New courses in all departments from JHSPH OpenCourseWare, provider of free and open public health course materials. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/?source=rss 2010-02-09T03:02Z JHSPH OpenCourseWare http://ocw.jhsph.edu/ en-US Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). ntroduction to Biostatistics provides an introduction to selected important topics in biostatistical concepts and reasoning. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/introbiostats/?source=rss John McGready, Rakesh Aggarwal, Amita Aggarwal, Nikhil Gupte 2010-02-05T12:02Z en-us Biostatistics JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). Introduces students to ethics concepts as they apply to questions and challenges in conducting human subject research. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/introhsr/?source=rss Nancy Kass, Holly Taylor, and Anant Bhan 2009-12-28T12:12Z en-us Health Policy JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). MPH candidates are required to prepare capstone projects to complete their degree program. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/capstone2009/?source=rss Anjali Dotson, Jordan Duval-Arnould, Sally Hess, and Tracy Rudne 2009-11-24T12:11Z en-us General Public Health Presentations JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). 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. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/masculinity/?source=rss Arik Marcell and Freya Sonenstein 2009-11-05T12:11Z 380.720 en-us Adolescent Health Behavior and Health JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). Provides students with a basic understanding of the science of demography and health implications of major population issues in the contemporary world. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/principlespopulationchange/?source=rss Nan Astone 2009-10-13T12:10Z 380.600 en-us Population Science JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). 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 critiques of these theories. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/soceconaspectsfertility/?source=rss Nan Astone 2009-10-07T12:10Z 380.655 en-us Maternal and Child Health Population Science JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). 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 improvement in both developing countries and local environments. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/entertainmenteducation/?source=rss Esta de Fossard 2009-09-01T12:09Z 410.656.01 en-us Behavior and Health Global Health JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). Fundamentals of Epidemiology I and II introduce the basic concepts of epidemiology and biostatistics as applied to public health problems. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/fundepiii/?source=rss Sukon Kanchanaraksa and Marie Diener-West 2009-08-30T12:08Z 550.695.81 en-us Biostatistics General Public Health Population Science JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). 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, aging workers, families of workers, and workers with chronic diseases and impairments. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/vulnerablepopulations/?source=rss Jacqueline Agnew & Sheila Fitzgerald 2009-08-05T12:08Z 188.694.81 en-us Environment Injury Prevention JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). 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 access for all to nutritious, adequate, affordable and sustainably produced food. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/baltimorefoodsystems/?source=rss Roni Neff and Anne Palmer 2009-07-06T12:07Z 180.655.01 en-us Environment Nutrition JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). 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 another comparable package to implement designs and analyses of survey data. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/StatMethodsForSampleSurveys?source=rss Saifuddin Ahmed 2009-02-12T12:02Z 140.640.01 en-us Biostatistics JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). This course examines basic concepts of environmental toxicology, including distribution, cellular penetration, metabolic conversion, and elimination of toxic agents, as well as the fundamental laws governing the interaction of foreign chemicals with biological systems. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/publichealthtoxicology/?source=rss Jim Yager and Michael Trush 2008-12-19T12:12Z 187.610.01 en-us Environment JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). Provides a broad understanding of the application of biostatistics in a regulatory context. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/BiostatMedicalProductRegulation/?source=rss Mary Foulkes and Simon Day 2008-11-06T12:11Z 140.633.81 en-us Biostatistics Health Policy JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). 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. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/FundEpi/?source=rss Sukon Kanchanaraksa and Marie Diener-West 2008-10-29T12:10Z 550.694.81 en-us Biostatistics General Public Health Population Science JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). 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. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/deanslectureseries0708/?source=rss JHSPH Faculty 2008-08-28T12:08Z en-us Biostatistics Environment General Public Health Health Policy Presentations JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). Sexual Health, HIV/STI, and Human Rights http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/beyrer/?source=rss Chris Beyrer 2008-08-28T12:08Z en-us HIV/AIDS Infectious Disease Refugee Health JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). 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. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/dominici/?source=rss Francesca Dominici 2008-08-23T12:08Z en-us Biostatistics Environment JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). 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. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/publichealthpractice101/?source=rss Henry Taylor 2008-08-20T12:08Z en-us General Public Health Public Health Preparedness JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). 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 primary care studies, US primary care studies, Metropolitan Statistical Area analyses, county-level studies, multi-level studies, meta-analyses, and US health center studies. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/leiyushi/?source=rss Leiyu Shi 2008-08-20T12:08Z en-us Health Policy Population Science JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). 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. Presentations from three of the ten 2008 honors recipients are posted. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/Capstone?source=rss Christina Chang, Olivia Lindly, and Dana Kinderman 2008-07-31T12:07Z en-us General Public Health Maternal and Child Health Nutrition JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). This course emphasizes the analysis of ethnographic and other forms of qualitative data in public health research. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/qualitativedataanalysis/?source=rss Katherine Fritz 2008-07-14T12:07Z 224.691.01 en-us General Public Health JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). 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, focusing on on tropical diseases and their associated social, cultural, and behavioral aspects. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/brieger/?source=rss Bill Brieger 2008-06-20T12:06Z en-us Global Health Infectious Disease JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). This lecture addresses the evaluation challenges posed by observational studies, paying particular attention to the cardiovascular implications raised by recent HAART research. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/gange/?source=rss Stephen Gange 2008-06-16T12:06Z en-us General Public Health HIV/AIDS JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). 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 formulating sound and persuasive policy recommendations. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/fineberg/?source=rss Dr. Harvey Fineberg 2008-06-16T12:06Z en-us Health Policy JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Faculty Interviews http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/facultyinterviews/?source=rss JHSPH Faculty 2008-05-02T12:05Z en-us Chronic Diseases Environment Health Policy Infectious Disease Public Health Preparedness JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). 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 Reproductive Health http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/rietmeijer/?source=rss Kees Rietmeijer, MD, PhD 2008-05-02T12:05Z en-us Infectious Disease Population Science JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). 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 Management. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/IntroHealthPolicy/?source=rss Gerard Anderson 2008-04-29T12:04Z 300.600.81 en-us Health Policy JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). 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 measures will be presented. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/demographicmethods/?source=rss Stan Becker and Nafissatou Sidibe 2008-03-04T12:03Z en-us Population Science JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). 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, prostate, colon/rectal, etc. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/fundonc/?source=rss Bruce Trock 2008-02-26T12:02Z 309.605.01 en-us Chronic Diseases Environment JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). Presents quantitative approaches to theory construction in the context of multiple response variables, with models for both continuous and categorical data. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/structuralmodels/index.cfm?source=rss Quian-Li Xue and William Eaton 2008-01-31T12:01Z 140.658 en-us Biostatistics Mental Health JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). Presents fundamental concepts in applied probability, exploratory data analysis, and statistical inference, focusing on probability and analysis of one and two samples. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/methodsinbiostatisticsii/?source=rss Brian Caffo 2008-01-04T12:01Z 140.652.01 en-us Biostatistics JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). Introduces the study of aging, its implications for individuals, families, and society, and the background for health policy related to older persons. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/agingpopulations/?source=rss Lynda Burton and Bruce Leff 2007-10-25T12:10Z 309.605.01 en-us Aging Health Policy JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). Presents principles underlying preclinical and clinical development of new therapeutic drugs and procedures. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/drugdevelopment/?source=rss Charles Flexner 2007-09-13T12:09Z 390.631.01 en-us General Public Health Health Policy JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). Considers features of sexually transmitted diseases relevant to their control, reviewing the natural history of the infections and laboratory diagnoses. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/stiprevention/?source=rss Jonathan Zenilman 2007-09-12T12:09Z 380.761.81 en-us Adolescent Health HIV/AIDS Infectious Disease JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). 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 and systems. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/HSRE/?source=rss Jonathan P. Weiner, Lynda C. Burton, and Elizabeth A. Skinner 2007-08-24T12:08Z 309.616/617 en-us Health Policy JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). Introduces the basic methods for infectious disease epidemiology and case studies of important disease syndromes and entities. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/EpiInfectiousDisease/?source=rss Kenrad Nelson 2007-07-10T12:07Z 340.627.81 en-us Global Health HIV/AIDS Infectious Disease JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). The workshop is intended for Doctoral students in the health and social sciences who are at the stage of developing a research proposal. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/dissertationworkshop?source=rss Henry Mosley 2007-06-30T12:06Z en-us General Public Health Population Science Presentations JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). This course focuses on current research, controversial issues, and methodological problems in the epidemiology of reproductive and perinatal health. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/reproductiveperinatal/?source=rss Ronald Gray 2007-05-15T12:05Z 380.664 en-us Maternal and Child Health Population Science JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). Presents an overview of major issues related to the design, function, management, regulation, and evaluation of health insurance and managed care plans. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/managedcare/?source=rss Jonathan Weiner 2007-04-30T12:04Z 309.620 en-us Health Policy JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). 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 economic evaluation. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/ConceptsEconomicEvaluation/?source=rss Kevin Frick 2007-04-09T12:04Z 313.630 en-us Health Policy JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). 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. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/PopulationChange/?source=rss Henry Mosley 2007-03-08T12:03Z 320.600.01 en-us Global Health Population Science JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). 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 these groups. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/FirstResponders/?source=rss Johns Hopkins Center For Public Health Preparedness 2007-02-06T12:02Z en-us Presentations Public Health Preparedness JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). The course is designed to help students develop basic literacy regarding social concepts and processes that influence health status and public health interventions. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/socialbehavioralaspectspublichealth/?source=rss Larry Wissow 2007-01-16T12:01Z 410.616 en-us Behavior and Health Mental Health Nutrition JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). 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. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/HealthAcrossLifeSpan/?source=rss Henry Mosely, Kristin Mmari 2006-12-22T12:12Z 380.604.81 en-us Aging Maternal and Child Health Population Science JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). Examines the various biological agents that terrorists could use against food or water supplies. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/BiologicalAgentsOfWaterAndFoodborneBioterrorism/?source=rss Kellogg Schwab 2006-12-13T12:12Z en-us Environment Infectious Disease Presentations Public Health Preparedness JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). Examines the path of the avian influenza and examines how it could impact world health. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/ImpactPandemicInfluenzaOnPublicHealth/?source=rss Rashid Chotani 2006-12-13T12:12Z en-us Global Health Infectious Disease Presentations Public Health Preparedness JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). Introduces the topics of disaster mental health services, mental health surge capacity, and psychiatric first aid. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/IntroMentalHealthDisasterPreparedness/?source=rss Cindy Parker 2006-12-13T12:12Z en-us Mental Health Presentations Public Health Preparedness JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). 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 world. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/PersonalPreparednessPlanning/?source=rss Daniel Barnett 2006-12-13T12:12Z en-us Presentations Public Health Preparedness JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). 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 general countermeasures. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/RadiationTerror101/?source=rss Jonathan Links 2006-12-13T12:12Z en-us Environment Global Health Presentations Public Health Preparedness JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). 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. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/nutritionalhealthfoodproductionandenvironment/?source=rss Bob Lawrence, Polly Walker 2006-11-22T12:11Z 180.620.81 en-us Environment Nutrition JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). Fundamentals of Program Evaluation familiarizes students in different types of program evaluation, including needs assessment, formative research, process evaluation, monitoring of outputs and outcomes, impact assessment, and cost analysis. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/fundamentalsprogramevaluation/?source=rss Jane Bertrand 2006-11-21T12:11Z 380.611 en-us Health Policy HIV/AIDS Population Science JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). Presents quantitative approaches to measurement in the psychological and social sciences. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/statisticspsychosocialresearch/?source=rss William Eaton, Elizabeth Garrett-Mayer, Jeannie-Marie Leoutsakos 2006-11-08T12:11Z 330.657 en-us Biostatistics Chronic Diseases Mental Health JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). Presents fundamental concepts in applied probability, exploratory data analysis, and statistical inference, focusing on probability and analysis of one and two samples. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/MethodsInBiostatisticsI/?source=rss Brian Caffo 2006-11-02T12:11Z 140.651.01 en-us Biostatistics JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). Presents issues related to malaria as a major public health problem. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/malariology/?source=rss Clive Shiff, Nirbhay Kumar, David Sullivan 2006-09-25T12:09Z 260.656 en-us Global Health Infectious Disease JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). Students will be guided to analyze problems and develop strategies based on real world drug management issues including regulations, manufacture, procurement, distribution, safety, policy, financing and the unique aspects of international pharmaceutical trade, the role of the World Trade Organization - Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (WTO-TRIPS), government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and individuals/programs in the selection and use of pharmaceutical products. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/pharmaceuticalsmanagementforunder%2Dservedpopulations/?source=rss David Peters, Alan Lyles 2006-09-01T12:09Z 551.607.01 en-us Health Policy JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). This course will consider long-term service delivery programs designed to meet the special needs of seniors. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/managinglongtermcareagingpopulations/?source=rss Paul Willging 2006-08-08T12:08Z 309.606 en-us Aging Health Policy JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). This course introduces the basic concepts and methods of statistics with applications in the experimental biological sciences. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/statisticslaboratoryscientistsii/?source=rss Karl Broman 2006-07-25T12:07Z 140.616 en-us Biostatistics Chronic Diseases JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). Offers an integrative molecular and biological perspective on public health problems. Explores population biology and ecological principles underlying public health and reviews molecular biology in relation to public health biology. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/PublicHealthBiology/?source=rss Sharon S. Krag, Gary Ketner, Gregory Glass, Barry Zirkin, James Yager 2006-04-29T12:04Z 550.630 en-us General Public Health JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). 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 refugee populations displaced by war, famine, drought, and economic turmoil; and methodologies for assessing and quantifying water and sanitation needs. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/watersanitation/?source=rss Leslie Roberts 2006-04-29T12:04Z 221.629 en-us Environment Global Health Refugee Health JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). 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. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/BioinformaticsComputationalBiology/?source=rss Rafael Irizarry 2006-04-13T12:04Z 140.688 en-us Biostatistics JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). Presents the health and economic burden of tobacco use worldwide and highlights practical approaches to tobacco prevention, control, surveillance and evaluation. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/GlobalTobaccoControl/?source=rss Frances Stillman, Jonathan Samet, Heather Wipfli 2006-04-13T12:04Z 340.619 en-us Behavior and Health Global Health Health Policy JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). During this class we will be discussing some of the problems arising from poor facilities in many developing countries. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/TropicalEnvironmentalHealth/?source=rss Clive Shiff 2006-04-13T12:04Z 182.626 en-us Environment Global Health Infectious Disease JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). Introduces the theory and application of modern, computationally-based methods for exploring and drawing inferences from data. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/EssentialsProbabilityStatisticalInference/?source=rss Rafael Irizarry 2006-04-01T12:04Z 140.649 en-us Biostatistics JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). Familiarizes and engages the student with the process of developing policies. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/FoodNutritionPolicy/?source=rss Rolf Klemm, Keith West 2006-03-09T12:03Z 222.657.01 en-us Health Policy Nutrition JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). This course focuses on the historical problems and interventions associated with infant mortality. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/PreventingInfantMortality/?source=rss Melissa Hawkins 2006-03-09T12:03Z 380.765.81 en-us Maternal and Child Health Population Science JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). Uses lectures, readings, discussion and panels of guest speakers to explore a variety of aspects of adolescence and adolescent health. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/AdolescentHealthDevelopment/?source=rss Robert W. Blum 2006-02-27T12:02Z 380.623 en-us Adolescent Health Genetics HIV/AIDS JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). Examines health issues, scientific understanding of causes and possible future approaches to control the major environmental health problems in industrialized and developing countries. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/EnvironmentalHealth/?source=rss Jonathan M. Links 2006-02-21T12:02Z 180.601.81 en-us Environment Injury Prevention JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). 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 conflicts between autonomy and health promotion efforts. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/EthicalIssuesPublicHealth/?source=rss Ruth Faden 2006-02-13T12:02Z 306.655 en-us General Public Health Health Policy JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). Addresses topics that commonly arise from the day-to-day collaboration between researchers in public health and Biostatistics at the School. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/BiostatisticsLectureSeries05/?source=rss Department Faculty 2006-02-06T12:02Z 2004-05 en-us Biostatistics Presentations JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). Principles of Industrial Hygiene provides an introduction to the field of industrial hygiene and to occupational health in general. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/PrinciplesIndustrialHygiene/?source=rss Patrick Breysse, Peter Lees 2006-02-02T12:02Z 182.625.81 en-us Environment Injury Prevention JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). Provides the knowledge one needs to critically appraise a weight control diet or dietary supplement and choose the best plan for success. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/CriticalAnalysisPopularDietsSupplements/?source=rss Lawrence J. Cheskin 2006-02-01T12:02Z 222.656.01 en-us Nutrition JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). 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. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/EthicsHumanSubjectResearch/?source=rss Holly Taylor 2006-02-01T12:02Z 306.680.81 en-us General Public Health Health Policy JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). 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 populations. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/HumanNutrition/?source=rss Benjamin Caballero 2006-02-01T12:02Z 222.641.81 en-us Nutrition JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). Psychiatric Epidemiology reviews descriptive and analytic epidemiology for major mental disorders of childhood, adulthood, and late adult life. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/PsychiatricEpidemiology/?source=rss William Eaton 2006-02-01T12:02Z 330.603.81 en-us General Public Health Mental Health JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). 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 management. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/TrainingMethodsContinuingEducation/?source=rss Bill Brieger 2006-02-01T12:02Z 221.606.81 en-us General Public Health Global Health Public Health Preparedness JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). 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. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/TerrorismResponse/?source=rss Jonathan Links 2005-10-24T12:10Z en-us Environment Public Health Preparedness JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). Guides students interested in working on injury control in areas with little or no tradition in injury prevention from a public health perspective. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/ConfrontingInjuries/?source=rss Adnan Hyder, Maria Segui-Gomez 2005-10-17T12:10Z 221.612.81 en-us Injury Prevention JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). Presents major nutritional problems that influence the health, survival and developmental capacity of populations in developing societies. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/InternationalNutrition/?source=rss Keith West, Parul Christian 2005-06-27T12:06Z 222.649.01 en-us Global Health Nutrition JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). 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-cultural settings as a foundation for planning culturally appropriate primary health care (PHC) in the context of the ecological model of health behavior. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/SocialBehavioralFoundations/?source=rss Bill Brieger 2005-04-01T12:04Z 221.688.81 en-us Behavior and Health JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). Statistical Reasoning in Public Health II provides an introduction to selected important topics in biostatistical concepts and reasoning through lectures, exercises, and bulletin board discussions. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/StatisticalReasoning2/?source=rss John McGready 2005-04-01T12:04Z 140.612.81 en-us Biostatistics JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). This course introduces the basic concepts and methods of statistics with applications in the experimental biological sciences. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/StatisticsLaboratoryScientistsI/?source=rss Karl Broman 2005-03-30T12:03Z 140.615 en-us Biostatistics Chronic Diseases JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). Introduces issues and programmatic strategies related to the development, organization and management of family planning programs, especially those in developing countries. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/FamilyPlanning/?source=rss Henry Mosely 2005-03-14T12:03Z 380.665.01 en-us Genetics Health Policy Maternal and Child Health Population Science JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). Examines the historical experience of health and illness from a population perspective. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/HistoryPublicHealth/?source=rss Graham Mooney, PhD 2005-03-14T12:03Z 550.605.81 en-us General Public Health JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). 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 approach. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/immunizationPrograms/?source=rss Michael McQuestion 2005-03-14T12:03Z 380.726.81 en-us General Public Health Health Policy Infectious Disease JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). Refugee Health Care addresses the provision of basic health requirements for refugees and the coordination of care among the agencies concerned with them. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/RefugeeHealthCare/?source=rss Gilbert Burnham 2005-03-14T12:03Z 221.639.81 en-us Infectious Disease Presentations Refugee Health JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). Statistical Reasoning in Public Health provides an introduction to selected important topics in biostatistical concepts and reasoning through lectures, exercises, and bulletin board discussions. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/StatisticalReasoning1/?source=rss John McGready 2005-03-14T12:03Z 140.611.81 en-us Biostatistics JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). The primary objective of this content is to prepare students to read and interpret cost-effectiveness studies. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/UnderstandingCostEffectiveness/?source=rss Kevin Frick 2005-03-14T12:03Z 313.790.81 en-us Health Policy JHSPH OpenCourseWare Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the Johns Hopkins University and individual authors unless otherwise noted. JHSPH OpenCourseWare materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike).