Education

Baldwin Wallace University

Bachelor of Science in Public Health & Prevention Science, Spanish (May, 2019)

GIS Health Analysis

Special topics of interest will be presented. Examples include Military Health; Impact of Culture on Health; Principles of Human Disease; Health, Human Rights, and Displaced Persons; Issues in Women's Health, and Men's Health Across the Lifespan. Students will learn how to navigate the ArcGIS software.

Health and Social Justice (Grant Writing)

Health is an asset and a resource critical to human development that benefits society as a whole. But realizing health for all members of society is a matter of social justice, which depends on reducing social and economic inequality and increasing democracy. This course will allow the student to explore many aspects of health inequalities including how health inequalities are rooted in injustices associated with racism, social class, and sex discrimination. It will provide an analysis of the politics of health inequities and show how market values often dominate over collective needs for well being. Students will examine the politics of methodology and the implications for research and public policy, and critique the ideological implications of contemporary health promotion as a model for public health. Additionally, the course will review approaches that influence the social determinants of health and develop encourage students to develop principles for action and research. An analysis of the role of the mass media in influencing the conceptualization of public health issues will be included.

Biostatistics

An introductory course in statistics for the biological and health sciences covering descriptive statistics, probability and probability distributions, hypothesis testing, correlation and regression, and analysis of variance.

Chemical Dependence and Substance Abuse

Drug use remains a major problem in our communities and in our schools. This course will study the problem. Students will be exposed to many of the difficulties created by alcohol and drug abuse, the complexities of dependency and recovery, and will learn prevention strategies.

Medical Sociology

This course uses sociological concepts, perspectives and research methods to examine the socio-cultural aspects of health and illness, disease prevention and disease treatment. The course explores the epidemiology and social demography of health, examines the behaviors associated with health and illness, and reviews the experience of illness in various societies. Attention is given to the doctor/patient interaction, the medical professions in changing societies, and the health care delivery systems and social policies regarding medical care in the United States and other nations.

Infectious Diseases and Epidemics

This course is devoted to the methods required to study infectious disease and outbreak investigations. It will provide the opportunity for the student to apply basic principles of epidemiology in real-life examples and case studies such as HIV/AIDS, SARS, Lyme disease, food-borne contagions, sexually transmitted diseases, and hemorrhagic fever outbreaks.

Community Health Planning

The course will provide students with the understanding and experience in conducting community health planning, assessment, and evaluation for the purpose of helping organizations better serve their communities. The course will discuss the theories and methods used as part of the assessment process. Students will learn to use qualitative methods (face to face interviewing, focus groups, photovoice) as tools to learn about issues important to communitites. This is a service learning course and students will be expected to work with community partners in conducting a community assessment, intervention identification, or evaluation. Students will be expected to be professional when working with our community partners. The course will be a mixture of classroom activity and community work. The instructor will supervise and facilitate the process and the work students do with organizations.

Environmental Health

This course will provide an overview of how human habits impact the environment, which, in turn, influences health. Included is a historical background bout measures that have been implemented to conserve and preserve the environment as a public health effort, and information regarding laws and policy designed to prevent environmental health issues.

Epidemiology: Measuring Health

Epidemiology is the basic science of disease prevention and plays major roles in the development and evaluation of public policy as well as in social, political, and legal arenas. Used together with laboratory research, it identifies environmental and genetic risk factors for disease and pathogenesis. This course provides an introduction to the field; students will learn basic principles, methods, approaches, and uses of epidemiology. Students will apply principles learned to actual public health questions.

Public Health Policy

This course will provide students of public health with a firm foundation of the basics of American health policy and law. Given the prominent role played by policy and law in the health of all Americans, the aim of this course is to help students develop an understanding of the broad context of health policy and law, the essential policy and legal issues impacting and flowing out of the health care and public health systems, and the way health policies and laws are formulated. This course will provide an introduction to the seminal issues in U.S. health policy and law, thus providing a starting point for discussion, reflection, research, and analysis.

Global Health

This course provides and introduction to epidemiological, political, behavioral, sociological, cultural, and medical dimensions in the field of international health. Coverage includes problems concerning both developed and developing countries, but the emphasis is on problems confronting developing countries. Population-based public health approaches to solving international health problems will be introduced. Topics include historical perspectives, health indicators, the role of culture and behavior, communicable and no communicable diseases, malnutrition, obesity, environmental health and population issues, the health of women and children, mental health, world health systems, and future issues in international health.

Spanish for Healthcare Providers

Spanish for Healthcare Providers is designed to give students a fundamental background in the Spanish that is spoken in healthcare settings and a greater understanding of Latino culture in the United States. More broadly, this course asksstudents to consider the legal, ethical, and cultural challenges of delivering health care to a culturally and linguistically diverse population. Through conversation practice, simulated oral situations, readings, vocabulary exercises, exams, and short papers in both English and Spanish students will learn to communicate in Spanish in a wide range of situations pertinent to health-related scenarios.

Medical Terminology

This course is an introduction to the field of medical terminology, the language of the medical profession and its allied health professions. Emphasis is on understanding basic medical terms and how they are used in communicating, documenting and reporting patient care procedures. Practical applications are provided by exercises and medical record analyses.