Public Health
Director
Kristine Tollestrup, Ph.D., M.P.H., University of California, Berkeley
Professors
Nina B. Wallerstein, Dr. P.H., M.P.H., University of California, Berkeley
Associate Professors
Jonathon Eldredge, M.L.S., Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Andrew Rowland, Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Kristine Tollestrup, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Assistant Professors
Lisa Cacari-Stone, Ph.D., Brandeis University
Floyd Frost, Ph.D., University of Washington
Alexis Handel, Ph.D., University of Michigan
Celia Iriart, Ph.D., University of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Victoria Sanchez, Dr. P.H., M.P.H., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Research Assistant Professors
William Athas, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Margaret Menache, Ph.D.,Duke University
Professors Emeriti
David Bennahum, M.D., University of Geneva, Professor of Law, University of New Mexico
Lily Velarde, Ph.D., University of New Mexico
William H. Wiese, M.D., M.P.H., Harvard Medical School
Other Faculty
Nicola Baptiste, B.A., Instructor
James Cheek, M.D., M.P.H., University of New Mexico, M.P.H., Johns Hopkins
David Broudy, Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Cheryl Ferguson, M.P.H., University of New Mexico
Frankie Perry, M.A., R.N., University of Michigan, Nursing, Nazareth College
Cliff Reese, J.D., Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, NH
Thomas Scharmen, M.P.H., University of New Mexico
Corinne Shefner-Rogers, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins
Malcolm Siegel, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School
Victor Strasburger, M.D., Harvard Medical School
Introduction
Mission Statement
The mission of the Public Health Program at the University of New Mexico is to provide leadership in graduate and community-based education and research grounded in social justice to improve the health of the diverse populations in New Mexico and the Southwest.
Program Offerings
The program offers a Master of Public Health degree and a graduate public health minor. Two dual degree programs are offered, an M.D./M.P.H. and an M.P.H./M.S.N.
The M.P.H. degree prepares learners to improve the health of populations with a primary focus on New Mexico, the Southwest, the United States / Mexico border region and south of the border. Graduates leave the program prepared to work in partnership with New Mexico’s diverse communities, tribes and the public and private sectors.
Master in Public Health
The M.P.H. Degree prepares learners to improve the health of populations with a primary focus on New Mexico, the Southwest, the United States/Mexico border region and south of the border. Graduates leave the program prepared to work in partnership with New Mexico’s diverse communities, tribes and the public and private sectors.
Degree Requirements for the Master in Public Health
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The following four core courses must be taken: |
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PH 501 |
Principles of Public Health |
3
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F |
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PH 502 |
Epidemiologic Methods I |
3
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F |
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PH 506 |
Environmental/Occupational Health |
3
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Sp |
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STAT 538 |
Biostatistical Methods |
3
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F |
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Choice of one of two health systems courses: |
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PH 507 |
Health Care Systems |
3
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Sp |
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PH 510 |
Public Health and Health Care Management |
3
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Sp |
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Choice of one of these two courses: |
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PH 505 |
Social and Cultural Theories and Models: Community Interventions |
3
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F |
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PH 552 |
Public Health Program Planning |
3
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F |
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Additional required courses: |
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PH 508 |
Theory and Practice
(Mandatory in 1st semester, CR/NC.)
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2
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F |
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PH 511 |
Writing for Public Health Professionals (CR/NC) |
1-2
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F |
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PH 513 |
Public Health Seminar |
1 |
F,Sp |
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PH 598 |
Public Health Practicum |
2 |
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Choice of one of three culminating experience options: |
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PH 596 |
Professional Paper |
3 |
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PH 597 |
Public Health Integrative Experience |
3 |
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PH 599 |
Master's Thesis |
6 |
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In addition to the core curriculum the Epidemiology concentration requires:
- Completion of 15 credits in graduate-level courses in epidemiology and biostatistics as outlined below and
- Completion of a field experience (PH 598–Public Health Practicum) emphasizing epidemiologic practice in an applied public health setting;
- Demonstration of competencies in epidemiology through the culminating experience.
