Public Health 150 – Contemporary Health Issues
Summer 2016, Session C
Course Information
Number of units: 4
Lecture: 3 hours/week, Discussion: 3 hours/week
Meeting Time: 1-4 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays
Location: PAB 1434A (Physics and Astronomy Building)
Course website: www.ccle.ucla.edu – check the website frequently for lecture slides, readings, assignments, and updates
Instructor: Haroutune Armenian, MD, DrPH,
Teaching Assistants (Office Hours held TR, 12PM-1PM, PAB 1749):
Evelyn Alvarez,
Dr. VaheKhachadourian,
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the Course the student should be able to:
- Explain the scope of public health activities in human populations.
- List and describe various disciplines involved in problem solving in public health.
- Present a model of problem solving in public health.
- Identify and define public health problems in the community and within the health services.
- Search for sources of information about public health problems.
- Describe intervention strategies for addressing public health problems.
SCHEDULE:
Issue/ProblemMethod/Paradigm
Session 1 Tuesday August 2
Introduction (Armenian)Problem Solving in PH (HKA)
- Scope of PH- Tobacco
- Invariables in PH
Assignment A: List PH problems of concern in your life.
Session 2 Thursday August 4
Data-Information (Brookmeyer)Surveillance (HKA)
Assignment B: Select a PH problem and define it.
Session 3 Tuesday August 9
Disasters in our lives (Armenian)Epi Investigation (HKA)
Assignment C:Sources of data and information about your selected problem.
Session 4 Thursday August 11
Evaluation of Health Services (Armenian)Systems (HKA)
Assignment D: Presenting the selected problem as a system.
Session 5 Tuesday August 16
Emerging Infections (Detels)Review Discussion
Assignment E: Preparedness for adverse outcomes for selected problem.
Session 6 Thursday August 18
MIDTERM: Questions based on the 5 previous sessions.
Dignity in Health Care (Armenian)
Assignment F: List options for interventions for selected problem.
Session 7 Tuesday August 23
General Environmental Health (Jackson)
The Built Environment and Health (Jackson)
Class discussion of Public Health problems selected by students.
Session 8 Thursday August 25
Services for the aged (Wallace)Decision process (HKA)
Assignment G: How to advocate for the selected PH problem?
Session 9 Tuesday August 30
Nutrition (McCarthy)Culture, Society, Politics and Health (HKA)
Assignment H: Evaluate a service for the selected problem.
Session 10 Thursday September 1
International Health (Dorian)Project development (HKA)
AssignmentI: Select an intervention and develop it as a project idea for selected problem.
Session 11 Tuesday September 6
The Age for Building Health (Armenian)
REVIEW SESSION
Session 12 Thursday September 8
FINAL EXAM: similar in approach to the mid-term
Required Text: Weekly readings will be posted online. Students are expected to read the material before class sessions.
EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE IN THIS CLASS:
Homework assignments A through I16% of final grade
Midterm Exam40% of final grade
Final Examination 44% of final grade
Total 100% of final grade
Students are expected to complete the required homework as assigned and turn in theoriginal copy of their homework at the beginning of the next class day.
Each evaluated assignment will be given a point value. Point values will be converted to percentages and summed at the end of the course to yield a final percent (maximum possible = 100%). Grades will be posted on MyUCLA.
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: While students are encouraged to discuss class material to gain a better understanding of course topics, all submitted homework and exams must represent each student’s individual effort. Cheating, falsification, plagiarism, and facilitating academic dishonesty of others will be reported to the Dean of Students per University policy. For more information, see www.deanofstudents.ucla.edu/StudentGuide.pdf.
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: If you wish to request an accommodation due to a suspected or documented disability, please inform your instructor and contact the Office for Students with Disabilities as soon as possible at A255 Murphy Hall.
Phone number: 310-825-1501 or 310 206-6083 (telephone device for the hearing impaired)
Website: www.osd.ucla.edu
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