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EPID 600 - Introduction to Public Health (on-line)
Summer 2008

Course Syllabus

Lesson prepared by

  Week of study Topic

 
Kim Buttery MD
Bill Nelson MD
Kim Buttery

 

Week of
May 19
 

INTRODUCTORY Session
Leigh House- Comference Room 3rd Floor
at 5pm. Attendance mandatory
(unless you will be taking the course from outside the Richmond Metro area)

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Students in Summer 08 Class

Administration - Course Objectives
Goal Setting
Introduction

Joy Zeh, RN MS FNP
Margaret Tipple MD
Kim Buttery

 

Week of
May 26
 

Communicable Disease
HIV-AIDS-STDS
Substance Abuse
TB
Immunization Issues

Judy Bradford Ph.D.
Kim Buttery

 

Week of
June 2
 

Community Assessment
Methodology 1
Methodology 2
Example Assessments
Mental Health Programs


Duke Price, M.Ed., REHS
Joann Bodurtha M.D., M.P.H.
John Quillin M.S.,M.P.H 

 

Week of
June 9
 

Home environment; Introduction to Genetics
Home Water Systems
Introduction to
Genetics & Public Health

 Diane Woolard Ph. D

 

Week of
June 16
 

Surveillance
Why Surveillance
Types of Surveillance
Surveillance Examples
Mental Health funding/goals

J. James Cotter Ph.D. 

 

Week of
June 23

Introduction to Aging
Cultural effects
Behavioral Effects
Prevention Issues

Mid Term Exam


David Compton MD MPH
Leonard Vance Ph.D. CIH

 

Week of
June 30
 


Occupational Health/Industrial Hygiene
Occupational Medicine
Industrial Hygiene
Introduction to Carcinogenesis

Mid Term exam DUE July 8


Julia Murphy DVM, MS, DACVP

Kim Buttery

 

Week of
July 7
 


Zoonoses & Animal Control
Zoonotic Diseases
Zoonoses Examples
Animal Control

 
Horace Parham

Kim Buttery

 

Week of
July 14
 

Food Service, State Health Laws
Food Service Inspection
Video of food service No-Nos!
State Health Laws (Overview)
Joint Commission on Health Care (pdf)


Stephen Rothemich MD
Michael Evans MSW
Kim Buttery MD

 

Week of
July 21
 

Primary Care
The Physician
Case Management
Epidemiology of Primary Care
Primary Care Access

Deborah Harris MPH, RD, CDE.
Bethany Geldmaker Ph.D.
Joan Corder-Mabe RN MPH

 

Week of
July 28
 

Women’s & Children’s Programs
Women’s Health Care
Children’s Services
Perinatal Programs
FINAL EXAM

Jack O. Lanier Dr. PH 


Sheryl Garland MHA

 

Week of
August 4
 

Uninsured Populations
 or
Health Care Reform
The Richmond Safety Net
Final Exam DUE Friday, August 10

The above lectures are supported by this
Set of Essays focusing on a Local Health Department's Functions
You may find this set of bookmarks useful for searching the web to support this course
Each lecture reading may be supplemented by URLs specific for the session