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M.P.H. Admissions Requirements
The program will consider applicants who satisfy all admission requirements as follows:
- B.S., B.A. or equivalent from an accredited U.S. institution or a recognized foreign
institution.
- G.P.A. of at least 3.0 or demonstrated ability to complete graduate courses with a B or better.
- All students must have:
Recent (within five years) GRE scores with preferred verbal and quanititave scores of 500
each and analytical writing of 4 and above,
OR
MCAT with preferred score of 10 and N in writing,
OR
GMAT with preferred score of 500 and above.
M.D.s & Ph.D.s who received their degrees from a U.S. university are exempt from submitting the above test scores.
All students must have an undergraduate biostatistics class
Note: Foreign students must take the TOEFL examination and score at least 560.
Preference is given to students who have public health experience. Their experience may be in community development, research, health education, health science, health promotion, or other health-related work. Experience can be paid or voluntary.
Students may transfer 17 credit hours to the program from other institutions or other non-degree or graduate programs within UNM. However, those hours cannot have been used to meet the requirements of another degree program. Students must complete at least half of the program requirements after admission to the program.
For Office of Graduate Studies admissions requirements, please refer to OGS website: http://www.unm.edu/~grad/
Master in Public Health Concentrations
Community Health Concentration
The mission of the Community Health Concentration is to prepare students for leadership roles in population-based disease prevention and health promotion in public and private settings. The philosophical foundation of the concentration relies on a community capacity building, empowerment approach to promote social justice and equity in health. The concentration is designed for students with prior experience, education or interest in community-focused public health practice or research that values diversity, self-reflection and critical analysis of evidence-based practice and practice-based public health approaches.
Guided by the social-ecological approach, the Community Health Concentration emphasizes training in the basic core principles and skills of community needs and assets assessment, program planning, implementation and evaluation, and policy development and their application to a broad array of health and social issues in population and community-based public health disease prevention and health promotion. The purpose of this concentration is to provide students with the multi-disciplinary knowledge and skills necessary to plan, implement, and evaluate public health programs at multiple levels of the social-ecologic framework.
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Community Health Concentration Required Curriculum |
Total Units-12 |
| PH 505 |
Social and Cultural Theories and Models: Community Interventions |
3 |
| PH 510 |
Public Health and Health Care Management |
3 |
| PH 552 |
Public Health Program Planning |
3 |
| PH 555 |
Public Health Evaluation Methods |
3 |
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Community Health Concentration Selected Electives |
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Choose one course: |
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| PH 554 |
Public Health Policy, Politics and Social Equity |
3 |
| PH 564 |
Public Health & Health Care Communication |
3 |
| CJ 550 |
Health Communication |
3 |
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One other elective with community health intervention skills. The following are recommended. Other options require guidance from your advisor. |
(minimum 2 credits) |
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Two courses among the following: |
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| PH 504 |
Rural Health |
3 |
| PH 507 |
Health Care Systems |
3 |
| PH 568 |
Popular and Empowerment Education |
2 |
| PH 577 |
Public Health Leadership in Policy and Advocacy (2 cr hours required for CHC students.) |
2 |
| PH 580 |
Community Assessment |
3 |
| PH 560 |
CBPR Research Methods |
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Epidemiology Concentration
The Epidemiology Concentration will provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to collect, analyze and interpret epidemiologic data for the solution of public health problems. The concentration will prepare students for employment as a master’s level epidemiologist or research scientist in various settings such as the New Mexico State Department of Health, The University of New Mexico School of Medicine, and other public health research and service organizations.
In addition to the core curriculum the Epidemiology concentration requires:
- Completion of 15 credits in graduate-level courses in epidemiology and biostatistics as outlined below and
- Completion of a field experience (PH 598–Public Health Practicum) emphasizing epidemiologic practice in an applied public health setting;
- Demonstration of competencies in epidemiology through the culminating experience.
For students concentrating in epidemiology, the chair of their culminating experience committee should be a core epidemiology faculty member, or an epidemiologist or biostatistician agreed upon by the Epidemiology Curriculum Committee.
