29 courses with the subject HLTP, 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.
HLTP 110Introduction To Public Health4
This course explores the multidimensional aspects of public health in the United States, with a particular emphasis on social and economic factors that affect morbidity and mortality. Current practices and policies designed to improve population health will be discussed. Public health professional practice is diverse due to multiple cultures, environments, and health care delivery systems in the 21st century United States. Students will gain an understanding of the many fields, disciplines and issues that are public health.
none. (PTK: SS) (M4)(Equity and Inclusion) MILE Requirement: SS LinC Requirement: M4 Credit Type Code: Letter Grade TAGS Inclusion
HLTP 112Sustainability and Public Health4
This course introduces students to key sustainability issues through the lens of public health prevention and planning. Students will gain an understanding of the complex relationship between the environment, socioeconomics, and disease, as well as potential strategies for addressing key sustainability issues at a local and global level. The curriculum focuses on the following public health topics: sustainability history, culture and ethics, consumption and consumerism, food systems, food security, water resources, water pollution, waste management, climate change, climate justice, and environmental policy.
This course introduces students to the health conditions impacting pregnant persons, newborns, infants, children, and their families from a life course perspective. The curriculum focuses on the history of maternal and child health, the global burden of disease, and current policies and programs that seek to promote health for this population. Students will explore maternal and child health data from developing and developed countries and apply epidemiological methods.
Partnering with the Moravian University Center for Career and Civic Engagement, students will contribute to the health and well-being of individuals and populations by serving community-based organizations and initiatives. As an integral part of service learning, students will reflect and present on their experiences and share ideas for capacity building and service improvements.
Approval of the public health program director MILE Requirement: BTC Credit Type Code: Letter Grade TAGS Public Speaking
HLTP 186Health Without Borders4
This course introduces students to key public health concepts related to immigrant and refugee health. The curriculum focuses on the following global health topics: definitions for immigrant populations, causes of conflict, surveillance of communicable and noncommunicable diseases, mental health, vaccination and food aid programs, cultural humility, health policy and advocacy, and coordination of social services. The course examines important health challenges for immigrants and refugees as well as potential strategies towards improving health outcomes.
This course introduces students to the key statistical concepts and methods used in public health and health sciences. The curriculum focuses on the following biostatistical topics: measurement, descriptive and graphical analysis, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, correlation, analysis of variance, regression analysis, and writing and interpreting statistics. A major component of the course includes learning how to manage, analyze, interpret, and communicate quantitative health findings. Another major component of the course includes learning how to utilize SPSS, which is one of the leading statistical software packages for public health. This course prepares students to be a good consumer of health research. Students will apply ethical principles to data collection and recognize the importance of limitations based on study design. (PTK - L&R))(Quantitative Reasoning)
This workshop-based course introduces students to the practice of writing about complex medical topics with a focus on defining the purpose, identifying the audience and developing the appropriate tone for selected documents. Students will read and discuss representative works and will draft and revise a number of their own health-related documents. (WI).
This course is an introduction to the study of disease occurrence in human populations. Basic epidemiological concepts, data sources, study designs, and analysis are discussed. Emphasis is place on how epidemiology impacts the way we make personal decisions about our own lives and the ways in which governments and public health agencies make policy decisions that affect how we live. (PTK - SCI)(Quantitative Reasoning)
Food is essential not only for our health and wellbeing, but also for our basic survival. How we obtain, preserve, and prepare our food has changed drastically since the days when our hunter-gatherer ancestors discovered fire, domesticated the first livestock, and cultivated the earliest crops. Today, concerns about food safety, poor diets, and obesity dominate the U.S. headlines, and we are bombarded with all sorts of conflicting dietary claims in the media or via the internet. This course will focus on the science of nutrition: the macro and micro nutrients we need and why, the linkages between energy balance and body composition disordered eating, and food safety. Because there are so many false, conflicting, and newly-emerging (but as of yet, unproven) claims about diet and our health, we will also use the scientific understanding gained to help identify credible sources of information about nutrition, diet plans and dietary supplements, and food safety.
In the search for why individuals make various health choices this course will explore many theories of the intricacies of human behavior and change. The health of individuals affects the health of their families, communities and society. Recognizing the complexity of human behavior and the related dynamics of cultural, social and environmental factors, students will analyze and evaluate various health intervention and programs. (PTK - SS)
This asynchronous online course examines the relationship between housing and health with a focus on housing affordability as well as quality. Housing as a social justice issue will be explored through the examination of populations affected and policies that impede or improve access to affordable, livable housing. Students will critically examine the current housing crisis and factors that led to the rise of homelessness in the United States. Students will apply their knowledge to develop potential solutions to housing insecurity and its impact on individual and population health.
