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PUBH 6020 - Fundamentals of Social and Behavioral Science

Credits:	2.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Three major approaches to social sciences in public health: psychosocial, community approaches, economic and policy interventions. Covers theories of behavior change, program and policy development, community engagement, and policy implementation and advocacy. Not open to students in Community Health Promotion or Public Health Nutrition MPH programs.

PUBH 6102 - Issues in Environmental Health

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Current issues, principles, and methods of environmental/occupational health practice. prereq: Public health [MPH or MHA or certificate] student or health journalism MA major or nursing MS student or instr consent

PUBH 6250 - Foundations of Public Health

Credits:	2.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

In this course we will examine values, contexts, principles, and frameworks of public health. We will provide an introduction to public health, consider the history of public health, social/political determinants, impact of health disparities on race, class and gender, moral and legal foundations, public health structures, historical trauma and cultural competence, health and human rights, advocacy and health equity, communication and financing, and the future of public health in the 21st century. Grounded in theory and concepts, we will incorporate core competencies and skills for public health professionals and will focus on developing problem solving and decision-making skills through critical analysis, reflection, case studies, readings, and paper assignments.

PUBH 6320 - Fundamentals of Epidemiology

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

This course provides an understanding of basic methods and tools used by epidemiologists to study the health of populations.

PUBH 6741 - Ethics in Public Health: Professional Practice and Policy

Credits:	1.0 [max 1.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Introduction to ethical issues in public health practice/policy. Ethical analysis, recognizing/analyzing moral issues. prereq: Public health [MPH or MHA or certificate] student or environmental health [MS or PhD] major or instr consent

PUBH 6751 - Principles of Management in Health Services Organizations

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Understanding of and improvement in the competencies of managers in organizations, particularly as applied to health services and public health organizations. prereq: [Public hlth MPH or MHA or certificate] student or [environmental health MS or PhD] student or dentistry MS student or instr consent

PUBH 6450 - Biostatistics I

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

This course will cover the fundamental concepts of exploratory data analysis and statistical inference for univariate and bivariate data, including: ? study design and sampling methods, ? descriptive and graphical summaries, ? random variables and their distributions, ? interval estimation, ? hypothesis testing, ? relevant nonparametric methods, ? simple regression/correlation, and ? introduction to multiple regression. There will be a focus on analyzing data using statistical programming software and on communicating the results in short reports. Health science examples from the research literature will be used throughout the course. prereq: [College-level algebra, health sciences grad student] or instr consent

PUBH 6414 - Biostatistical Literacy

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Develop ability to read/interpret statistical results in primary literature. Minimal calculation. No formal training in any statistical programming software. Biostatistical Literacy will cover the fundamental concepts of study design, descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, odds ratios, relative risks, adjusted models in multiple linear, logistic and Poisson regression, and survival analysis. The focus will be when to use a given method and how to interpret the results, not the actual computation or computer programming to obtain results from raw data. prereq: MPH or certificate student or environmental health or instr consent

PUBH 6107 - Excel Skills for Data Management in Public Health Settings

Credits:	1.0 [max 1.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Hands-on course on computer skills to learn a wide range of methods to manipulate public health data. Students will be given ?raw? datasets and practice computer methods to clean, filter, recode, combine, tabulate and report data within the Excel and Access environments. The course is ideal for students who may not pursue more advanced quantitative training but still want to feel comfortable using these widely available programs to produce quality datasets for further analysis, and to generate summary results or reports in their work as public health practitioners.

PUBH 6325 - Data Processing with PC-SAS

Credits:	1.0 [max 1.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Introduction to methods for transferring/processing existing data sources. Emphasizes hands-on approach to pre-statistical data processing and analysis with PC-SAS statistical software with a Microsoft Windows operating system.

PUBH 6420 - Introduction to SAS Programming

Credits:	1.0 [max 1.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Summer

Use of SAS for analysis of biomedical data. Data manipulation/description. Basic statistical analyses (t-tests, chi-square, simple regression).

PUBH 6813 - Managing Electronic Health Information

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis:	OPT No Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Managing health information is a central function of health care organizations. Information is used for managing population health, profiling providers, and measuring quality. This course describes relational data theory, normalization, and Structured Query Language (SQL) will be used to create and query databases. Students will be introduced to the basic programming skills necessary to manage data in research projects. Programming aspects of the course will use SQL procedure in the SAS language. prereq: Admission to a University of Minnesota Masters program or Permission of instructor.

PUBH 6845 - Using Demographic Data for Policy Analysis

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Spring

How to pose researchable policy questions, locate existing data, turn data into a usable format, understand data documentation, analyze data, communicate findings according to standards of the professional policy community. Quantitative issues. prereq: [Grad level research methods course, basic statistics course] or instr consent

PUBH 7461 - Exploring and Visualizing Data in R

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

This course is intended for students, both within and outside the School of Public Health, who want to learn how to manipulate data, perform simple statistical analyses, and prepare basic visualizations using the statistical software R. While the tools and techniques taught will be generic, many of the examples will be drawn from biomedicine and public health.