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Epidemiology Concentration Required Curriculum
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| PH 520 |
Epidemiologic Methods II |
3 |
| PH 534 |
Epidemiology Data Analysis |
3 |
| STAT 539 |
Biostatistical Methods II |
3 |
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Epidemiology Concentration Selected Electives (6 credits)
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Likely to be offered at least once every two years. |
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| PH 527 |
Chronic Disease Epidemiology |
2 |
| PH 528 |
Infectious Disease Epidemiology |
2 |
| PH 531 |
Perinatal Epidemiology |
2 |
| PH 532 |
Cancer Epidemiology |
2 |
| STAT 574 |
Biostatistical Methods: Survival Analysis and Logistic Regression |
3 |
Public Health Minor
(15 credit hours)
The public health minor will provide a basic understanding of the core principles, sciences, and skills behind the discipline of public health. The two core classes in the minor include the basic behavioral and social sciences and the science of disease causation and distribution. One other course is required from a menu of M.P.H. core courses. Two other M.P.H. electives can be of student choosing.
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Required Core Classes (6 credit hours) |
| PH 501 |
Principles of Public Health (fall course) |
| PH 502 |
Epidemiology Methods I (fall course) |
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One Other Course from M.P.H. Core Courses
(3 credit hours) |
| PH 505 |
Social and Cultural Theories and Models:
Community Interventions |
| PH 506 |
Environmental/Occupational Health |
| PH 507 |
Health Care Systems |
| PH 510 |
Public Health and Health Care Management |
| PH 552 |
PH Program Planning |
Public Health Minor Selected Electives (6 credit hours)
Students may choose other M.P.H. courses constituting a minimum of 6 credit hours. It is expected that these courses will further the student’s own research or professional project. All courses must be completed with a ‘B’ or better.
Dual Degrees
**M.P.H./M.S.N.
** In moratorium, currently not accepting new students.
The student completes the core requirements in each discipline. The prototype is designed for the Master in Public Health and M.S.N./Community Health Nursing.
The non-thesis option requires the professional paper to be completed while enrolling in a course designed to facilitate this activity in M.P.H. This paper will also serve to meet the requirements of the Master’s Comprehensive Examination in Nursing under the non-thesis option, and is expected to reflect a combination of perspectives in the dual degree plan.
The thesis option requires the thesis to be completed while enrolling in thesis work under the Nursing number; again, the expectation is that the research will combine the perspectives of both degree plans. Contact M.P.H. program advisor for more information on M.P.H./M.S.N. dual degree.
M.D./M.P.H.
The dual status M.D./M.P.H. requires five years of integrated learning. This integrated learning enhances opportunities for medical students to acquire public health knowledge and skills with the goals of 1) reducing disparities in health status within New Mexican populations 2) strengthening physician advocacy and leadership skills in health policy development 3) fostering evidence-based interventions and 4) using assessment skills to better determine population needs and interventions. Each M.D./M.P.H. student would be able to successfully complete both degrees in an integrated fashion.
Student applies simultaneously to both the M.D. and the M.P.H. programs and indicates on the two applications that they are applying for dual status. Students must meet the requirements of both programs and be accepted into both programs in order to be considered dual status.
Students will be admitted to each program separately, yet once they are admitted to both programs, they qualify as dual status students. For more information on the M.D./M.P.H. dual status, contact the M.P.H. program.
M.A.L.A.S./M.P.H.
The Master of Arts in Latin American Studies and Masters of Public Health dual degree program is intended to prepare graduates to improve the health of Latin American populations and Latino populations in the United States, with a primary focus on New Mexico, the Southwest, the United States/Mexico border region, and regions south of the border. It supplements the M.P.H. program with in-depth study of languages, cultures, and societies that will help prepare graduates to work effectively either in Latin America, or with Latin American immigrant populations within the United States.
For more information please see Latin American Studies graduate program.
Courses in Public Health (PH) are categorized in content areas. The category for each course appears in parenthesis at the end of the course description according to the following legend:
Core (C); Community Health (CH); Epidemiology (E); General Electives (G).
Courses
PH 501.
Principles of Public Health.
