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