Pedagogy of Sexuality Education
PEDAGOGY OF SEXUALITY EDU
Pedagogy of Sexuality Education will provide students with the background and skills they need to design, implement and evaluate effective sexuality education interventions. The course will emphasize teaching methodology for working with groups, and students will learn both theories of behavior change and techniques for influencing the key determinants that are relevant in encouraging sexual health. Further, all students will learn strategies for facilitating group learning, responding to the needs of students of various ages and developmental stages, and ways to engage parents. The course will include designing and delivering lesson plans and receiving substantive feedback from the other course participants and the instructor. The course will analyze emerging digital approaches to sexuality education and ways to translate what has been learned about effective in person sex education into digital strategies. We will also cover techniques for working effectively within tight time constraints and preventing controversy. The context in which young people are learning about sexuality as well as current dominant cultural scripts about sexuality will be examined.
- M 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
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Instructor:
Lindsay Fram
Info - 3 points
Health and Human Rights Advocacy
HEALTH & HUMAN RIGHTS ADV
The class explores how laws, policies, and rights function to shape public health, with particular emphasis on the implications of this interaction for rights-based approaches to health programs, policy and advocacy. The course includes an introduction to the principles, provisions and underlying assumptions of law, policy and rights related to public health. Students then have the opportunity to use human rights tools and principles in documentation of health-related human rights violations and formulation of programmatic and advocacy responses to violations. A wide range of issues – HIV, health problems of criminalized populations, autonomy of people living with mental disorders, racial discrimination in health services and related policy, and rights-unfriendly practices of for-profit companies – are used to illustrate the importance of human rights inquiry and analysis in public health.
- W 4 p.m.-6:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Marta L Schaaf
Info - 1.5 points
Current Issues in Sexual Health
CURRENT ISSUES IN SEXUAL
This course will examine key issues in sexual and reproductive health and development over the life span. The issues included will represent positive as well as the more typical negative sexual and reproductive health outcomes and experiences. The examination will illustrate how issues in the field are often viewed as fitting with the reproductive health (RH) or the sexual health (SH) “box” and how a more integrated perspective would enhance our research questions, findings and policy/programmatic responses to these issues. It will also focus on gender, sexuality and sexual orientation, class and race/ethnicity as key intersectionalities that affect SRH outcomes and development.
- W 1 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Andrea M Flynn
Info - 3 points
Quantitative Data Analysis
QUANTITATIVE DATA ANALYSI
In this course you will learn to develop and implement a quantitative data analysis plan and to interpret the results of quantitative analyses using datasets from actual evaluation studies. The early phase of the course will focus on necessary and essential pre-analysis tasks often overlooked in the research training process. These include: identifying and resolving dirty data including logical inconsistencies, and conducting simple and complex data transformations. The second half of the course focuses on conducting bivariate and multivariable statistical tests. This is an applied course, emphasizing skill building through hands-on work using STATA in each class session. Reflecting the focus on skill building, this course includes weekly homework using STATA.
- W 1 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Judith F Austin
Info - 3 points
Outbreak Preparedness and Response in Re
OUTBR PREP/RESP IN RES-LI
This course explores the technical and programmatic characteristics of the communicable diseases most frequently encountered in international emergencies. Discussions will focus more on the epidemiological aspects of prevention and control and how these measures can be implemented in the exceptional circumstances that surround emergencies, rather than on etiological, diagnostic, and treatment considerations, although these will be mentioned as well. Particular emphasis will be put on community-based control and evaluation activities. Political, cultural, and economic characteristics of disease control will also be discussed. Classes will mix lecture, video presentations, group discussion, and case studies.
- T 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
- 1.5 points
Pediatric Population Health in the Unite
PEDIATRIC POP HLTH IN THE
The health of children in the United States has been largely driven by confluence of scientific discovery and policy. But decision makers do not always approach policy from a scientific approach, partly because of differening educational and experentiual backgrounds which are commonly more focused on legal, regulatory, and/or political frameworks than science. It therefore behooves those practicing public health to understand the principal governmental agencies that impact pediatric populations, their main areas of focus, and the processes used to make decisions about resource allocation. Initial sessions in this course will thereby focus on gaining an understanding of key federal and state agencies and a review of example programs focused on pediatric populations. Students will be challenged to constructively critique existing programs and policy and suggest novel ideas which have the potential to improve child health and reduce disparities. They will be taught and expected to demonstrate some of the skills necessary to make convincing arguments to those lacking a public health background but whose influence on program and policy development is nonetheless significant.