(3)
Concepts of public health related to determinants of health; cultural, social and political concepts of disease; disease prevention; health promotion, including individual behavior change and community based intervention; health policy. (C)
{Fall}
Restriction: enrolled in M.P.H. degree program.
PH 502.
Epidemiologic Methods I.
(3)
Provides an overview of the methods of epidemiologic research. Designed to provide students with the capability of understanding epidemiologic measures of disease occurrence, interpreting the findings of epidemiologic studies and integrating the results of epidemiologic research into public health practice. (C)
{Fall}
Prerequisite: B or better in MATH 121 or STAT 145
PH 504.
Rural Health.
(3)
Increases awareness of the complex factors affecting delivery of rural health services in New Mexico and the U.S. and examines rural health support systems and rural health policy. (CH)
PH 505.
Social and Cultural Theories and Models: Community Interventions.
(3)
In-depth investigation of behavioral, social and cultural theory’s application to public health problem definition, prevention and intervention programs. Problem etiology and change strategy theories are investigated through application to specific public health problems among culturally distinct and marginalized groups in New Mexico. (C)
{Spring}
PH 506.
Environmental/Occupational Health.
(3)
Applies the public health perspective to environmental and occupational disease. Students will learn to apply the ecologic principles of agent, host and environment to diseases associated with exposures to the physical environment and chemical contaminants. (C)
{Spring}
PH 507.
Health Care Systems.
(3)
Provides an overview of how health care is delivered in the United States. A wide variety of delivery and payment methods are examined. In addition, the U.S. health care delivery systems will be compared to Native American, U.S. Mexican Border, Canadian and Cuban systems. Core option for students admitted any year; required for students year 2000 and later. (C)
{Spring}
PH 508.
Theory and Practice [Theory and Practice Seminar I].
(2 [1])
Teaches students the core public health principles of assessment. (C)
Offered on CR/NC basis only.
{Spring}
Restriction: enrolled in M.P.H. degree program.
PH 509.
Theory and Practice Seminar II.
(1)
Teaches students the core public health principles of assurance and policy. (C)
Offered on CR/NC basis only.
{Spring}
Restriction: enrolled in M.P.H. degree program.
PH 510.
Public Health and Health Care Management.
(3)
This course will examine the history and organization of the U.S. Healthcare System and will focus on the core functions in public health healthcare management. The role and elements of professionalism and ethics will be integrated throughout the course. (C)
{every other Spring}
PH 511.
Writing for Public Health Professionals.
(1-2)
Intensive writing course for public health professionals and graduate students. Course will promote understanding of multiple modes of writing; improves revising and editing strategies; and provides experience in synthesizing and integrating research into literature reviews and articles for public health journals. (C)
Offered on CR/NC basis only.
{Fall}
Restriction: enrolled in M.P.H. degree program.
PH 513.
Public Health Seminar.
(0-1 to a maximum of 3 ?)
A graduate seminar and journal club focusing on a wide range of PH topics. Speakers present original research. Journal club guides students to critically assess literature. Two semesters required for credit. (C)
Prerequisite: 502 or permission
PH 520.
Epidemiologic Methods II.
(3)
Provides a good understanding of the principles and methods involved in the design, conduct, analysis and interpretation of epidemiologic research. (E)
Prerequisite: 502 and STAT 538 or STAT 527
{Spring}
PH 521.
Introduction to Epidemiology. [Web-Based Introduction to Epidemiology.] .
(1-3 to a maximum of 3 ?)
Designed for students pursuing an Public Health certificate. Provides students with basic epidemiologic background and methods to analyze and interpret disease occurrence in populations. Emphasizes community assessment, surveillance, problem solving, health promotion, and disease prevention. (G)
PH 522.
Seminar in Epidemiology.
(0-1 to a maximum of 4 ?)
Guest speakers will lecture on various topics in the field of epidemiology. To receive credit students must attend at least 12 seminars during two consecutive semesters and make a 20-minute presentation. (E)
Offered on CR/NC basis only.
Prerequisite: 502
{Fall, Spring}
PH 525.
Epidemiology Surveillance.
