This is a Public Health Course. Public Health classes are offered on the Health Services Campus at 168th Street.For more detailed course information, please go to Mailman School of Public Health Courses website at http://www.mailman.hs.columbia.edu/academics/courses
Prerequisites: Biostatistics P6103 or P6104; and for all Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP) track students, P6727, Preventive Health Behavior and P8772, Planning and Implementation of Health Promotion Programs.
Review of the basic principles and methods of evaluation in public health. Critical analysis of existing evaluation studies.
Prerequisites:
G6211
,
G6212
,
G6215
,
G6216
,
G6411
,
G6412
.
Students will present their research on topics in Microeconomics.
Prerequisites:
G6215
,
G6216
,
G6211
,
G6212
,
G6411
,
G6412
.
Students will make presentation of original research in Microeconomics.
Prerequisites:
G6215
,
G6216
,
G6211
,
G6212
,
G6411
,
G6412
.
Students will make presentations of original research in Microeconomics.
This course is designed to explore the interrelationship of space and health, particularly in cities. Begins with the thesis, proposed by Jane Jacobs and others, that the system of the city is an engine for economic development, creativity and civilization. The strength of the engine is a test of the composition of the city, and alterations in the composition of the city can augment its ability to serve as an engine. Sometimes people change cities in ways that make them healthier for their residents--sometimes they make things worse. This process of city change/health change is the explicit focus of this course: 1) to ensure that public health practitioners are aware of the changes in the city being made by others, so they can weigh in on potential health effects, and 2) to give students of public health some ideas of the ways in which they might themselves tinker with cities to make them more supportive of residents' health.
Prerequisites:
G6215
and
G6216
.
The topic of the colloquium is to be understood broadly, including in particular international monetary economics, stabilization policies, and the role of expectations in economic dynamics.
Prerequisites: Greek 3309/3310 or the equivalent, or the permission of the instructor
In this seminar, we will study selected fragments of comedies by Aristophanes, Cratinus, Eupolis, and other comic dramatists active in Athens during the classical period, in conjunction with ancient testimonia, material evidence such as vase paintings and terracotta figurines, the extant works of Aristophanes and Menander, and modern analysis, interpretations, and reconstruction. The order in which we will consider the primary material will be guided by consideration of both chronological and thematic relationships among the fragments and the surviving plays.
This is a Public Health Course. Public Health classes are offered on the Health Services Campus at 168th Street. For more detailed course information, please go to Mailman School of Public Health Courses website at http://www.mailman.hs.columbia.edu/academics/courses
The seminar explores concepts of religious liberty in nations within the Council of Europe's legal jurisdiction. These include not only Western Europe, but also Eastern Europe, Turkey, and nations formerly in the Soviet Union -- prevailingly Christian, Muslim, pluralist and secular countries. Their legal systems and cultures respond differently to such questions as: Should the state favor some religions over others, and sponsor religions as sources of national identity? On what terms are minority religions tolerated? Can secular law prosecute offenses against religion? Ought public expression offensive to religions be limited? Can courts regulate religious "extremism"? Ought the public domain be devoid of religious symbolism? Direct application of American constitutional assumptions about church-state relations is seriously misleading in the pan-European space. The seminar equips non-lawyers to draw actively on legal materials in understanding policies on religion among heterogeneous nations of Europe.
Prerequisites: Public Health P6700 or P8704
Disparities in health and illness related to social and economic inequality in the U.S. Theoretical and empirical research on factors linked to class, income, education and ethnic differences that have been hypothesized to explain the generally poorer health and higher rates of mortality among members of lower socioeconomic groups. Concepts and measurement of health and social stratification, assessment of evidence for proposed links between socioeconomic position and health through group differences in health beliefs, health behaviors, exposure to social stress, occupational hazards and employment instability, and access and utilization of medical care services.
This is a Public Health Course. Public Health classes are offered on the Health Services Campus at 168th Street.For more detailed course information, please go to Mailman School of Public Health Courses website at http://www.mailman.hs.columbia.edu/academics/courses
The political and ethical dimensions of public health policy; issues of justice and liberty; the prevention of diseases associated with personal behavior, protection against occupational hazard, epidemic control, and access to health care.
This course is a guide to the work of foreign correspondents. It is aimed not only at students who seek a career in journalism, but at those who seek to understand how foreign correspondents work, how to work with them and how to get the most out of their coverage. Lectures and discussions present the principles, ethics, tradecraft, technology and dangers of international news reporting, with an emphasis on past and present coverage of the area once controlled or influenced by the Soviet Union. However, lectures and guest speakers will provide current perspectives on coverage all parts of the world.