PA 5929 - Data Visualization: Telling Stories with Numbers

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Tools for communicating quantitative information in an intelligent, effective and persuasive way. Topics covered include 1) writing and speaking about data; 2) data management in Excel in order to prepare data for charting; 3) understanding and ability to deploy core concepts in of design, layout, typography and color to maximize the impact of their data visualizations 4) determining which types of statistical measures are most effective for each type of data and message; 5) determining which types of design to use for communicating quantitative information; and 6) designing graphs and tables that are intelligent and compelling for communicating quantitative information.

PUBH 6123 - Violence Prevention and Control: Theory, Research, and Application

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Analysis/critique of major theories and of epidemiological research pertinent to violence, including characteristics of violence and relevant risk factors, reporting/treatment protocols, and current/potential intervention efforts and prevention initiatives. Emphasizes interdisciplinary contributions to violence prevention/control.

PUBH 7264 - Data Visualization in R

Credits:	1.0 [max 1.0]
Grading Basis:	OPT No Aud
Typically offered:	Every Summer

In this course, you will learn how to manipulate data and prepare basic visualizations using the statistical software R. While the tools and techniques taught will be generic, many of the examples will be drawn from biomedicine and public health.

PUBH 7296 - Applied Practice Experience: Public Health Practice

Credits:	0.5 -8.0 [max 8.0]
Course Equivalencies:	CVM 6516/PubH 5296
Grading Basis:	S-N only
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

MPH students are required to complete a supervised Applied Practice Experience (APEx). Students must address five competencies and must submit two products that demonstrate attainment of the competencies. prereq: public health practice student, instr consent

PUBH 7294 - Integrative Learning Experience: Public Health Practice

Credits:	0.5 -4.0 [max 12.0]
Grading Basis:	S-N only
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

MPH students complete an integrative learning experience (ILE) that demonstrates synthesis of foundational and concentration competencies. Students in consultation with faculty select foundational and concentration-specific competencies appropriate to the student's educational and professional goals. prereq: Public health practice MPH program, instr consent

PUBH 6232 - Emergency Preparedness: A Public Health Perspective

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall

This course is an introduction to the discipline of public health emergency preparedness, response, and recovery. The course aims to provide a wide-ranging introduction to the field's core competencies. The course will look at the purpose, history, organization, functions, tools, and activities used in the field. Previously offered as PubH 5230 and 5231.

PUBH 6011 - Public Health Approaches to HIV/AIDS

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	PubH 3011/6011
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Survey of public health approaches to AIDS epidemic. Epidemiological/clinical features of HIV infection. Impact of AIDS on certain communities/populations. Behavior change principles as they apply to AIDS interventions. prereq: Grad student or professional school student or instr consent

PUBH 6034 - Evaluation I: Concepts

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	PubH 6034/PubH 6852
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Developing useful program evaluations. Emphasizes skills for program administrators, planners. Needs assessments. Assessment of program design, implementation, impact. Cost-effectiveness analysis. Quantitative and qualitative data collection methods. Ethical considerations.

PUBH 6035 - Evaluation II: Planning & Evaluation

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	PubH 6035/PubH 6806
Typically offered:	Every Fall

The course will prepare students to develop and apply evidence-based policy and program evaluation approaches in community health settings. The course is designed to guide students through planning and evaluating the impact of public health strategies using the RE-AIM Framework based on the Reach, Effectiveness, Adaptation, Implementation, and Maintenance/Sustainability. prereq: PubH 6034 or Instructor permission

PUBH 6049 - Legislative Advocacy Skills for Public Health

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Spring

State legislature as arena for public health practice. Skills necessary to operate in that arena. Analyzing emergence, development, and resolution of legislative issues of public health importance.

PUBH 6055 - Social Inequalities in Health

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Extent and causes of social inequalities in health. Degree to which understanding of these inequalities is hampered by methodological limitations in health research. Focuses on individual, community, and policy approaches to reducing social inequalities in health.

PUBH 6060 - Motivational Interviewing: Strategies to Effect Behavior Change

Credits:	1.0 [max 1.0]
Typically offered:	Every Summer

Introduction of the theoretical basis of motivational interviewing (MI) style. Using MI style in diverse contexts (clinical, community program, research) and relative to diverse behavioral issues (addictions, healthy lifestyle behaviors, chronic disease adherence).

PUBH 6066 - Building Communities, Increasing Health: Preparing for Community Health Work

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Taught with Powderhorn-Phillips Cultural Wellness Center. Introduction to community building/organizing. Using culture as a resource for health, reducing barriers, identifying community assets, planning organizing strategy, understanding the impact of history. Emphasizes self-reflection and skill-building for authentic, grassroots community work.