(2)
Covers disease surveillance in the history of public health; establishing a disease surveillance system; surveillance of infectious diseases, chronic/environmental diseases and behavioral risk factors; surveillance system evaluation and surveillance in emergency conditions. Emphasizes the central role that surveillance plays in development of public health policy. (E)
Prerequisite: 502
PH 527.
Chronic Disease Epidemiology.
(2)
Familiarize student with methods of measuring morbidity and mortality from chronic disease, surveillance of behavioral risk factors for chronic disease, the scientific basis and cost-benefit analysis of screening programs, evaluation of prevention efforts and modeling disease patterns to predict future needs. (E)
Prerequisite: 502
PH 528.
Infectious Disease Epidemiology.
(2)
Learn basic epidemiological principles of infectious diseases. Learn and understand the multiple factors associated with spread of infectious agents within populations and development, application and evaluation of control measures to stop or prevent transmission. (E)
Prerequisite: 502
PH 530.
Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology.
(2)
This course explores key concepts and methods involved in the design, analysis and interpretation of epidemiologic studies of environmental and occupational disease. Lectures and Case Studies critically evaluate public health problems related to environmental exposures. (E, G)
Prerequisite: 502
PH 531.
Perinatal Epidemiology.
(2)
Review of a wide range of topics central to perinatal epidemiology. Highlighted topics will include conception and early fetal loss, design issues in studies of adverse reproductive outcomes and epidemiologic aspects and public health approaches to prevention of congenital malformation. (E)
Prerequisite: 502
PH 532.
Cancer Epidemiology.
(2)
Covers basic concepts and methods in cancer research. Specific topics for discussion include cancer surveillance, measures of disease occurrence, descriptive epidemiology of cancer, casual mechanisms, etiologic factors, screening issues, cancer prevention and control, and intervention studies. Prerequisite: successful completion of both 502 and Biostat I. An understanding of research methodology and biology will be assumed. (E)
{Offered on demand}
Prerequisite: 502 and (STAT 527 or 538)
PH 533.
Public Health Research Methods.
(2-3)
Gives students an understanding of the principles and skills of doing social science research, using qualitative and quantitative approaches, in public health settings. (G)
Prerequisite: 502 and (STAT 527 or 538)
PH 534.
Epidemiology Data Analysis.
(3)
Students will learn how to conduct a careful epidemiologic data analysis. The focus of the course is developing the practical and critical thinking skills to conduct an epidemiologic data analysis. This course is required for epidemiology concentration students. (E)
Prerequisite: 520 and STAT 539
PH 540.
Disparities in Health: Introduction to Public Health for Medical Students.
(3)
This course creates a conceptual framework for understanding health and illness from a socio-ecological perspective and lays the groundwork for public health and health equity concepts that will be reinforced and augmented throughout medical school. (G)
Restriction: M.D. students only.
PH 541.
Epidemiology and Biostatistics.
(1-4 to a maximum of 4 ?)
Fundamental elements of study design and statistical analysis are presented to enable students to critically evaluate/interpret the medical/scientific literature, conduct sound research, and gain a broad perspective of factors that influence health and disease. (G)
Restriction: M.D. students only.
PH 542.
Community-Based Service Learning.
(3)
Students will spend 4-6 weeks in a New Mexico community examining community health issues, identifying solutions and devising interventions for these issues. (G)
Restriction: M.D. students only.
PH 543.
Evidenced-Based Practice.
(2)
This course will cover the skills, knowledge, and resources needed to embark on Evidence-Based Practice in one's medical career. it will concentrate principally upon both Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) and Evidence-Based Public health (EBPH).
Restriction: admitted to M.D. program.
PH 552.
Public Health Program Planning.
(3)
An exploration of rational health planning methods. Methods will be applied in the development of a health program plan within a social context where public health planning actually occurs. Involves the development of a realistic program plan addressing a health-related problem and writing a proposal for funding. (C)
{every other Fall}
PH 554.
Health Policy, Politics and Social Equity.
(3)
Provides students with understanding of factors within and outside of health care system. Reviews social policy in addressing coverage of uninsured, improving population health and reducing social inequities. Examination of frameworks and politics of policy programs. (CH)
PH 555.