- W 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
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Instructor:
Kyle R MacDonald
Info - 1.5 points
Issues in School-Based Health
ISSUES IN SCHOOL-BASED HE
Class participants will be offered both a didactic experience and hands-on field exploration of the evolving public health mission and role of schools as an organized network for health education, medical care, and civic involvement. While the emphasis will be on the existing models of School Health available in the local urban New York area, students will also explore alternate school health models in rural, national, international, and global settings. This class is designed for MPH candidates from all departments who are looking to complete their graduate school experience through the integration and application of their skills sets with practical program experience on the field. Participants will work as a group with a community school to plan and develop a project proposal for funding and implementation. Students will interact with various local agency and community players in both the education and school health fields. This course will also expose candidates with an interest in school health, child health, health education and health promotion to local agencies and non-profits directly involved in education and school-related public health services.
Qualitative Data Analysis
QUALITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS
The collection of qualitative data is widespread and growing in public health research, however the credibility and quality of qualitative research rests upon utilizing systemic rigor in collecting, recording, organizing, categorizing, and interpreting qualitative findings. Focusing in particular on focus group data (though individual interview data can also be used), this course introduces a variety of approaches to qualitative data analysis, with a focus on applying thematic or framework analysis, and facilitates their application and manuscript development through hands-on group work and work outside of class.
- M 1 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Stephanie A Grilo
Info - 3 points
Gender-Based Violence in Complex Emergen
GENDR-BASED VIOL-COMPLEX
This seven-week course explores the socio-cultural and political factors that contribute to the existence of gender-based violence and which lead to an increased occurrence of acts of gender-based violence in complex emergencies, with an emphasis on conflict zones. Students will develop a practical understanding of effective interventions for preventing and responding to violence against women and girls in different phases of complex emergencies. Specifically, students learn the conceptual framework for preventing and responding to gender-based violence and the practical framework for developing gender-based violence programming. Furthermore, students review strategies for incorporating critical elements of gender-based violence programming: coordination among humanitarian agencies; evidence-based programming; and engaging communities in programming.
- F 1 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Alina Potts
h-index: 8 Info - 1.5 points
Methods in Program Evaluation
METHODS IN PROGRAM EVALUA
Increasing demand for transparency and accountability, particularly with respect to donor-funded humanitarian programs, has heightened the need for skilled evaluators. To this end, students in this course will become familiar with various forms of evaluation and acquire the technical skills necessary for their development, design and execution through lectures and discussion, exercises, guest presentations and real-world examples. Specifically, students will discover evidence-based methods for identifying stakeholders, crafting evaluation questions, designing instruments, sampling and data gathering to achieve good response rates, analysis and synthesis of information for report-writing and case studies.
- M 4 p.m.-6:50 p.m.
- 3 points
Environmental Justice Advocacy
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
In this course, students will learn about the disproportionate burdens of environmental contamination and resultant health disparities affecting marginalized communities across the United States and globally. The curriculum will explore the ways in which the environmental justice movement in the US has succeeded in implementing just forms of health research, progressive environmental health policies, and protections from racial/cultural injustice, as well as obstacles, policy impediments and potential paths forward. We will examine environmental health/justice theories and perspectives in the contexts of health impacts on various populations, including American communities of color and the socioeconomically disadvantaged, indigenous peoples, women and children. We will study climate change, natural disasters, urban pollution and segregation, extractive industries, and environmental sustainability. Students will be asked to critically examine these topics and also explore unresolved, chronic problems relating to environmental injustices and their health impacts.
- R 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
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Instructor:
Yolande A Cadore
Info - 1.5 points
Planning, Managing & Communicating For E
PLN MNG & COMMS
Evidence-based public health (M Plescia, AJPH 2019) includes making decisions based on peer-reviewed evidence, using data systematically, and disseminating what is learned. Conducting evidence-based public health that reflects the mission and values of the Department of Population & Family Health (PopFam) requires skills to: clarify gaps in knowledge and evidence to explicate how such gaps can be filled; solicit funding and community support for research projects that can inform public health practice; ensure applied public health research is feasible, and carried out efficiently and according to plan; and that the results and “lessons learned” are disseminated to guide next action steps. This course will provide students with skills to engage in culturally competent public health work from the get-go – recognizing how to be attentive to inclusion and equity in generating research and evaluation questions, project management, and communication and dissemination. This course is designed as a complement to students’ experiences with research or program-based practica and their subsequent capstone/integrated learning experience (ILE); therefore, priority will be given to second-year PopFam students.
- R 4 p.m.-6:50 p.m.
- 3 points
Child Development & Health Programs
CHILD DEVELOPMENT & HLTH
Childhood and adolescence are critical windows of opportunity in human development to influence health, learning and productivity throughout life. In the earliest years of childhood, survival, growth and development are interlinked; growth affects both chances of survival and the child's development, and all three are influenced by family care practices, resources and access to services. Adolescence is the second period of rapid growth when foundational learning associates with distinct neuro-maturational changes. Contributing to increased investment in the early years and adolescence are new demands related to changing economic, social, demographic, political and educational conditions. The course will focus on populations along the lifespan, thinking through child development and why and how programs positively affected health outcomes. Students will understand the role of early child development programs (ECD) in the achievement of improved educational success and improved long-term health. The course will also explore adolescence through a developmental lens and the complex life events and social constructs that can influence adolescent behaviors. Through interactive lectures, small-group discussions and debates, and presentations by established guest speakers, students will learn to analyze programs and services, including how we can work with parents, support young children and adolescents in time of emergencies, and work within the health care system through a variety of hospital, community, school and family-based approaches to promote health and positive development.