PUBH 6074 - Mass Communication and Public Health

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Jour 5541/PubH 6074
Typically offered:	Every Fall

This course provides an overview of theory and research that lies at the intersection of mass communication and public health. We examine the potential for media exposure to influence public health outcomes, both as a product of people's everyday interactions with media and the strategic use of media messages to accomplish public health goals. To this end, we will explore large-scale public health campaigns in the context of tobacco, obesity, and cancer screening. We also will explore news media coverage of controversial health issues, such as the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, and health information in entertainment media, such as smoking in movies. This course seeks to understand whether media messages have had intended and/or unintended effects on public attitudes and behavior. Although our focus is on mass media, interpersonal, medical, and digital media sources will be considered as well.

PUBH 6078 - Public Health Policy as a Prevention Strategy

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Philosophical, ethical, economic, political, efficacy rationale for policy approach to prevention. Historical/current application of prevention policy to public health problems. prereq: 2nd yr MPH or public health MS student or [Epi, Biostats, Env Hlth, HSRPconcurrent registration is required (or allowed) in A PhD student] or instr consent

PUBH 6081 - Sex, Sexuality, and Sexual Health

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

This course is a graduate-level class for students preparing for careers in public health research and practice where sex, sexuality, and sexual health are key components. It is a highly applied, highly interactive course focused on developing skills needed in sex research and sexual health practice. The teaching pedagogical approach is a "flipped classroom" where students are expected to learn the content from the assigned audiotaped lectures, movies and readings, and to come to class ready to participate in exercises, discuss case studies, complete assignments and immerse themselves in public health practice and research focused on sex, sexuality, and sexual health. The purpose of this graduate level course is to prepare health professionals for a professional career addressing community and population sexual health concerns by deepening their knowledge of and exposure to research practice in the field, increasing comfort familiarity and ability to speak on sexual health topics, and by practicing their skills. The assignments focus on hot topics in sex and sexual health, and are designed to increase knowledge of the field of sexual health, while developing skills in conceptualization, measurement, intervention design, and evaluation. Please note this course addresses the greatest challenges in sexual health facing our world, including such hot topics as the zika virus and HIV prevention, clergy sexual abuse, campus sexual climate, sexual harassment, LGBT health disparities, contraception, abortion, women's rights, teen sex, and unplanned pregnancy.

PUBH 6094 - Interventions to Address Weight-Related Health and Eating Disorders

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Examine obesity epidemic, eating disorders, prevention and treatment approaches at multiple levels (individual, social, environmental, policy), links between obesity and eating disorders.

PUBH 6108 - Foundations of Global Health

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall

This course provides an introduction to key principles and topics in global health including measures of global burden of disease, identification of key health problems around the world and the main determinants, health systems and international public health organizations. In addition, we will discuss cross-cutting and timely issues in health promotion, disease control programs, and operational research in international settings. Class exercises and discussions will focus on challenging global health problems, and strategies to address them. This course is required for those students enrolled in the School of Public Health Global Health Certificate program, and is also open to other qualified students (see Course Prerequisites). Examples of diseases and illustrations of global health problems in this class will include both infectious and non-infectious diseases and should be of interest to students in various programs.

PUBH 6123 - Violence Prevention and Control: Theory, Research, and Application

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Analysis/critique of major theories and of epidemiological research pertinent to violence, including characteristics of violence and relevant risk factors, reporting/treatment protocols, and current/potential intervention efforts and prevention initiatives. Emphasizes interdisciplinary contributions to violence prevention/control.

PUBH 6130 - Occupational Medicine: Principles and Practice

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis:	S-N only
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Pathogenesis of diseases caused by occupational hazards. Evaluating work-related illnesses. Overall regulatory framework governing occupational health/safety. prereq: Environmental health major; toxicology course recommended or instr consent

PUBH 6131 - Working in Global Health

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Introduction to key issues in global health. Global burden of disease. Cultural issues/health. Nutrition. Infectious diseases. Environmental problems. Women/children. Prereq Grad student.

PUBH 6132 - Air, Water, and Health

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Issues related to providing adequate levels of clean air/water. Local water quantity/quality, air quality in developed/developing world, global air/water quality, policies meant to protect these resources.

PUBH 6134 - Sustainable Development and Global Public Health

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Effects of globalization on social/sustainable development. Population, war, economics, urbanization, environment, water/sanitation, communicable/non-communicable conditions. New infectious/chronic diseases, food security/environmental health. prereq: Credit will not be granted if received for 6100 or 6365

PUBH 6140 - Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Principles/concepts in identifying health effects in workplace. Strategies for identifying excess risk, evaluating strengths/weaknesses of research techniques, assessing bias/confounding. prereq: Coursework in epidemiology, biostatistics

PUBH 6150 - Interdisciplinary Evaluation of Occupational Health and Safety Field Problems

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Guided evaluation of potential health/safety problems at work site, recommendations and design criteria for correction/evaluation of occupational health/safety programs.