"What's going on in Ukraine now? Is there a promised political stability or a growing confrontation? What are the causes of current turmoil? Where is Kyiv heading: East, West or toward the grey zone in between? What's the impact of 2012 Parliamentary Election? Are there prospects for solving the outstanding energy problems? These and other issues, including behind-the-scene politics, power struggle and diplomatic activities, are dealt with in the newly revised course delivered by a career diplomat. The course is aimed at both graduate and advanced undergraduate students."
This is a Public Health Course. Public Health classes are offered on the Health Services Campus at 168th Street.For more detailed course information, please go to Mailman School of Public Health Courses website at http://www.mailman.hs.columbia.edu/academics/courses
Prerequisites: Good Clinical Practices Certificate Exam; also 6727 and 8772
Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) has received growing attention over the past several decades as international, domestic, funding agencies and researchers have renewed a focus on an approach to health that recognizes the importance of social, political and economic systems to health behaviors and outcomes. The importance of this approach is reflected in the recent IOM report that CBPR which indicates that CBPR is one of the eight priority areas for improving the public health. CBPR is not a method but a system of investigation that involves the active collaboration of the potential beneficiaries and recognizes and values the contributions that community-based participatory research can make to new knowledge and to the translation of research findings into public health practice and policy. CBPR as it is often referred is a collaborative approach to research that recognizes the value of equitably involving the intended beneficiaries throughout all phases of program planning, implementation and evaluation.
Gender equality, and women’s and girls’ empowerment, are now widely accepted as development goals in their own right, and essential to inclusive and sustainable development. But despite progress in many areas, gender gaps and discrimination persist. How did gender equality move from the periphery to the center of development discourse, and what difference has this made? Is gender equality a human right, an essential aspect of human development, or “smart economics”? What are the implications of a gender equality agenda for men and boys, and for broader understandings of gender identities and sexualities? What policies, strategies and practices have been effective – or ineffective – in narrowing gender gaps and improving outcomes for both women and men in particular development settings? In this course, we approach gender, politics and development in terms of theory, policy and practice. We apply a critical gender lens to a wide range of development sectors and issue areas, including economic development, political participation, education and health, environment and climate change, and conflict and displacement. We also consider current debates and approaches related to gender mainstreaming and gender metrics in development practice. Students engage with the course material through class discussion, exercises and case studies, and the development of a gender-related project proposal.
This is a Public Health Course. Public Health classes are offered on the Health Services Campus at 168th Street. For more detailed course information, please go to Mailman School of Public Health Courses website at http://www.mailman.hs.columbia.edu/academics/courses
This is a Public Health Course. Public Health classes are offered on the Health Services Campus at 168th Street. For more detailed course information, please go to Mailman School of Public Health Courses website at http://www.mailman.hs.columbia.edu/academics/courses
This is a Public Health Course. Public Health classes are offered on the Health Services Campus at 168th Street.For more detailed course information, please go to Mailman School of Public Health Courses website at http://www.mailman.hs.columbia.edu/academics/courses
Prerequisites: P8788, Theoretical Foundations of Sociomedical Sciences
This course is the second part of a two-semester seminar that essays a selective genealogy of the major theoretical traditions undergirding contemporary practice in the sociomedical sciences. The critical examination of current research projects in the spring- like the historical review in the fall - will be guided by the framing interests and signature emphases of the department: urban environs in transformation, social structures and axes of inequality, disparities in morbidity and morality, agency and identity, social construction and production of health and disease, globalization and marginalization. The overall aim is to familiarize students with the relevant interpretive/analytic traditions, provide a rehearsal stage for testing out particular tools and frameworks in "compare and contrast" exercises, and build the theoretical foundations that will enable them to critically assess contemporary work in the field. In this second part of the sequence, special emphasis will be given to research by faculty members in the department, as well as by others working in related frameworks. Both theoretical and methodological approaches to the sociomedical sciences will be examined in seeking to develop and overview of contemporary debates in the field. Close reading, class discussion, and reflective writing will be the practical means we employ.
This bi-weekly seminar is offered primarily to and designed for master's students in the Departments of Sociomedical Sciences and Epidemiology who have been accepted into the Initiative for Minority Student Development (IMSD) program, an Education Project Grant sponsored by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health. The purpose of the IMSD program is to increase the number of under-represented minority students who pursue doctoral degrees or research careers in public health. Students in the IMSD program are required to take this 2-year seminar (1 credit per semester), and to participate in a research project with a faculty mentor. Topics addressed in the course include research, methodology, and statistics (RMS) workshops addressing issues in common to Sociomedical Sciences and Epidemiology, as well as workshops on professional and academic development (PAD) issues. Students will be given the opportunity to present their work in progress. Graded on a pass/fail basis.