Discussion of history and definitions of public health and emerging themes: Public Health Disparities (health and wealth; social justice); Issues in Public Health (lead poisoning; tobacco; obesity; emergency; clean water/air; injury; health systems/reform); and Global Health Issues (globalization and development; maternal and child health).

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Morey Room 321 (TR 9:40AM - 10:55AM)

Fundamental concepts underlying health-related information and health policy. Basic methodological principles used to describe disease occurrence in populations and identify causes of disease.

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Morey Room 321 (TR 12:30PM - 1:45PM)

This course examines the intersection of religion/spirituality and public health, locally, globally and nationally.  Extensive evidence-based research has shown that religion and spirituality have a significant impact on the health of individuals.  More recently, researchers have found that religion/spirituality is a social determinant of public health, making it a factor that public health practitioners should consider when approaching public health challenges such as responses to pandemics, gun violence, women’s reproductive health, or entrenched political conflicts.  We survey the research establishing the connection between religion and health/mental health and spend time analyzing a variety of case studies illustrating how they have intersected in real world scenarios.  This is a community engaged course.  Students will be assigned to a local community partner to help with projects at that organization throughout the semester.  This course is part of the Religion and Society Cluster, and the Medicine in Context (Public Health) cluster. It also counts as an elective for the health, behavior, and society (HBS) program.

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Interfaith Chapel Room 202 (TR 3:25PM - 4:40PM)

This course covers the basic principles used to evaluate the potential human health risk of exposure to environmental contaminants in air, water, and food. Pre-requisites: BIOL 110/112; CHEM 131; PHLT 103 or permission of instructor.

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Morey Room 525 (TR 3:25PM - 4:40PM)

This interdisciplinary course is an introduction to critical concepts and approaches used to investigate the intersections of gender, health, and illness, particularly in the context of individual lives both locally and transnationally. Special attention will be paid to the historical and contemporary development of medical knowledge and practice, including debates on the roles of health-care consumers and practitioners, as well as global linkages among the health industry, international trade, and health sector reform in the developing world. Emerging issues around the politics of global health include clinical research studies, bodily modification practices, and reproductive justice movements. This is a writing-intensive course and may be counted toward the University of Rochester’s Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies (GSW) major, minor, or cluster.

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Lechase Room 104 (MW 12:30PM - 1:45PM)

Using a critical lens, this course examines how forms of social organization create global health for some groups and poor health for other groups. Pre-requisites: PHLT 101 or ANTH 101.

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Dewey Room 2110D (TR 11:05AM - 12:20PM)

The course introduces the legal and social justice frameworks for urgent public health issues, such as vaccinations, tobacco regulation and gun control. Pre-requisites: PHLT 116 or PHLT 236 or previous policy or public health coursework; juniors & seniors only.

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Lattimore Room 210 (MW 2:00PM - 3:15PM)

Public health professionals, researchers, government agencies, and community groups recognize that the physical environment has significant impacts on health equity but often lack the policy skills, concepts, and experiences needed to effect change. This advanced course develops tools for understanding and promoting effective environmental health policy.   

Course restriction: Not open to first-year students

Pre-requisites: PHLT 101.  If you have not taken PHLT 101, contact the instructor for permission (provide an overview of your prior experience and/or coursework on environment and/or policy).

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Morey Room 205 (TR 12:30PM - 1:45PM)

Students will learn how government funds, organizes and delivers health care, broadly defined, to mothers, children, and adolescents; as well as legal and policy writing skills relevant to advocacy, such as issue fact sheets, legislative testimony, and letters to the editor. Pre-requisites: PHLT 116, PHLT 236, or PHLT 230 required or previous policy or public health coursework; juniors & seniors only

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Lechase Room 184 (TR 2:00PM - 3:15PM)

This course uses social theories to frame current issues in global health. Readings include critiques of development and ethnographic methods. Pre-requisite: PHLT 101 or ANTH 101.

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Meliora Room 205 (MW 10:25AM - 11:40AM)

Seminar for students selected for one of two mountain health summer field schools.

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Hylan Building Room 306 (R 4:50PM - 6:05PM)

Among the topics covered are the rise of hospitals as the main site of medical care, the creation of Medicare and Medicaid and the further evolution of these programs, the rise to dominance of actuarial analysis in the shaping of health policy, and the Affordable Care Act and its implementation. The seminar will also address how health policy is implemented, introduce the concept of administrative burdens, and will examine the politics and policymaking of contested healthcare. The seminar will focus on writing skills, honing the ability to write for diverse audience, and developing an individual policy-focused opinion essay. Students will also experience writing peer reviews. Students’ final project will require independent research that is based on the analysis of primary sources which they will have identified.

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Meliora Room 205 (R 2:00PM - 4:40PM)

Students accepted in the Public Health Research Honors program must successfully complete a total of 3 credit hours of Public Health Honors Seminar (PHLT 389) over and above the credit hours required for the public health major. Students in the PHLT Research Honors program will complete: 1 credit hour in PHLT 389 for the junior year (preferably in spring of junior year), 1 credit hour of PHLT 389 fall semester of the senior year, and 1 credit hour for PHLT 389 the spring semester of senior year.  PHLT 389 is in addition to PHLT 393.

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This opportunity is offered in conjunction with The Washington Center. For more information about the program and the application process, please visit the Greene Center.

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This is a mentored experience under the supervision of a UR faculty member. Students may apply to either: the Monroe County Department of Public Health or the Genesee and Orleans Departments of Public Health. Students are expected to commit to spending 8 hours per week on-site at the Monroe County Department of Public Health during standard business hours.

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This course is designed to expose students who are interested in careers in health and/or research to executing clinical research in the emergency department setting. Students will have hands-on experience in the ED screening, enrolling, and collecting research data, they will learn to think critically about research protocols, successful study execution, and ethical considerations about human subjects, and will develop competencies that support successful transition to post-graduate education or job opportunities. The internship includes short lectures followed by group discussion, guest speakers from various areas of research linked to reading assignments, followed by interactive discussion, opportunities to interact with each other and share experiences in an online forum, 1:1 mentoring in the Emergency Department with an experienced enroller, and actively enrolling subjects into research protocols in the Emergency Department. This course will be offered at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) campus.

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These internships are designed to give students knowledge and skills to contribute to public health policy and program development and operations in the Greater Rochester community, including those related to the social determinants of health. This course requires an application. Pre-requisites: PHLT 116 or PHLT 236 or previous law, policy or public health coursework. Seniors and juniors only. Students must use UR Student to register for this course; this course is not an independent study.

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This is a mentored field experience applying principles of community engaged practice in real world settings. Students work 8 hours/week with a community agency and attend a weekly 75-mintue on-campus seminar for discussion. THIS COURSE REQUIRES A SPECIAL APPLICATION. Application is available: https://www.sas.rochester.edu/ph/undergraduate/internships.html

Course open to: juniors, seniors, Take Five, and e5 students, majoring in one of the five public health-related majors. Students must have completed: PHLT 101, PHLT 102, and PHLT 103.

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Lechase Room 184 (W 3:25PM - 4:40PM)

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