Health Behavior Health Education 617

Submitted by gsweet on Sun, 2021-01-10 12:30

In this course, we discuss globalization and health, major actors/organizations in global health, global health inequities, and "hot topics" in global health. This course is designed to help students critically think about how to apply key concepts and skills in health behavior and health education to understanding global health issues.

Business Administration 612

Submitted by gsweet on Sun, 2016-03-06 10:19

The condition of the world's poor is the subject of growing attention. Global poverty is increasingly seen as an unacceptable outcome of the current economic system, and there is interest in exploring new market-based approaches to poverty alleviation. The emerging base of the pyramid (BoP) perspective aligns business-oriented incentives for growth, innovation, and profits with the development community's efforts to create a more inclusive capitalism.

Health Management and Policy 634

Submitted by gsweet on Mon, 2018-12-17 15:16

Provide students with a deeper understanding of these key industries that play an outsize role within the healthcare systems of the US and several other countries, particularly the European markets, and the intersection of these industries and decision makers (eg, payers, HTA bodies).

Epidemiology 674

Submitted by gsweet on Sun, 2021-01-10 12:37

This course will introduce the R statistical programming language for epidemiologic data analysis.  This course will focus on core basics of organizing, managing, and manipulating data; basic graphic in R; and descriptive methods and regression models widely used in epidemiology.

Health Management and Policy 602

Submitted by gsweet on Sun, 2016-03-06 10:27

Analysis of current organizational arrangements and patterns for provision and financing of medical care services in United States.  Topics include need, access and use of services; issues related to health professionals and health facilities; health care costs; quality assessment and assurance and managed care and health care financing.

Health Management and Policy 685

Submitted by gsweet on Mon, 2018-12-17 15:18

Policy requires politics:  behind every positive or negative decision governments make, there are elected politicians, politically skilled officials, journalists, and other stakeholders.  Understanding the world of politics is crucial to influencing and implementing policies for public health.  Indeed, it is impossible to understand public health policy outside of its political context.  This class presents the basic institutions and politics of contemporary public health policymaking through studies of institutions and contemporary policy debates.  Through analysis of case studies includin

Biostatistics 607

Submitted by gsweet on Fri, 2021-08-06 15:07

This modular course focuses on basic programming skills for Python, R, and C++. It will cover key features of each including conditional statements, loops, data structures, basic data processing and analysis, basic data visualization, and object-orientation programming. 

Health Management and Policy 669

Submitted by gsweet on Sun, 2016-03-06 10:45

This course covers relational database theory and database-web systems with applications to health care.  The students are expected to develop a working knowledge of design, implementation, administration and maintenance of small to medium relational database systems.  The students will also be exposed to current technology for deployment, use and administration of relational databases through the Internet.

Social Work 634

Submitted by gsweet on Mon, 2018-12-17 15:21

This course will examine the strengths and limitations of the U.S. health care system, including health indicators and the state of health care delivery in the United States, with selective international comparisons. The role of the public and private sectors in health care and health policy will be presented, with special attention to the financing of health care and the role of the government in health care. The course will focus on the organization of services (i.e., public health, prevention/ promotion services, primary care, acute care, chronic care, and long-term care).

School of Information 624

Submitted by gsweet on Thu, 2021-10-07 16:41

Step into the role of a data consultant and use data to facilitate change in healthcare research, quality improvement and patient outcomes, and population health. Data consultants act as the bridge between the leadership and project stakeholders, and the data analysts to help in translating the data into actionable results. Their expertise lies in effective communication, scoping of projects, and needs assessment. They examine data, processes and technologies to evaluate current state and critical problems.

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