- T 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
- 3 points
Training of Trainers of Public Health Pr
TRAINING OF TRAINERS OF P
The purpose of the course is to teach participants the key principles and skills needed to design, deliver, and evaluate participatory training activities for public health programs in the United States and in developing countries.
- T 1 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Ryan M Mateo Sharnbroich
Info - 1.5 points
Epidemiological Methods for Measuring Hu
EPID MTHDS-MEAS HUM RTS A
The occurrence of murder, disappearances, and rape are common during complex emergencies and yet the rate of these events is rarely measured while the conflict is ongoing. In some cases, groups are denied life-sustaining services because of race, politics, or HIV status. Public health practitioners are uniquely situated and qualified to advocate for populations whose human rights and survival are threatened by the intentional actions of organized groups. This class will teach students techniques for detecting and estimating the rates of these major abuses of human rights in order to better advocate for the abused, and to permit the evaluation of programs designed to prevent such events. At the end of the course, students will be expected to be able to evaluate the sensitivity of surveillance systems, and undertake surveys, designed to measure the rates of violent deaths and rape. Classes will involve a combination of lectures, case studies, and a research project ending with a debate. Students will be evaluated based on class participation and a paper.
- W 4 p.m.-6:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Justin Feldman
Info - 1.5 points
Public Health and Humanitarian Action
PUB HLTH & HUMANITARIAN A
Humanitarian action has come to occupy a central place in world politics and a theory of rights rather than charity is now driving international assistance and protection in wars and disasters. Global events over the past two decades indeed suggest that the world needs a humanitarian system capable of responding reliably, effectively and efficiently across a full range of emergencies. Whether people are suffering as a result of an earthquake in China or organized violence in Darfur, the humanitarian response system is expected to reach them in a timely and informed manner. Global wealth suggests that it can; and, global morality says that it should. Success of humanitarian action depends upon political, technical and organizational factors. The practice of public health focuses on improving the technical and organizational capacities, but this course will display that political forces are equally essential for alleviating human suffering. Deep problems of political distortion and perennial problems of agency performance and practice continue to compromise global, impartial and effective humanitarian action. This course examines efforts to provide humanitarian assistance and protection in war and disaster crises. It combines the theoretical with the possible, highlighting constraints to action from the perspective of the humanitarian agency and professional worker in the field. Key public health priorities—including the major causes of disease and death and how best to detect, prevent and treat them--are examined. Particular attention is paid to human rights and humanitarian protection, including their nature, content, and linkages with public health assistance. Students will be exposed to current trends and debates, sides will be taken and defended, and the class will be enriched by the participation, contributions and challenges of the students.
- R 1 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Sabrina C Hermosilla
Info - 3 points
Forced Migration Practicum Seminar
FORCED MIGRATION PRACTICU
This course offers a forum for students to reflect upon and discuss their experiences in the practicum environment. Through discussion and presentation, students have the opportunity to integrate their practicum experience into the public health curriculum, as well as to incorporate input and perspectives from other students' experiences. Students who have previously completed their required practicum will deliver a professional presentation of findings from the research conducted or programmatic input provided during the internship. Through this mode of presentation and analysis, students hone their analytic skills, develop leadership capacity, and apply strategic communication techniques. This course forms a fundamental building block in the master's degree curriculum as students synthesize field-based learning with their classroom instruction and gain training for future leadership in public health.
- W 11:30 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Sara E Casey
h-index: 16 Info - 0-1 points
Capstone Paper-Heilbrunn Department of P
CAPSTONE
No syllabus.
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Instructor:
Stephen P Kachur
Info - 0 points
Key Issues in Adolescent Sexual and Repr
ISS IN ADOLESC SXL/REPRO
This seminar will focus on key issues in adolescent sexual and reproductive health research both domestically and internationally. Using a Journal Club structure, students will discuss, dissect and debate recent and classic research papers – primarily through student-led discussions. Students will gain a greater understanding of the role of research in contributing to adolescent sexual and reproductive health advocacy, policy and programming in the U.S. and internationally. Students will also be able to effectively evaluate research designs and formulate initiatives promoting adolescent sexual and reproductive health. Through a combination of journal article reviews, occasional lectures, and group discussions, students will use science and research to inform their future career goals. Specific topics will include: abstinence-only until marriage policies, programs and funding; school-based health centers;LGBTQ youth; replicating successful interventions; and coital and non-coital sex.
- T 1 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Lauren S Chernick
Info - 1.5 points