Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health OCW: Courses

Leads participants through the process of designing their own survey. Examines the major decisions faced by a health researcher who wants to design and implement a survey. Explores the potential ...

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Provides students with conceptual tools to analyze health-related behaviors and the social, cultural and environmental context in which they occur. Applies concepts and theories drawn from medica...

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MPH candidates are required to prepare capstone projects to complete their degree program. Each year, special honors were given to ten students for the best overall capstone projects. Presentatio...

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MPH candidates are required to prepare capstone projects to complete their degree program. Each year, special honors were given to ten students for the best overall capstone projects. Presentatio...

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Focuses on the core processes of growth and development in early to middle childhood. Considers developmental theories, issues and research findings related to physical growth and cognitive, emot...

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Teaches students to frame public health issues using a life course perspective. Introduces and examines basic principles of human development across the life span, from the prenatal period throug...

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Explores the conceptual basis and application of summary measures of population health status. Presents approaches to measuring the burden of disease in populations and their use for guiding reso...

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Introduces mental health as an integral part of global health research, including conducting needs assessments and intervention monitoring and evaluation. Presents and critiques strategies for in...

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This course introduces students to the origins, concepts, and development of community-based primary health care through case studies from both developing and developed countries. As in clinical ...

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The course consists of lectures, readings, discussions, panels of guest speakers, group and individual projects. The purpose of the lectures, readings, discussion and panels of guest speakers is ...

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The Health Information Technology Standards and Systems Interoperability course is designed to provide health professionals with an understanding of the existing health information technology (HI...

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This course introduces students to the economic approach to evaluating obesity. It focuses on attributable health care expenditures, quality adjusted life years, productivity changes, consumer so...

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This symposium addresses the interesection of HIV and human rights, particularly as it relates to the population of men who have sex with men (MSM).

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Part I of Dr. Starfield's update of her seminal book (Primary Care: Balancing Health Needs, Services, and Technology) comprises 6 invited lectures and an 11-lecture course.

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Builds upon knowledge of basic public health concepts and theory, showing how they are incorporated into intervention design and evaluation on an individual, group, community, and national scale.

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Introduces students to the principles, laws, and policies that influence the use of animal and alternative, non-animal-based (humane sciences) research techniques in biomedical research.

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This course provides a broad overview of diverse topics in the practice of and approaches to humane animal experimentation.

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This is the first part of a two-course survey that introduces an ecologic perspective that can be used to map factors that shape the health of individuals and populations.

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Healthcare professionals around the world are experiencing increasing pressures from patients, communities, governments and payers to demonstrate value.

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Provides an introduction to the science of safety, and how it relates to problems with patient safety in health care. Explains the role of both individuals and systems in improving patient safety...

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Explores the emerging public health issues associated with rapid growth of urban population in developing countries, with a particular focus on the urban poor.

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ntroduction to Biostatistics provides an introduction to selected important topics in biostatistical concepts and reasoning.

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Introduces students to ethics concepts as they apply to questions and challenges in conducting human subject research.

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MPH candidates are required to prepare capstone projects to complete their degree program.

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Reading seminar focusing on male adolescent health and sexual issues and explores the meaning of masculinity and the impact of masculine beliefs on men's health and health care use.

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Provides students with a basic understanding of the science of demography and health implications of major population issues in the contemporary world.

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Analyzes the correlates of fertility levels in societies and childbearing among individuals and couples. Examines classical theories of fertility change at the societal level and contemporary cri...

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This course examines and teaches ways in which education can be subtly but effectively worked into both new and time-honored genres of entertainment to foster positive behavior change and life im...

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Fundamentals of Epidemiology I and II introduce the basic concepts of epidemiology and biostatistics as applied to public health problems.

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Discusses occupational health program considerations, (including all levels of prevention), for vulnerable populations, using examples such as the health needs of women workers, shift workers, ag...

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This seminar-style course challenges students to look closely at the environment of Baltimore City's complex food systems and to consider what it would take to improve these systems to assure acc...

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Presents construction of sampling frames, area sampling, methods of estimation, stratified sampling, subsampling, and sampling methods for surveys of human populations. Students use STATA or anot...