Public Health Evaluation Methods.
(3)
Introduces students to the language and theory of program evaluation to undertake their own evaluation design: how to pose evaluation research questions; data collection methodologies available to them; how to make decisions about appropriate data collection methods for different types of evaluation objectives. (CH)
PH 557.
International Health.
(2)
This class applies economic, sociologic and anthropologic perspectives to health care problems across national and international groups. Strategies for analyzing needs in a cultural context are stressed. (G)
PH 559.
The History of Public Health.
(3)
A survey of public health issues from the ancient world to the modern world including plague, syphilis, smallpox and AIDS. Addresses interrelation of history, philosophy, economics and disease. (G)
PH 560.
Special Topics in Public Health.
(1-3, no limit ?)
(C, G)
PH 563.
Social Medicine in Latin America.
(2)
Reviews critically several topics in Latin American social medicine; the history of social medicine; national and international groups working in social medicine; health policy analysis; occupational and environmental health; social class and health outcomes; gender issues; social epidemiology-content and methods and educational reform. (G)
PH 564.
Public Heath and Health Care Communication.
(2-3)
Explores topics in patient-doctor and client-health care worker communication. From the public health standpoint, emphasizes communication about health promotion and disease prevention. Considers critically the communication processes in public health campaigns, especially how health policy issues are portrayed in mass media. (CH)
PH 565.
Public Health: Law Policy and Ethics.
(3)
This course will deal with the role of law in public health, history of American public health, history of law concerning public health, ethics of modern epidemiology, early research, public health and public accountability, and issues in public health. (G)
PH 568.
Popular and Empowerment Education.
(2)
Focuses on empowerment education and popular learning methodologies within the context of public health. Theoretical and experiential course creating opportunities for dialogue between theory and practice. (CH)
PH 569.
American Indian Health Issues.
(2)
Descriptive overview of health-related topics and issues of American Indian and Alaska Native people. Provides an understanding of the most important, health-related challenges these communities face. Topics include: population, Indian tribes, major health conditions, the Federal Trust relationship, Indian Health Service and self-determination. (G)
PH 572.
Community Health Intervention Models.
(2)
The present course examines the current models for health interventions at the community level. In contrast to the traditional focus on behavior change at the individual level, this course is designed to provide a broad exposure to the foundations for preventive health interventions at the community level. (G)
PH 573.
Introduction to Public Health Planning and Evaluation.
(1-2)
Basics of public health planning and evaluation. Overview of the concepts of prevention, risk/needs assessment, health promotion theory and models, intervention development including prioritizing, objectives and strategies and evaluation. The course will be partially problem-based so students have an opportunity to apply the concepts. (G)
PH 574.
Community Health Improvement Strategies.
(1)
Designed to assist public health professionals in identifying and avoiding system features that result in program implementation failure. It applies the methods of systems thinking and continuous quality improvement to program implementation at the state and community level. (G)
PH 575.
Public Health Leadership on Facilitation.
(1-2)
Facilitation skills for public health settings such as coalitions, working in teams and community meetings. Explores methods, role of facilitator, assumptions behind different styles, setting priorities and action planning. Variable credit to meet professional and graduate student needs. For 1 credit, a 5 page problem analysis; for 2 credits, additional 10 page literature review. (G)
PH 576.
Public Health Leadership in Cross Cultural Communication and Conflict.
(1-2)
Explores the legacy of historical trauma and colonization on population health among diverse populations. Divided into practice sessions to enhance participants’ capacity for communication and problem solving in intercultural public health situations. Variable credit to meet professional and graduate student needs. For 1 credit, a 5 page problem analysis; for 2 credits, additional 10 page literature review. (G)
PH 577.
Public Health Leadership in Policy and Advocacy.
(1-2)
Problem solving on health policy issues and practical experience with health bills in legislature. Involves a one-day field trip to the New Mexico legislature, in addition to guest speakers. Small group work on media advocacy skills, interacting with policy-makers and presenting testimony. Variable credit to meet professional and graduate student needs. For 1 credit, a 5 page problem analysis; for 2 credits, additional 10 page literature review. (CH)
PH 579.
