Undergraduate Summer Electives 2007

COMHE 310 The Human Organism (Summer Session I)
Structural organization of the body and associated functions with emphasis on the systemic level, e.g. cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, etc. Regulatory processes and changes associated with abnoral function including environmental factors, nutritional deficiencies, aging, etc., as they relate to health maintenance. Prereqs: Biology 100 or 102 or equivalent. Advisor permission required.

Graduate Summer Electives 2007

COMHE 770.02 Information Research in Public Health (Summer Session II)
This course provides the opportunity for students to pursue the theoretical and practical principles of information research in public health. This course will examine the nature, production and uses of information and the latest developments in information technology and its impact on the public’s health. Students will learn the necessary skills to become expert searchers and develop proficiencies in identifying, retrieving, evaluating, and using relevant print, electronic and Internet sources to locate health-based government, evidence based, political, community, and statistical information for in-depth public health research.

COMHE 770.12 Diabetes Prevention & Management: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Summer Session I)

The purpose of the course is to review existing approaches to diabetes prevention and management with a focus on reducing the impact of diabetes among urban populations. The course will explore current challenges related to diabetes and present the social ecological theory as a framework for the expansion of diabetes prevention and management. The following topics will be addressed: 1) types of diabetes and complications, diagnostic criteria/screening, care and management; 2) epidemiology of diabetes prevalence/incidence/mortality, complications, risk factors; and 3) diabetes prevention issues including measurements of obesity and physical activity, types of interventions and evaluation designs, and cultural issues. The course will consider research, practice and policy issues related to diabetes prevention and management. Open to graduate students in public health, nutrition, nursing, social work and other related fields as well as to social science doctoral students.  For more information contact Hollie Jones, PhD CUNY Campaign Against Diabetes Coordinator at hjones1@gc.cuny.edu