| source Duke (X) |
level |
department Global Health (X) |
Examines interconnections among gender, poverty, and health. Adopts global perspective with focus on US and resource poor countries. Discusses frameworks for understanding health as well as in depth case studies of particular health areas. Major focus on HIV/AIDS.
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Ethical issues of conducting research on or working with marginalized/stigmatized populations, using theoretical frameworks and case studies. Investigations of ethical choices made by multinational, national and local policymakers, clinicians, and researchers and their impact on individuals, families and communities. Emphasis on working with community partners in developing needs assessment programs. Topics include: differential standards of care; protection of human subjects; access to essential medicines; genetic information and confidentiality; pharmaceutical development; health information technology; placebo controlled trials; best outcomes vs. distributive justice.
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Applications of epidemiological procedures to understanding the occurrence and control of infectious and chronic diseases, mental disorders, community and environmental health hazards, accidents, and geriatric problems; students will develop proficiency in scientific writing and analysis of primary literature; strong emphasis on developing theoretical understandings of major global health issues. Intro statistics or biostatistics is recommended.
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Introduction to methodological techniques used in global health research, including qualitative field research, quantitative survey research, and interventions; learn advantages and disadvantages of each approach to choose the best method(s) to fit a specific area of inquiry; emphases on learning through hands-on experience as well as how to interpret published research that uses different methods. Skills include the ability to design a global health research project, beginning with conceptualization of the research problem, to population and sampling, measurement, data collection, analysis, and interpretation of quantitative and qualitative data.
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Part of a 15-week semester abroad program in Costa Rica (through OTS). Integrates classroom and field instruction to introduce fundamental principles of tropical medicine and public health including the tropical environment and its related health issues; topics include infectious diseases, epidemiology, virology, zoonosis, sexual health, environmental and global health, traditional and alternative medicine, ethics, and the social and economic determinants that contribute to the expanding impact of infectious diseases. Instructor: Jorge Benavides
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Research Practicum in Costa Rica (part of the OTS Study Abroad in Costa Rica program). Introduces students to research design, field methods, and basic data analysis in a tropical context. Skills include hypothesis testing and statistical analysis, orientation to basic software packages, write and present scientific papers, and design and conduct epidemiologic research. Instructor: Jorge Benavides
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This course examines various problems of international ethics, discussing them first in the context of general ethical theory and then revisiting them in the specific context of various controversies concerning the conduct of clinical trials in developing countries. Problems include moral universalism and relativism; poverty relief and international aid; international health disparities; human rights; and exploitation.
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Focus on significant global burden of mental health problems and role of mental health research, clinical practice in global health initiatives; will explore principles of cross-cultural psychology and cultural adaptations of mental health intervention; emphasis on the interaction between mental and physical health among young people in developing countries; topics include: global health interventions for developmental delay among infants, effects of emotional well-being on HIV risk, interactions between cognitive development and early malnutrition among children living in poverty. Students will choose specific topics to explore for class presentation and a grant writing assignment. Focus on significant global burden of mental health problems and role of mental health research, clinical practice in global health initiatives; will explore principles of cross-cultural psychology and cultural adaptations of mental health intervention; emphasis on the interaction between mental and physical health among young people in developing countries; topics include: global health interventions for developmental delay among infants, effects of emotional well-being on HIV risk, interactions between cognitive development and early malnutrition among children living in poverty. Students will choose specific topics to explore for class presentation and a grant writing assignment. Instructor: Eve Puffer
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Ethical issues of conducting research on or working with marginalized/stigmatized populations, using theoretical frameworks and case studies. Investigations of ethical choices made by multinational, national and local policymakers, clinicians, and researchers and their impact on individuals, families and communities. Emphasis on working with community partners in developing needs assessment programs. Topics include: differential standards of care; protection of human subjects; access to essential medicines; genetic information and confidentiality; pharmaceutical development; health information technology; placebo controlled trials; best outcomes vs. distributive justice.
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Capstone Course for students in Global Health Certificate. Group analysis of a current global health problem/issue. Project involves background research, data acquisition, analysis, writing, and presentation of a substantial research paper/report at an advanced level.
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Capstone Course for students in Global Health Certificate. Group analysis of a current global health problem/issue. Project involves background research, data acquisition, analysis, writing, and presentation of a substantial research paper/report at an advanced level.
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This course covers the substantive findings and policies/policy debates around selected topics in the fields of population and health in industrialized and developing societies. Demographic models are used to examine selected topics through framing, defining and evaluating key concepts. The first part of the course provides a treatment of alternative demographic models whereas the second utilizes these models to evaluate the nature of selected current population and health topics: the end of population growth; the relations between population, development and the environment; the health of populations; population aging; potentials for mortality increases; the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the resurgence of infectious diseases. Readings are drawn from the scientific literature and case studies from both developing and industrialized countries and span the disciplines of demography, sociology and public health.
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This seminar will focus on the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of infectious diseases both in wildlife and in humans hosts, with an emphasis on the latter. Theoretical approaches to studying infectious diseases will be discussed along with applications to pathogens such as measles, influenza, HIV, and cholera. Ecological topics will include the role of population size, climate, and behavior in the regulation of disease outbreaks. Evolutionary topics will include antibiotic resistance, virulence evolution, and immune escape of rapidly evolving viruses. Synthesis of ecological and evolutionary approaches and topics will also be discussed. The format of the class will be a combination of introductory lectures, student-led discussions, and computer labs.
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