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This course examines basic concepts of environmental toxicology, including distribution, cellular penetration, metabolic conversion, and elimination of toxic agents, as well as the fundamental la...

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Provides a broad understanding of the application of biostatistics in a regulatory context.

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Fundamentals of Epidemiology I is the first half of a course that introduces the basic concepts of epidemiology and biostatistics as applied to public health problems.

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Sexual Health, HIV/STI, and Human Rights

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In these presentations, the lecturers address challenging public health issues of the day and report on lessons learned from their own research and experience in the field.

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This lecture explores the statistical methods used for assessing the health effects of air pollution. Dr. Dominici uses examples from her own national-level research.

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This lecture summarizes Professor Leiyu Shi's recent work on primary care, the definition of primary care, and his research rationale and framework. It includes a close look at international prim...

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A series of presentations developed to introduce health department employees to the basic terms and concepts that they are likely to encounter in the field.

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MPH candidates are required to prepare capstone projects to complete their degree program. Each year, special honors were given to ten students for the best overall capstone projects. Presentatio...

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This course emphasizes the analysis of ethnographic and other forms of qualitative data in public health research.

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In this lecture, Professor Brieger discusses some of the lessons he learned during his 26-year experience working in Nigeria and his subsequent work with a wider variety of African nations, focus...

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In this installment of the Bloomberg Leadership Series, Dr. Fineberg shares the personal experiences and professional insights that have informed his leadership style and his approach to formulat...

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This lecture addresses the evaluation challenges posed by observational studies, paying particular attention to the cardiovascular implications raised by recent HAART research.

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is lecture explores the risks and prevention opportunities presented by the emergence of social networking and internet dating sites. Presented by the Department of Population, Family, and Reprod...

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Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Faculty Interviews

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Introduces the material covered in the Department of Health Policy and Management. Focuses on four substantive areas that form the analytic basis for many of the issues in Health Policy and Manag...

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This course introduces the basic techniques of demographic analysis. Students will become familiar with the sources of data available for demographic research. Population composition and change m...

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Lectures by current practitioners of cancer prevention control in clinical oncology cover the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention/screening measures used for cancers such as lung, breast, prosta...

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Presents quantitative approaches to theory construction in the context of multiple response variables, with models for both continuous and categorical data.

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Presents fundamental concepts in applied probability, exploratory data analysis, and statistical inference, focusing on probability and analysis of one and two samples.

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Introduces the study of aging, its implications for individuals, families, and society, and the background for health policy related to older persons.

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Presents principles underlying preclinical and clinical development of new therapeutic drugs and procedures.

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Considers features of sexually transmitted diseases relevant to their control, reviewing the natural history of the infections and laboratory diagnoses.

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Introduction to Methods for Health Services Research and Evaluation provides an introduction to basic methods for undertaking research and program evaluation within health services organizations ...

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Introduces the basic methods for infectious disease epidemiology and case studies of important disease syndromes and entities.

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The workshop is intended for Doctoral students in the health and social sciences who are at the stage of developing a research proposal.

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This course focuses on current research, controversial issues, and methodological problems in the epidemiology of reproductive and perinatal health.

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Presents an overview of major issues related to the design, function, management, regulation, and evaluation of health insurance and managed care plans.

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Describes how economic theory is linked to economic evaluation techniques like cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis and to introduce students to many concepts that are specific to economi...

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This course introduces the basic elements of population studies, including: population size, composition, and distribution, and the causes and consequences of changes in these characteristics.

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This unique training addresses the institutional culture of five responder groups: law enforcement, EMS, fire, public health, and private security in an attempt at fostering understanding among t...

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The course is designed to help students develop basic literacy regarding social concepts and processes that influence health status and public health interventions.

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Introduces and examines the basic prinicples which guide growth and development and the health of individuals across the lifespan, from the prenatal period through senescence.

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Introduces the topics of disaster mental health services, mental health surge capacity, and psychiatric first aid.

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Examines the path of the avian influenza and examines how it could impact world health.

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Examines the various biological agents that terrorists could use against food or water supplies.

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Introduces you to general radiation principles, radiation safety and protection, and the basic types of radiological terror, and also provides practical guidance on acute response techniques and ...

