Courses Taught
PH 103 Health Communication
Offered:
Spring 2014
Spring 2015
Description:
The purpose of this advanced course is to provide students with an introduction to the science of health communication and relevant research, theory and practice. Using examples of communication campaigns in the United States and around the globe, this course provides a starting point to consider what does and what does not work with health communication. The overarching educational objective is to learn to use strategic health communication to enhance health outcomes and reduce health disparities. Students will work in teams to develop, implement, and evaluate a small-scale health communication campaign. This is a writing intensive course and students are encouraged to utilize campus resources for assistance with grammar and style issues.
Spring 2014
Spring 2015
Description:
The purpose of this advanced course is to provide students with an introduction to the science of health communication and relevant research, theory and practice. Using examples of communication campaigns in the United States and around the globe, this course provides a starting point to consider what does and what does not work with health communication. The overarching educational objective is to learn to use strategic health communication to enhance health outcomes and reduce health disparities. Students will work in teams to develop, implement, and evaluate a small-scale health communication campaign. This is a writing intensive course and students are encouraged to utilize campus resources for assistance with grammar and style issues.
PH 104 Health and the Media
Offered:
Fall 2014
Description:
Public understanding of science and health is shaped by the ways in which the professional scientific and medical discourses are translated and disseminated via the popular press and entertainment media. This course examines these translation and dissemination processes through analysis of the portrayal and representation of science, health, and illness in the media. We then turn to theories of media effects to understand the effects of coverage and portrayals of health and science in the news and entertainment media on individual and population health. Special attention is paid to the issue of health disparities, in terms of understanding how the information environment contributes to disparities, how disparities are covered in the media, and the effects these portrayals might have on minority and majority populations.
This course is designed to serve undergraduate students in public health and related disciplines who are interested in gaining an understanding of theories of media effects on individual, community, and population-level health-related outcomes.
Fall 2014
Description:
Public understanding of science and health is shaped by the ways in which the professional scientific and medical discourses are translated and disseminated via the popular press and entertainment media. This course examines these translation and dissemination processes through analysis of the portrayal and representation of science, health, and illness in the media. We then turn to theories of media effects to understand the effects of coverage and portrayals of health and science in the news and entertainment media on individual and population health. Special attention is paid to the issue of health disparities, in terms of understanding how the information environment contributes to disparities, how disparities are covered in the media, and the effects these portrayals might have on minority and majority populations.
This course is designed to serve undergraduate students in public health and related disciplines who are interested in gaining an understanding of theories of media effects on individual, community, and population-level health-related outcomes.
PSY 124 Health Disparities
Offered:
Fall 2013
Description:
Health disparities are unjust differences in the distribution of health among population subgroups. This course examines health disparities, focusing particularly on how culture, race, ethnicity, and social class influence health in the United States. We will also examine causes of these disparities and end with multi-level approaches to eliminating health disparities.
Fall 2013
Description:
Health disparities are unjust differences in the distribution of health among population subgroups. This course examines health disparities, focusing particularly on how culture, race, ethnicity, and social class influence health in the United States. We will also examine causes of these disparities and end with multi-level approaches to eliminating health disparities.
PH 203 Public Health Research Methods
Offered:
Fall 2015
Description:
PH 203 is a required course for Ph.D. students in the Public Health track. It is not open to other students without permission of the instructor. The primary goal of the course is to build a solid understanding of the logic of social science applied to public health. As the first research methods course, it is intended to prepare public health graduate students for future work in research design. This course emphasizes a mixed methods, team science approach to public health science.
Fall 2015
Description:
PH 203 is a required course for Ph.D. students in the Public Health track. It is not open to other students without permission of the instructor. The primary goal of the course is to build a solid understanding of the logic of social science applied to public health. As the first research methods course, it is intended to prepare public health graduate students for future work in research design. This course emphasizes a mixed methods, team science approach to public health science.