PUBH 6151 - Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing Seminar

Credits:	1.0 [max 6.0]
Grading Basis:	S-N only
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Synthesize information from coursework/professional experience to enhance critical thinking/application to field of occupational/environmental health nursing. prereq: Enrolled in OEHN program, MS, MPH, PhD degrees

PUBH 6154 - Climate Change and Global Health Modeling

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Interconnected relationships between global climate change/human health. Develop computer models to predict climate change from natural/anthropogenic forces, predict human health outcomes as result of changing climate. prereq: Students must have elementary computer skills.

PUBH 6170 - Introduction to Occupational Health and Safety

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Nurs/PubH 5170
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Summer

Concepts/issues in occupational health/safety. Application of public health principles/decision-making process in preventing injury/disease, promoting health of adults, protecting worker populations from environmental hazards. Observational visit to manufacturing facility. prereq: Environmental health major or instr consent

PUBH 6181 - Surveillance of Foodborne Diseases and Food Safety Hazards

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Course Equivalencies:	PubH 5181/VMed 5165
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Principles/methods for surveillance of foodborne diseases. Investigation of outbreaks, assessment of food safety hazards. Focuses on integration of epidemiologic/lab methods.

PUBH 6182 - Emerging Infectious Disease: Current Issues, Policies, and Controversies

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Issues/controversies surrounding emerging infectious diseases. Framework for considering realistic/innovative policies. Bioterrorism, public health preparedness. Pandemic influenza preparedness, smallpox vaccination, antibiotic resistance. prereq: AHC student, instr consent

PUBH 6183 - Theory and Practice in Foodborne Disease Outbreak Detection, Investigation and Control

Credits:	1.0 [max 1.0]
Grading Basis:	S-N only
Typically offered:	Every Spring

This course focuses on the practical basis for developing and implementing methods for foodborne disease outbreak detection, investigation and control; using recent outbreaks to highlight underlying principles. The course will review biological characteristics of major foodborne disease pathogens, clinical features of the illnesses they cause and epidemiologic presentations of foodborne outbreaks. The implications of these characteristics will be discussed in a problem solving, seminar format that examines theory and practice in the context of recent outbreaks. Strategies to promote timely decision-making will be emphasized.

PUBH 6190 - Environmental Chemistry

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Overview air, water, and soil chemistry. Pertinent environmental problems. Human/ecological multimedia exposures to chemicals in the environment. prereq: One course each in [gen chem, org chem] or instr consent

PUBH 6325 - Data Processing with PC-SAS

Credits:	1.0 [max 1.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Introduction to methods for transferring/processing existing data sources. Emphasizes hands-on approach to pre-statistical data processing and analysis with PC-SAS statistical software with a Microsoft Windows operating system.

PUBH 6355 - Pathophysiology of Human Disease

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Compendium of human diseases relevant to public health professionals. Focuses on cardiovascular disease, cancer, and infectious disease. Presented from epidemiologic perspective. Significance of diseases in terms of prevalence, incidence, morbidity, and mortality. Risk factors, prevention strategies. prereq: Epidemiology major or public health nutrition major or Environmental Health major or instr consent

PUBH 6381 - Genetics in Public Health in the Age of Precision Medicine

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Our understanding of human genomic variation and its relationship to health is expanding rapidly. This knowledge is now being translated primarily through the field of ?precision medicine? (finding the right drug for the right person at the right time). Public health, in contrast, seeks to abate the social and environmental factors that lead to disease and health disparities. This course will provide an introduction to the field of public health genomics at this interesting point in its history. Approximately one-half of the course is devoted to Genetic Epidemiology, or the science of detecting genetic risk factors for human disease. The other half of the course will cover public health genomics, including ?precision public health?, genetic screening programs, and the possibilities and pitfalls of direct to consumer marketing of genetic tests. How genomics relates to health equity will be a recurring theme of this course. This is a graduate course designed primarily for Epidemiology MPH and PhD students, and fulfills the ?Epi Of? requirement for the MPH in Epidemiology. Graduate students from other programs are very welcome.

PUBH 6385 - Epidemiology and Control of Infectious Diseases

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Principles and/ methods. Strategies for disease control and prevention, including immunization. Relevance of modes of transmission of specific agents for disease spread and prevention. Public health consequences of infectious diseases at local, national, and international levels.

PUBH 6386 - Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

The course will provide an introduction to cardiovascular disease (CVD) epidemiology. It is intended to provide a detailed perspective on the well-established risk factors for CVD, as well as an introduction to emerging risk factors. Both observational studies and clinical trials will be discussed. The class will include a main focus on prevention of cardiovascular disease, and national recommendations for treatment and prevention. Several classes will incorporate discussions of new directions and current controversies in CVD. Additionally, the class will introduce students to the CVD research in the Division of Epidemiology and Community Health.

PUBH 6387 - Cancer Epidemiology

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Fall Odd Year

Epidemiologic aspects of cancer. Theories of carcinogenesis, patterns of incidence and mortality, site-specific risk factors. Issues of cancer control and prevention.