New Mexico Border Health.
(2)
Provides an overview of history of U.S./Mexican Border. In particular, the course focuses on current relevant public health problems, policies and health care delivery to address this issue. For example, this course will also examine how the North American Free Trade Agreement has impacted public and environmental health. Immigration Policy and effects of the Maquiladora Industry will also be examined. (G)
PH 580.
Community Assessment.
(3)
Introduces participants to a participatory community assessment model. Participants will learn and practice the following: steps in the participating community assessment model, data sources and data collection strategies for sub-county areas, data analysis, using results of community assessment to make change. One credit, a 5 page problem analysis; 2 credits, additional 10 page paper and 3 credits will include additional data analysis. (CH)
Restriction: permission of instructor
PH 581.
Fundamentals of Public Health.
(1-2)
Provides basics of public health, its history and development, the current organization of public health activities, the concept of population as a unit of measurement, epidemiology, the determinants of disease, surveillance, monitoring and planning. Variable credit to meet professional and graduate student needs. For 1 credit, a 5 page problem analysis; for 2 credits, additional 10 page literature review. (G)
PH 582.
Basic Public Health Epidemiology.
(1-2)
Acquaints public health professionals working in the field with those basic epidemiology fundamentals and uses of data that are important for understanding the distribution and determinants of disease. Variable credit to meet professional and graduate student needs. For 1 credit, a 5 page problem analysis; for 2 credits, additional 10 page literature review. (G)
PH 583.
Advanced Topics in Health Sector and Globalization [Health Systems and Globalization].
(3 to a maximum of 6 ? [2])
This course analyzes social determinants of health/health inequities, global and local dynamics of health. Topics will be selected from the most current health policies and debates shaping the U.S. and international health sectors. (G)
PH 584.
Child Health & Child Rights.
(3)
Surveys history, development and issues surrounding child health status and children’s rights. Discusses current measures of child health and international movement in children’s rights. Specific topics include war, abuse, racism, poverty and economic structural adjustment. (G)
PH 585.
Public Health Mental Health.
(3)
Covers the history and epidemiology of mental health, nationally and internationally, and mental health cross-culturally and in contexts of age, race, gender, and ethnicity. Also explores social determinants of mental illness and mental health promotion. (G)
PH 586.
Public Health Law.
(3)
Introduces students to a broad spectrum of legal issues related to public health. Legal emphasis will be placed on New Mexico statutory law and administrative rules as applicable. (G)
PH 587.
International and US Health Policy Reform.
(2)
Examines international debates about health policy reforms, privatization, and relationships among adjustment policies. Pharmaceuticals discussed in redefining risk as disease; objective to understand political economy analysis as applied to the study of health policy reforms. (G)
PH 588.
Tuberculosis, HIV and Malaria: Local and Global Perspectives.
(3)
Interactive overview of social, natural, and epidemiology histories of TB, HIV/AIDS and Malaria. These infectious diseases will be examined regarding how PH interventions are designed to respond to pathology and epidemiology in specific populations. (G)
PH 593.
Independent Studies.
(1-3, no limit ?)
Students work individually with faculty members on projects with individual supervision. (G)
PH 596.
Professional Paper.
(1-3 to a maximum of 3 ?)
The professional paper allows the student to engage in analyzing or solving a real public health problem. (C)
{Summer, Spring, Fall}
PH 597.
Public Health Integrative Experience.
(3 [2] )
One of three options for Culminating Experience. Students will conduct a computer-based systematic review of the epidemiologic and health intervention literature, perform epi data analysis and apply other planning and evaluation techniques to develop a prevention plan for a New Mexico population. (C)
Restriction: enrolled in M.P.H. degree program.
PH 598.
Public Health Practicum.
(1-6 to a maximum of 6 ?)
Individually arranged field experience to develop and refine professional public health skills. (C)
Offered on CR/NC basis only.
{Summer, Spring, Fall}
Restriction: permission of instructor
PH 599.
Master?s Thesis.
(1-6 to a maximum of 6 ?)
Restriction: permission of instructor. (C)
Offered on a CR/NC basis only.
