SVM Catalogue 2012-2013 - St. George's University

School of Medicine
Course Descriptions
PUBH 808
Maternal and Child Health
This course covers the major issues involved in the provision
of maternal and child care services across countries, special
needs and programs targeting women and children,
changing structure of the family, domestic violence, and
child abuse. A special focus is given to issues involving
maternal and child health in the Caribbean region.
PUBH 812
Nutrition and Public Health
Nutrition and Public Health covers the roles and
applications of nutrition to assess community needs, shape
policies that affect the public’s health, and manage public
health nutrition programs. This course examines major
health conditions and diseases within populations that have
strong nutritional components.
PUBH 824
Preventing Mental Illness: Global Perspectives and
Universal Strategies
This course provides an advanced introduction to
community psychology, public health theory, and research
with the goal of helping students to develop a global
understanding of the prevention of mental illness. This
course is divided into three components:
• Section I: Psychological Theory and Research
Psychological Theory and Research is primarily concerned
with person-environment interactions and the ways
society impacts individual and community functioning.
In this section of the course, students will explore the
framework of community psychology theory and practice.
• Section II: Prevention and Primary Care
Students will investigate the integration of psychological
theory with public health medicine. In particular, the focus
will be on the role of the primary care provider in mental
health illness prevention.
• Section III: Specific Areas of Prevention
During this section of the course, students will focus on a
variety of psychosocial issues and the practical application
of psychosocial theory and research to the prevention
of mental illness, in addition to the promotion of mental
health and wellness.
PUBH 825
Family Violence: A Public Health Problem
This course presents an in-depth study of family violence,
a growing public health problem. Characteristics of the
problem, its history, and its numerous manifestations in
specific population groups across the life span will be studied.
The role of public health agencies and their interface with the
criminal justice systems will be an important focus. Prevention
strategies and community responses to the problem will
provide students with the opportunity to evaluate and plan a
public health solution to a specific aspect of family violence for
a geographic location of their selection.
PUBH 826
Women and Health: A Sociolegal Perspective
This course is intended to develop an understanding of the
conception and operation of the law as it relates to women
and health. Critical conceptual issues from the humanities,
law, and social sciences will be used to investigate and
theorize the intersections of women, health, and the law,
with an emphasis on the North American experience, as
well as glimpses into global conversations. The ways in
which differences of race, class ability, and sexuality make a
difference to women’s health will be constantly interrogated.
PUBH 827
International Public Health Law and Policy
This course is intended to provide students of public health
administration, health policy, and planning, as well as other
health-related disciplines with a basic understanding of law
and the international legal system as it impacts upon public
health administration. The course is accordingly tailored
to the needs of such students; it is specifically designed
to assist them in understanding and coping with the legal
constraints within which they will pursue their various
disciplines and endeavors, the legal controversies in which
they are likely to become involved, and the relationship
between public health and international law. As such, the
primary audience of this course is intended to be students
and others with some interest or expertise in the delivery of
health care, but little or no background in law.
PUBH 831
Concepts, Practice, and Leadership of Public Health
This course is one of four courses that the department
requires of all graduate students in the Master of Public
Health program. It focuses on the determinants of health,
and the philosophical and organizational foundations
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