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Public health workers need to understand and implement basic concepts of personal preparedness planning so that they can function effectively as public health emergency responders in a post-9/11 ...

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Provides an understanding of the complex and challenging public health issue of food security and in a world where one billion people are under-nourished while another billion are overweight.

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Fundamentals of Program Evaluation familiarizes students in different types of program evaluation, including needs assessment, formative research, process evaluation, monitoring of outputs and ou...

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Presents quantitative approaches to measurement in the psychological and social sciences.

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Presents fundamental concepts in applied probability, exploratory data analysis, and statistical inference, focusing on probability and analysis of one and two samples.

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Presents issues related to malaria as a major public health problem.

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Students will be guided to analyze problems and develop strategies based on real world drug management issues including regulations, manufacture, procurement, distribution, safety, policy, financ...

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This course will consider long-term service delivery programs designed to meet the special needs of seniors.

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This course introduces the basic concepts and methods of statistics with applications in the experimental biological sciences.

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Presents a historical overview of the influence of water and sanitation on human health; types of water and sanitation facilities and equipment presently available and particularly suited to refu...

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Offers an integrative molecular and biological perspective on public health problems. Explores population biology and ecological principles underlying public health and reviews molecular biology ...

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Presents the health and economic burden of tobacco use worldwide and highlights practical approaches to tobacco prevention, control, surveillance and evaluation.

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During this class we will be discussing some of the problems arising from poor facilities in many developing countries.

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Covers the basics of R software and the key capabilities of the Bioconductor project, including importation and preprocessing of high-throughput data from microarrays and other platforms.

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Introduces the theory and application of modern, computationally-based methods for exploring and drawing inferences from data.

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This course focuses on the historical problems and interventions associated with infant mortality.

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Familiarizes and engages the student with the process of developing policies.

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Examines health issues, scientific understanding of causes and possible future approaches to control the major environmental health problems in industrialized and developing countries.

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Focuses on ethical theory and current ethical issues in public health and health policy, including resource allocation, the use of summary measures of health, the right to health care and conflic...

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Addresses topics that commonly arise from the day-to-day collaboration between researchers in public health and Biostatistics at the School.

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Principles of Industrial Hygiene provides an introduction to the field of industrial hygiene and to occupational health in general.

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This course in Training Methods and Continuing Education for Health Workers identifies the role of training and continuing education as an important component of health service and personnel mana...

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Psychiatric Epidemiology reviews descriptive and analytic epidemiology for major mental disorders of childhood, adulthood, and late adult life.

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Provides an integrated overview of the physiological requirements and functions of protein, energy and the major vitamins and minerals that are determinants of health and diseases in human popula...

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Introduces students to the ethics of human subject research, including ethical theory and principles are introduced and followed by a brief history of research ethics.

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Provides the knowledge one needs to critically appraise a weight control diet or dietary supplement and choose the best plan for success.

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Presents three illustrative case studies to reinforce basic concepts and principles of terrorism preparedness and response, as well as to identify some specific practical considerations.

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Guides students interested in working on injury control in areas with little or no tradition in injury prevention from a public health perspective.

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Presents major nutritional problems that influence the health, survival and developmental capacity of populations in developing societies.

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Statistical Reasoning in Public Health II provides an introduction to selected important topics in biostatistical concepts and reasoning through lectures, exercises, and bulletin board discussion...

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Aims at providing you with the knowledge and skills needed to diagnose (understand) community, individual, and organizational behaviors and change processes in developing countries and in cross-c...

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This course introduces the basic concepts and methods of statistics with applications in the experimental biological sciences.

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The primary objective of this content is to prepare students to read and interpret cost-effectiveness studies.

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Statistical Reasoning in Public Health provides an introduction to selected important topics in biostatistical concepts and reasoning through lectures, exercises, and bulletin board discussions.

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Refugee Health Care addresses the provision of basic health requirements for refugees and the coordination of care among the agencies concerned with them.

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This material will cover immunization basics and survey the public health, sociological, and economic literature, identifying and analyzing common problems using a standard problem-solving approa...

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Examines the historical experience of health and illness from a population perspective.

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Introduces issues and programmatic strategies related to the development, organization and management of family planning programs, especially those in developing countries.

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