PUBH 6389 - Nutritional Epidemiology

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Fall Even Year

Nutrition/disease relationships through application of epidemiologic methods. Characterization of various exposures to food/nutrient intakes, biological basis for nutrition/disease relationships. Studies of specific chronic diseases and nutritional intake. Design/interpretation of studies using nutritional measures. prereq: [[6320 or 6330 or 6341], [Epidemiology MPH or Public Health Nutrition MPH or Epidemiology PhD student]] or instr consent

PUBH 6420 - Introduction to SAS Programming

Credits:	1.0 [max 1.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Summer

Use of SAS for analysis of biomedical data. Data manipulation/description. Basic statistical analyses (t-tests, chi-square, simple regression).

PUBH 6535 - Managerial Accounting for Health Services

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Differential, absorption, activity-based costing. Budgeting, variance analysis. Financial accounting, including transaction data and accrual accounting. Developing financial statements. Ration analysis. prereq: MHA student or instr consent

PUBH 6541 - Statistics for Health Management Decision Making

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Variation. Frequency distribution, measurement, probability, graphing. Significance tests, estimation, trends; data handling. Modeling, odds ratios. Prevalence, incidence and vital statistics. Research applications. Statistical approach to rational administrative decision making. Inductive teaching, lectures, computer/lab exercises. prereq: Health care admin student or instr consent

PUBH 6556 - Health and Health Systems

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

U.S. health care system and health policy process, including current challenges in the areas of health care delivery, financing, and policy.

PUBH 6562 - Information Technology in Health Care

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Managing information as a strategic resource within health care organizations. Designing information technology systems to capture, combine, and transform information to measure processes/outcomes of care, support collaborative clinical decision making, support management decisions, empower patients, and improve health care operations. Prereq: MHA student or instructor consent.

PUBH 6568 - Interprofessional Teamwork in Health Care

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Summer

Leading/participating in interdisciplinary teams. Team communication, problem solving, conflict management, organizational support. prereq: [Public health MPH or MHA or certificate student] or [health services research, policy/admin] MS student or instr consent

PUBH 6573 - The Nature of Clinical Care

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Discussing clinical matters with colleagues. Students participate as peers in managing health care performance in hospitals, medical groups, and other health care delivery and public health institutions. prereq: School of Public Health student

PUBH 6601 - Born a Girl: Global Women's Health

Credits:	1.0 [max 1.0]
Typically offered:	Every Summer

Women's health conditions, programs, services, and policies in developed/developing countries. Social, economic, environmental, behavioral, and political factors affecting health behaviors, reproductive health, chronic and acute diseases, premature mortality and longevity. prereq: Grad level student

PUBH 6606 - Children's Health: Life Course and Equity Perspectives

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

This course is focused on 1) major causes of illness at each phase of fetal, infant, and child development, 2) how the social determinants of health interact with underlying biology in early life to shape health over the life course, and 3) evidence-based child public health programs and interventions.

PUBH 6607 - Adolescent Health: Issues, Programs, and Policies

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Spring Even Year

This two-credit course focuses on the major public health issues of adolescents and the programs and policies that impact the health and well-being of this population. Course readings and discussion focus primarily on adolescents in the United States, although international contexts are also considered. The course is designed to examine the prevalence and etiology of health and wellness indicators for youth, including mental health; sexual and reproductive health; physical activity and nutrition; and prevention of tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use, violence involvement, and injury. In addition, the course analyzes contemporary social movements and issues that impact adolescents through a public health lens (e.g., Black Lives Matter, DACA and the DREAM Act, achievement gap, inequitable distribution of wealth and economic opportunities, gender equity, civic engagement). The course is designed for graduate public health students with professional interests in preventive interventions to reduce health inequities. Students in other related health professions (e.g., medicine, nursing) or human services professions (e.g., public affairs, social work) with an interest in health issues are also welcome. The course meets the requirement for the Health Equity Minor in the School of Public Health.

PUBH 6613 - Children and Youth With Special Health Care Needs

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Principles, programs, policies, and practices for identifying/meeting needs of children/youth with special health care needs in the United States. Epidemiology, historic/current legislation, organization/delivery. Readings, online discussions, written assignments. prereq: Graduate-level student in [AHC programs or education or social work or psychology]

PUBH 6627 - Sexuality Education: Criteria, Curricula, and Controversy

Credits:	1.0 [max 1.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Issues and controversies affecting K-12 sexuality education. Current research and guidelines for effective, responsible education and curricula selection. Various curricula being used in the United States. Challenges in teaching sensitive issues inherent in sexuality education.

PUBH 6636 - Qualitative Research Methods in Public Health Practice

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis:	OPT No Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Qualitative inquiry, selected data collection, management, analysis methods for qualitative research in public health. Current approaches to assess strength of evidence of qualitative studies in public health. Provision of practical skills that can be applied in public health settings.