This course examines the complex and interdependent relationship between environment and health outcomes, with a focus on emerging and reemerging environmental threats. Some topics include: effects of urbanization and demographic shifts on incidence of infectious disease; priority diseases from air, water, food, occupational, and clinical origins; novel chemical hazards, including “forever chemicals”; and regulatory, societal, and economic influences on the prevalence of environmental disasters and disparities.
Graphic narrative, fotonovela, podcasts and digital storytelling are ways that students, health professionals, patients, and the community can develop an understanding of complex health and social issues. Graphic medicine, a form of graphic narrative, is an emerging strategy in medical education that enables students to reflect upon the challenges faced in encountering patients and colleagues during difficult situations. This strategy can also be used in other professions tackling challenging personal, interpersonal, and social issues. Fotonovelas and digital storytelling are strategies that have been used to communicate health messages as well as stories of social injustice. Podcasts have become a standard medium to convey information and raise awareness about issues of interest to their listeners. Through this course students will develop skills in using these media to not only communicate complex health messages, but also to examine social issues in a very complex world.
This course reviews the association between social factors and health from an individual, community, and systems perspectives. Key social determinants of health covered during the course include income, wealth, education, food insecurity, housing, empowerment, and social exclusion. Social and economic conditions are the best predictors of health outcomes. Students will learn why a person’s zip code is a better predictor of health than genetic code. Students are introduced to emerging research on the social determinants of health. (Public Speaking)(Equity and Inclusion)
This course provides a foundation for both healthcare professionals and citizens to evaluate, and potentially change, health policies which influence the quality of their lives. The course provides an overview of policymaking and the law, the U.S. healthcare system, and public health institutions. Current issues in health policy including individual rights, health economics, health insurance and reform, and healthcare quality are addressed. Students will practice basic skills in health policy analysis and communication for political success.
Becoming a health professional requires building a base of knowledge, skills, and experiences. During the course, students reflect on and develop their knowledge, skills, and experience related to public health professionalism. Based on reflection, fitting internship, graduate school, and/or career opportunities are identified. Professional skills, such as elevator pitches, job talks, research presentations, understanding public health associations/societies and credentialing, public speaking, community engagement/organizing, advocacy, resume writing, and interviewing, are practiced, evaluated, and improved.
HLTP 110 & HLTP 218 Credit Type Code: Letter Grade
HLTP 315Health Policy4
This course explores health policy from the perspectives of health care delivery and public health. It provides students with an overview of policy making and law, the United States healthcare system, and the role of law in optimizing health. Individual rights, paternalism, health economics, health care reform, health quality, and social justice issues will be discussed. (Critical Reading)(Writing)
HLTP 110 or Instructor’s permission MILE Requirement: SS Credit Type Code: Letter Grade TAGS Critical Reading Writing
HLTP 321Global Health4
Global health explores the huge disparities of health from country to country. In the 21st century the ease of travel has erased the confinement of communicable diseases and bioterrorism to the borders of a country. The health advances of the 21th century are costly and often pose ethical dilemmas for their implementation. Improvement of global health is a complex and often misunderstood process. Lack of public health professionals in many countries can prevent implementation of beneficial changes. Millennium developmental goals and the World Health Organization goals will guide the study of this course. (PTK - Global Connections)(Equity and Inclusion)( Intercultural and Linguistic Competencies)
HLTP 110 - Introduction to Public Health or Instructors Permission MILE Requirement: GLO Credit Type Code: Letter Grade TAGS Inclusion Cultural and Linguistic Competencies
HLTP 330Environmental Health4
This course addresses key areas of environmental health. Environmental epidemiology, environmental toxicology, and environmental policy and regulation are discussed as tools necessary to understand and promote environmental health. Specific agents of environmental diseases are analyzed. Applications of environmental health, including water and air quality, food safety, waste disposal, occupational health, and unintentional injuries and death, are explored. (PTK - SCI) (Equity and Inclusion)
HLTP 110 OR ENVR 110 OR ENVR 112 MILE Requirement: SCI Credit Type Code: Letter Grade TAGS Inclusion
HLTP 340WI: Health Program Planning and Evaluation4
This course introduces students to the theory and application of public health program planning, implementation, and evaluation. The curriculum focuses on community needs assessment, partnership building, designing clear objectives, developing a strategic plan, implementing culturally competent interventions, formative and summative evaluation, and sustainability of programs. Students will design their own public health program and evaluation plan using a logic model and public health planning models. Writing-Intensive.
HLTP 110 OR NURS 115 MILE Requirement: CON LinC Requirement: WI Credit Type Code: Letter Grade
HLTP 380Professional and Career Development in Health2
Professional and Career Development in Health provides students with an opportunity to plan for their career goals and prepare through professional development activities. Students will apply their knowledge and skills in a professional environment that will prepare them for a health career. Students will develop materials needed to apply to graduate school and the workforce.
