public Policy and Administration (3)
This course provides intensive examination of specific areas of public policy concern or of specific trends in public policy analysis. Seminar topics include health administration, transportation, housing policy, productivity, energy policy, judicial management, international management, international financial management, administrative communication, environmental policy, community leadership, and comparative public policy.
Cross-listed with 56:834:601. This course is offered through Rutgers Graduate School-Camden.
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HSAP 6558
Leadership and Communication Skills (3)
This course examines the strengths and limitations of various leadership theories and provides students with an awareness of personal learning, leadership, influence, and communication styles. Students will develop leadership skills through interpersonal exercises and through course projects involving current managerial and political issues. Communication skills involving writing, speaking, meetings, media relations, and strategic planning are emphasized.
Cross-listed with 56:834:558. This course is offered through Rutgers Graduate School-Camden.
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HSAP 6559
Ethics in Government (3)
Basic survey of the ethical values, theories, policies, laws, and institutions shaping government ethics, focused on the role, duties, and
responsibilities of the public administrator.
Cross-listed with 56:834:559. This course is offered through Rutgers Graduate School-Camden.
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HSAP 9523
Sociology of Health (3)
Social
correlates of health and illness in the United States; major social
roles and organizational structures concerned with health and medical
care.
Cross-listed with 16:920:523. This course is offered through Rutgers Graduate School-New Brunswick.
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HSAP 9585
American Social Policy (3)
This course focuses on the development of social welfare politics in the United States. Places the American case within the larger international and historical context, explores the major dilemmas in contemporary social policymaking including agenda setting, institutional choice, and implementation design. Examines dilemmas in greater depth by analyzing specific policy issues, such as child support enforcement, nutrition programs, and medical care.
Cross-listed with 34:833:585. This course is offered through the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy.
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HSAP 9594
Program Evaluation (3)
This course examines the procedures and techniques that can be used to scientifically
document the implications of professional interventions. Conceptual, measurement,
and analytic tools including activities and objectives, monitoring and measurement, design of monitoring and social experiments, and impact analysis are also covered.
Cross-listed with 34:970:594. This course is offered through the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy.
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HSAP 9595
Economics of Poverty (3)
This course uses economic tools and analysis to examine the causes and consequences
of poverty, how poverty is defined, and the impact/effectiveness of government policy.
Cross-listed with 34:833:595. This course is offered through the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy.
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