PUBH 6673 - Grant Writing for Public Health

Credits:	1.0 [max 1.0]
Course Equivalencies:	PubH 6051/Pubh 6673
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Hands-on workshop. Identifying successful elements of a grant application. Grant review process. Critiquing a grant. Writing an application.

PUBH 6675 - Women's Health

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Programs, services, and policies that affect women's health in the United States. Methodological issues in research. Emphasizes social, economic, environmental, behavioral, and political factors. Measurement/interpretation of factors, how they translate into interventions, programs, and policies.

PUBH 6702 - Integrative Leadership Seminar

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Are you interested in working across government, business, and the non-profit sector for public good? Are you wondering how you can create sustainable shared leadership on challenges that can best be addressed together? This course explores multi-sector leadership and related governance and management challenges from a variety of perspectives and provides an opportunity for students to work together to apply what they are learning individually and in teams through in-class exercises and a final team project. The course is taught by a team of interdisciplinary faculty and considers different contexts, forms, and specific examples of multisector leadership that can enable transformative action to tackle a significant societal issue and achieve lasting change. prereq: University of Minnesota doctoral student or master's student

PUBH 6711 - Public Health Law

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring & Summer

Basic concepts of law, legislative process, and legal bases for existence/administration of public health programs. Legal aspects of current public health issues/controversies, regulatory role of government in health services system. prereq: Grad student or professional school student or instr consent

PUBH 6717 - Decision Analysis for Health Care

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Introduction to methods/range of applications of decision analysis and cost-effectiveness analysis in health care technology assessment, medical decision making, and health resource allocation.

PUBH 6724 - The Health Care System and Public Health

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Overview of health care delivery, finance systems within public health context. Components of health care system: financing, role of employers/public programs, health care delivery system, managed care. Collaborative interventions between managed care, public health. prereq: Public health or grad student or instr consent

PUBH 6727 - Health Leadership and Effecting Change

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Analysis of leadership models and competencies, particularly as applied to organizational change. Applications to individual self-development and to health care organizations. prereq: Public hlth MPH or MHA or certificate student or [health services research, policy/admin] MS student or instr consent

PUBH 6735 - Principles of Health Policy

Credits:	3.0 [max 6.0]
Course Equivalencies:	PubH 6735/PubH 6835.
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the policy environment that influences and shapes public health and the provision of health care services, to enhance understanding of the historical and political context of health policy, to develop strategies for analysis of health policy issues, and to communicate effectively in the policy environment. Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for PubH 6835.

PUBH 6744 - State Health Policy and Politics

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Half semester. Federal health reform debate and debate over reinstating the MN General Assistance Medical Care program. Intergovernmental relationship between the federal and state governments in health policy and finance; role of state and local policy makers and policy advocates. Political context for state health policy development.

PUBH 6755 - Planning and Budgeting for Public Health

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis:	OPT No Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Summer

Principles of budgeting, planning, forecasting, and analyzing in nonprofit/government organizations applied to health care administration and public health. prereq: Academic Hlth Ctr grad student or instr consent

PUBH 6765 - Continuous Quality Improvement: Methods and Techniques

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Theory/practical applications of concepts, tools, techniques of continuous quality improvement (QI) in public health/health care.

PUBH 6803 - Conducting a Systematic Literature Review

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	OPT No Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Project-based class to develop systematic review skills for evidence-based practice. Draws from AHRQ and Cochrane systematic review methodology; supported by examples from the Minnesota Evidence-based Practice Center. Use for master?s thesis, dissertation, or to support research proposals. Prereq: research study design or epidemiology.

PUBH 6804 - Mental Health Policy

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Spring

Social-psychological processes that shape experience of mental health/illness. Consequences of disorders for individuals, families, and communities. Epidemiology research, theories of mental health/illness. Effect of policies related to organizing/financing services.

PUBH 6805 - Introduction to Project Management for Health Professionals

Credits:	2.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Core concepts/skills for managing projects effectively, making sure they are completed on time, within budget, meeting performance objectives. prereq: Matriculation in master's program in School of Public Health, or instr consent

PUBH 6806 - Principles of Public Health Research

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Evaluation of public health research literature and planning for independent research projects. Formulation of research question, research design, sampling techniques, use of research concepts, and data analysis. Data collection techniques, including questionnaires, interviews, and data analysis. prereq: Pub hlth or grad or professional school student or instr consent

PUBH 6809 - Advanced Methods in Health Decision Science

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	OPT No Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Methods applicable to issues of medical decision making. Analyses of environmental/safety decisions. How to apply methods at cutting-edge of clinical decision science. prereq: [6717 or intro course in decision analysis], some facility with mathematical notation/reasoning

PUBH 6810 - Survey Research Methods

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	OPT No Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Theory/application of survey research in data collection. Sampling, item development, instrument design/administration to conduct survey or be aware of issues related to design/implementation. Identification of sources of error in survey research.

