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CH 0002
HEALTH CARE IN AMERICA
Problems and issues encountered in the planning, organization, and
regulation of health services. Health policy formation and its
implications for service delivery. Health care financing; health
insurance; the changing role of physicians; technology; poverty and
health; the mix of planning, regulation, and competitive strategies; and
consumer organizations. Problems of implementation and
administration; federal, state, and local interests.
Sections
00640 CH 000201 E+MW Roelofs, Cora 1.0 Must Register
For A Recitation
00632 CH 0002A HR Staff 0.0
00633 CH 0002B JR Staff 0.0
00634 CH 0002C KW Staff 0.0
00635 CH 0002D EF Staff 0.0
00636 CH 0002E LR Staff 0.0
00637 CH 0002F NR Staff 0.0
03853 CH 0002G IW Staff 0.0
03854 CH 0002H KW Staff 0.0
00638 CH 0002I IW Staff 0.0
00639 CH 0002J FF Staff 0.0
CH 0030
INTERNSHIP SEMINAR
Introduction to social science research methods as these are used in
community health settings, including research design, data collection,
data analysis strategies, and research ethics. Focus on how research,
practice, and policy interrelate in creating evidenced-based community
health interventions and on preparing students to be effective interns.
Sections
00641 CH 003001 K+ Roelofs, Cora 1.0 Ch Majors Only
Or Permission
CH 0031
INTRO STATS HEALTH APPS
Statistics as it relates to community health, public health, and research
in the health fields. Introductory level course, does not require calculus
and emphasizes applications of statistics in the health field rather than
mathematical derivations of statistical equations. Student will learn to
use the computer program SPSS.
Sections
03907 CH 003101 E+MW Kosinski, Karen 1.0 Ch Only Or
Permission
CH 0054
FUNDAMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
(Cross-listed as CEE 54 and ENV 54.) A single course which provides
students an introduction to epidemiological techniques and analyses,
including such topics as incidence and prevalence, age adjustment,
and other techniques appropriate for the handling of confounders, the
measurement of risk through the odds ratio and relative risk, and the
interpretation of epidemiological results. The course will feature
applications of epidemiological techniques to topics appropriate for
public and community health applications such as those found in
infectious disease control, screening for personal risk factors, and the
conducting of disease cluster evaluations.
Sections
00643 CH 005401 H+ Woodin, Mark A 1.0 C-lst Cee 54,
Env 54
CH 0055
RACE,ETHNICITY & HEALTH
Examination of racial and health disparities. The nature of racial and
ethnic categories, data issues, current health status of various
populations, and approaches to resolving disparities including the
concept and practice of cultural competence.
Sections
03855 CH 005501 8 Sprague, Linda 1.0 Thurs 1:30-4;
Ch Majors In
This Section;
03856
Course Listings
Spring 2013
Community Health
C-list Ch5501
CH 005502 8 Sprague, Linda 1.0 Meets Thursday
1:30pm-4; C-list
Ch55-01
Tufts University Course Listings, Spring 2013
CH 0056
ISSUES IN GLOBAL HEALTH
Introductory course in global health. Focus on health in low- and
middle-income countries. Principles of global health along with
additional topics such as health determinants and disparities,
socioeconomic status and health, human rights, culture and health,
maternal and child health, water and sanitation, parasitic diseases and
the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs).
Sections
03908 CH 005601 I+MW Kosinski, Karen 1.0
CH 0104
WOMEN & HEALTH
Theoretical approaches to women's health and women's relationship to
the health care system. Historical development of women's roles as
providers (both lay and professional) and as consumers of health care.
Analysis of the emergence of a women's health movement, changes in
the past decade, and future directions.
Sections
03857 CH 010401 L+ Staff 1.0 Ch Majors In
This Section;
C-list Ch104-02
03858 CH 010402 L+ Staff 1.0 C-list Ch 104-01
CH 0107
SCI & PRACTICE MEDICINE
The physiological basis of medicine from the perspective of a practicing
physician. Basic concepts of pathophysiology, epidemiology, and
clinical medicine are applied to the care of patients with coronary artery
disease, cancer, HIV/AIDS, chronic pain, and other prevalent
conditions. Alternatives to biomedicine.
Sections
00647 CH 010701 7+ Glickman-simon, 1.0 Ch Majors Only;
00648
C-list Ch 107-02
CH 010702 7+ Glickman-simon, 1.0 Open To All
Majors; C-list
Ch 107-01
CH 0180
INTERNSHIP
Supervised fieldwork with a cooperating agency. Provides an
opportunity for students to work in a health organization, agency, or
community group and to become acquainted with related career
possibilities. Placements, handled through the internship coordinator,
can be chosen in the public or private sector, at the local, state, or
federal level, and are usually in the Boston area. The internship must
be completed in the spring or summer of the junior year or the fall of the
senior year. Open only to community health majors.
Prerequisites: CH 1 and 2.
Sections
00649
CH 018001 J+T Sprague, Linda 1.0 High Demand
Reg At Dept
CH 0182
COMM HEALTH EDUCATION
Theoretical principles and training practices in specific community
health education skills: interpersonal communication, group facilitation,
peer education, dramatic arts, design of workshops and training
programs.
Sections
03909 CH 018201 ARR Balbach, Edith 0.5 Yearlong
Course; Must
Have
Completed Fall
Semester
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