URBAN PUBLIC HEALTH
PH
700 Biostatistics*
Prereq: elementary statistics or equivalent math preparation.
Application of statistical methods to health data: demographic concepts,
life tables, rates and their use in administration and epidemiology, measurements
and distributions, testing of significance, and concepts of sampling.
PH
701 Principles of Health Care Administration
Interaction of official and voluntary health agencies at local, regional,
national levels. Examination of objectives, organization, and administration.
Emphasis on impact of comprehensive health planning and consumer participation.
PH
702 Environmental Health and Safety
Survey of chemical, physical, and biological factors influencing quality
of ambient, workplace, and home environments; air and water pollution;
radiation and noise hazards; hazardous substances; solid wastes; food
protection; accidents; pesticides.
PH
703 Principles of Epidemiology*
Prereq: pH 700.
Lectures, seminars, exercises on concepts, principles, and uses of
epidemiology. Study of selected communicable and chronic diseases
to illustrate description of distributions and causes, analysis of
causes, approaches to prevention.
PH
710 Urban Health Promotion
Examines impact of social and political forces on the health of urban
populations and describes roles for public health professionals in
promoting health of urban communities.
PH
740 Public Health and Public Policy
Prereq: At least 30 credits including PH 700, 701, 702, 703 and 710.
Through in-depth exploration of major health issues, course examines
how government policies and social and economic factors influence
the practice of public health in urban settings and how public health
professionals can influence policy.
COMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATION
COMHE 750 Community Health Assessment
Course introduces theories, concepts and skills in
community needs assessment, examines assessment methods, data
interpretation, epidemiological and social science literature.
Prepares students to collect and analyze data on community health from
a variety of sources, to identify problems and assets, and to develop
objectives for community health. Students will have written
assignments related to a community assessment including: reports on a
community tour, visit to a Community Board Meeting, a two-part
community profile and a literature review of intervention
studies. Prereq: PH 710.
COMHE
753 Health Program Planning, Funding, and Evaluation
Identifying or designing a health program, finding funding sources,
and developing a proposal covering program need, program objectives, a
management and quality assurance plan, preliminary work, evaluation,
budget, and a plan for obtaining funding. Prereq: completion of 15
major credits including PH 750.
PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION
NUTR
710 Principles of Public Health Nutrition*
Fundamentals of nutrition in public health as they apply to health
promotion and disease prevention for individuals and society, with
emphasis on urban populations.
NUTR
720 Nutrition in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention*
Relationship of diet and chronic disease. Integration of
epidemiological, clinical,
and experimental evidence in the development of nutrition policy to
reduce disease risk.
NUTR
730 Nutritional Assessmt of Urban Communities & Populations
at Risk
The collection and analysis of data for the purposes of identification
of, and designing interventions for individuals and urban populations
at nutritional risk.
NUTR
733 Nutrition and Health Through the Life Cycle*
Relation of nutrition to growth and development. Nutritional concerns
of the geriatric population. Nutrition requirements throughout
the life cycle.
NUTR
737.1 (3 cr, 210 hrs) Public Health Nutrition Fieldwork I**
Directed field experiences in public health nutrition agencies and/or
programs.
NUTR
737.2 (3 cr, 210 hrs) Public Health Nutrition Fieldwork II
Directed field experiences in public health nutrition agencies and/or
programs.
DIETETIC INTERNSHIP (12 credits)
Students accepted
into the Hunter College dietetic internship program take the four
courses listed below in place of NUTR 737.1 and 6 credits
of electives.
NUTR 700 Seminar
in Dietetics Practice
Discussions and student presentations of topics of current interest
in the practice of dietetics and public health nutrition.
NUTR 701 Pre-Professional
Practice in Dietetics: Clinical
Supervised externship in clinical dietetics and classroom discussions
of readings and field experiences.
NUTR 702 Pre-Professional
Practice in Dietetics: Food Service
Supervised externship in food service and personnel management, and
classroom discussions of readings and field experiences.
NUTR 703 Pre-Professional
Practice in Dietetics: Community
Supervised externship in community nutrition and classroom discussions
of readings and field experiences.
*Successful completion
of courses marked with an asterisk (*) may be used towards completion
of some of the requirements for the DPD.
**Dietetic
interns substitute NUTR 700-703 (12 credits) for NUTR 737.1
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