PUBH 6815 - Community-based Participatory Research

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis:	OPT No Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Spring

This introductory course is intended for junior faculty, post-docs, graduate students and community practitioners interested in adding CBPR to their repertoire of effective approaches to understanding and addressing social and health disparities. Topics will explore the purpose and applications of CBPR; partnership formation and maintenance; issues of power, trust, race, class, and social justice; conflict resolution; ethical issues; CBPR's relationship to cultural knowledge systems, and funding CBPR projects. This is NOT a methodology course. CBPR is an approach to conducting research that is amenable to a variety of research designs and methodologies and will NOT cover topics such as survey design, quantitative methods, qualitative methods, focus groups, community needs assessment procedures, etc.

PUBH 6832 - Economics of the Health Care System

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Examines applications of microeconomic principles to the U.S. health care system. Topics include demand for medical care, insurance theory and selection issues, provider payment, competition in health care markets, the health care workforce, pharmaceutical prices and innovation, health care spending growth, quality of care, externalities, the relationship between income and health, and the economics of the opioid epidemic. Prerequisite: an introductory economics or microeconomic theory course ? or permission of the instructor.

PUBH 6845 - Using Demographic Data for Policy Analysis

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Spring

How to pose researchable policy questions, locate existing data, turn data into a usable format, understand data documentation, analyze data, communicate findings according to standards of the professional policy community. Quantitative issues. prereq: [Grad level research methods course, basic statistics course] or instr consent

PUBH 6852 - Program Evaluation in Health and Mental Health Settings

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Course Equivalencies:	PubH 6034/PubH 6852
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Understanding an evaluation study. Program evaluation. Applications to health and mental health settings. emphasizes public health.

PUBH 6855 - Medical Sociology

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Introduction to common theoretical/empirical approaches used by sociologists to study health/illness. How content reflects social inequalities in health/illness. Social processes that shape experience of health/illness. prereq: [[Grad or professional school] student, previous experience with statistical software] or instr consent

PUBH 6863 - Understanding Health Care Quality

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Introduction to assessing/assuring quality of care. Emphasizes both process and outcomes approaches, paralleling interest in appropriateness/effectiveness of care. Issues around creating needed behavioral changes.

PUBH 6904 - Nutrition and Aging

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Summer

Current literature on nutrition needs/factors affecting nutritional status of adults and the elderly. Relevant community resources. prereq: Grad student or professional school student or instr consent

PUBH 6906 - Global Nutrition

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Nature/scope of chief nutritional issues and problems in the world. Emphasizes developing countries. Nutrient deficiencies, nutrition-related aspects of infectious/chronic disease. prereq: Grad student

PUBH 6907 - Maternal, Infant, Child and Adolescent Nutrition

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	PubH 6902/PubH 6903/PubH 6907
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Summer

This course provides an overview of nutrition issues affecting pregnant and postpartum women, females of reproductive age, infants, children and adolescents. The course integrates public health practice and policy recommendations with evidence-based clinical practice guidelines to provide a comprehensive view of maternal and child health (MCH) nutrition issues seen by practitioners in community settings. The course addresses nutrition education, community/ population nutrition intervention strategies, and programs and policies to promote healthy eating and physical activity and to reduce obesity and chronic disease risk among MCH populations. The course also provides an opportunity for students to develop social marketing and media communication skills and messages appropriate for maternal and child health (MCH) populations as well as to evaluate child nutrition assistance programs and policies.

PUBH 6914 - Community Nutrition Intervention

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Tools for developing community nutrition interventions. Using behavioral therapy, conducting needs assessments, writing program objectives, developing intervention strategies, evaluating program implementation and effectiveness, planning a budget, writing grant proposals.

PUBH 6920 - Foundations of Interprofessional Professional Communication and Collaboration

Credits:	1.0 [max 1.0]
Grading Basis:	S-N only
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Explore nature of/need for interprofessional communication, qualities of successful teams/interprofessional interactions, professional identity, ethics, integrity, values, communication/decision making in interprofessional environment.

PUBH 6933 - Public Health Nutrition for Adults

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Explores nutrition through a public health lens and emphasize how nutrition research is translated into recommendations for wellness and chronic disease prevention. We will focus on adult nutrition relating to health and chronic diseases, including obesity, diabetes, coronary heart disease, hypertension, cancer, and select additional health outcomes of public health significance. The process of effectively and efficiently identifying, reading, and synthesizing existing sources of reliable information on diet-disease associations will be covered, as will applying this knowledge in a public health context.

PUBH 6954 - Personal, Social and Environmental Influences on the Weight-Related Health of Pediatric Populations

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Overview of public health strategies for the prevention of pediatric obesity. Includes overview of epidemiology of child and adolescent obesity with a focus on social-ecological risk factors. Discusses implications for developing interventions and programs. prereq: completed one of the following: a) basic intro to nutrition course, b) PubH 6094, or c) 1 year work experience in the field of obesity and/or public health or instructor consent.

