13 courses with the subject PHP, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
This course introduces students to the basic principles, philosophies, and functional areas of health promotion and education. Describes prevalent educational and psychological theories of learning and behavior change used by health educators in a variety of work settings.
This course will present the student with an introduction to the multifaceted discipline of public health for the purpose of enhancing an understanding of the topic and providing a knowledge base for further studies. The definition of public health will be presented in the context of its history, system structure, and responsibilities in protecting human health in society. The social-ecological model of the interactions between physical/social environments with the individual biological/behavioral factors as determinants of population health will be emphasized/ The public health focus on disease prevention, measuring the health of populations, creating population-wide interventions, assessing outcomes, and informing policy will be discussed. Basic concepts in the five core public health knowledge areas of epidemiology, biostatistics, environmental health, social and behavioral sciences, and health policy and management will be introduced. Historical and contemporaneous examples and case studies will be used to demonstrate principles and issues. Students are expected to exhibit knowledge of the role and responsibilities of public health and demonstrate some facility in using basic public health methods in addressing population health issues.
This course introduces students to health communication methods which encompass utilizing different communication techniques to reach varied audiences, applying social marketing, health advocacy, and tailored messaging. The impact of varied types of communications on the decision-making process in different segments of the population will be a focal point.
This course introduces students to the fundamental functions of public health practice: assessment, policy development and assurance. Community-based needs assessment and common public health intervention strategies comprise the core content of this course. Students will explore the process of developing interventions with an emphasis on employing the technologies commonly used in public health practice.
This course will introduce the nature of health policy and the process by which it is developed. Various approaches to health policy are defined and their rationale considered. The politics of the development of health policy in democratic societies are discussed from both national and international perspectives.
This course provides an introduction to the discipline of epidemiology, its role in public health practice and decision-making. The course will address the distribution and determinants of disease/injury in population and will explore how epidemiologists make inferences about risk factors and etiology of disease/injury in populations.
This course is designed to focus on the principles of research relevant to the health fields and increase the awareness of the importance of disseminating information. Students will learn how to review literature and to apply research methodology to problems within their specific health fields. An introduction to quantitative, qualitative, mixed method and participatory approaches to research, as well as ethical issue in conducting research will be discussed. Students will build the skills necessary for conducting research and will be able to design a research project.
This course introduces students to public health program planning methods with an emphasis on planning health promotion/health education interventions. Strategies and techniques for community-based needs assessment are presented. Students will develop and use the skills needed to plan for the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of strategies to improve individual and community health.
This course provides an introduction to the discipline of epidemiology and its role in public health practice and decision-making. The course will address the distribution and determinants of disease/injury in populations and will explore how epidemiologists make inferences about risk factors and etiology of disease/injury in populations.
This course will explore the major ethical issues confronting the practices of medicine and biomedical science. The class will become familiar with legal and institutional positions, study ethical issues related to the access of healthcare, quality of care, ethical dilemmas of beginning of life issues including surrogacy and abortion, bioethical considerations of aging and dying, physician assisted suicide, assisted dying, current practices in organ transplantation, regenerative medicine, stem cell research, the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and new and emerging bioethics issues in societal health including domestic violence and end of life care.
One hundred and twenty hours of supervised field work in a professional setting and a written paper on the experience.
The purpose of this course is to present the student with a clinical experience in a Public Health profession under the supervision of qualified personnel which meets the standards of recognized accrediting agencies.
This course will explore the health disparities that exist among and between groups of people based on the categories of race, ethnicity, gender and class. Situated within the historical record of public health in the United States, this course will review the social, political, cultural, legal and ethical factors that influence health disparities. Significant attention will be given to the idea that health and access to health care is a basic human right in a just society.
Source: Manhattan College's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