PUBH 6955 - Using Policy to Promote Healthy Eating and Activity Among Young People

Credits:	1.0 [max 1.0]
Course Equivalencies:	PubH 3955/PubH 6955
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Overview of federal, state, local policy approaches. National initiatives for prevention of child and adolescent obesity. Specific policies will be discussed at local, state, federal levels. Extensive discussion on evidence of impact of policies on child and adolescent weight.

PUBH 7200 - Topics: Public Health Practice

Credits:	0.5 -4.0 [max 80.0]
Grading Basis:	OPT No Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

New course offerings or topics of interest in public health practice.

PUBH 7210 - Topics: Global Food Systems

Credits:	0.5 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	S-N only
Typically offered:	Every Summer

Food systems related to specific food products, including inputs, processes, and outputs from production sites to consumers. Context for food safety policy. Concept of food system biosecurity as prerequisites for a safe, abundant, affordable, and diverse food supply. Case studies of food-borne disease outbreaks illustrate critical controls in food production.

PUBH 7214 - Principles of Risk Communication

Credits:	1.0 [max 1.0]
Grading Basis:	OPT No Aud
Typically offered:	Every Summer

Key concepts of risk communication theory and their practical application to collection/sharing of information in support of individual and community decision-making about public health issues. Application of risk communication principles to routine, ongoing public health issues and those that arise out of emergency/crisis.

PUBH 7227 - Incident Management Systems: The Public Health Role

Credits:	1.0 [max 1.0]
Grading Basis:	S-N only
Typically offered:	Periodic Summer

Managing personnel/resources in an emergency incident. Formalized/common management practices applicable in virtually any setting.

PUBH 7230 - Topics in Infectious Disease

Credits:	0.5 -4.0 [max 80.0]
Grading Basis:	OPT No Aud
Typically offered:	Every Summer

Topics in emerging/re-emerging infectious diseases. Biology, epidemiology, diagnosis, economics, risk analysis, methods for prevention/control. Global implications.

PUBH 7235 - Surveillance of Zoonotic Pathogens in Animals

Credits:	1.0 [max 1.0]
Grading Basis:	OPT No Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Summer

Case-study approach/field trips. Surveillance issues related to zoonotic pathogens in animals.

PUBH 7242 - War and Public Health

Credits:	1.0 [max 1.0]
Grading Basis:	OPT No Aud
Typically offered:	Every Summer

Public health problems associated with armed conflict; interdisciplinary perspective with emphasis on analyzing the complexities. Consequences of mass displacement, effects on community and family, women's roles and experiences, trauma and healing. Health intervention strategies. Seminar discussion format.

PUBH 7250 - Designing and Conducting Focus Group Interviews

Credits:	1.0 [max 1.0]
Grading Basis:	OPT No Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring & Summer

Interactive, intensive overview of focus group procedures for public/non-profit environments. Practical approaches to determining appropriate use of focus groups. Design options, developing questions, recruiting participants, moderating. Analyzing/reporting results.

PUBH 7257 - Qualitative Data Analysis

Credits:	1.0 [max 1.0]
Grading Basis:	OPT No Aud
Typically offered:	Every Summer

Analyze/work with qualitative data from variety of data collection methods/multiple analysis approaches. Discussion of analyzing photograph/video data will provide insights on how best to analyze these types of data.

PUBH 7262 - Globalization and Health

Credits:	1.0 [max 1.0]
Grading Basis:	OPT No Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Summer

Global health concerns cross the borders of developed and developing nations. Effect of globalization on social and scientific consequences in public health. Interplay between global stressors such as population, war, economics, urbanization, and environment; effects on the health of women/children, spread of infectious/chronic diseases, nutrition and environmental health.

PUBH 7415 - Introduction to Clinical Trials

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	PubH 3415/PubH 7415
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Summer

Hypotheses/endpoints, choice of intervention/control, ethical considerations, blinding/randomization, data collection/monitoring, sample size, analysis, writing. Protocol development, group discussions. prereq: 6414 or 6450 or one semester graduate-level introductory biostatistics or statistics or instr consent

VMED 5881 - Food Production, Processing, and Supply Chain

Credits:	1.0 [max 1.0]
Grading Basis:	S-N only
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Food commodities and agricultural crops play critical roles relevant to public health, energy and economic vitality, feeding the increasing global human population, and providing multiple outputs from feed for animals, to fuel for vehicles, transportation and energy. This course focuses on agricultural commodities. For 2019 we will focus on corn and dairy production systems in Minnesota. The commodity of interest will change from year-to-year to other commodities like pork and sugar beets ? which provide critical outputs for the state of Minnesota.

VMED 5998 - Leadership to Address Global Grand Challenges

Credits:	1.5 [max 1.5]
Grading Basis:	OPT No Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

In this 5-day skills-based course, participants will learn and apply integrative leadership (also known as shared or facilitative leadership) strategies for addressing global grand challenges. Using global food system challenges as a basis for exploration, we will focus on leadership practices that foster collective action across diverse groups of people.

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