It was another exciting and innovative Global Public Health course this past fall. It seems like every year, this course continues to increase in enrollment and the wide array of graduate students & professionals who take the course continues to impress me. I had exciting time organizing, producing and presenting this DE (distance education) course which included more online global public health videos and of course my podcasts & webcasts lectures.
Just in case you are not aware of the major objectives of this global public health course, here they are again. Students will learn to :
1. Identify and assess the major components of medical anthropology and public health as they relate to global public health issues;
2. Identify and discuss the major global public health concerns of specific populations from one country to another; and
3. Apply principles and strategies derived from medical anthropology and public health toward planning, implementing and evaluating global public health interventikon programs.
By the end of the course, I feel that all students achieved the status as a “Global Public Health Director.” To see what I mean, check out some of the titles of the outstanding Global Public Health Projects/Proposals from my students:
Increasing Flu Awareness and Education in Mexican Rural Areas
A HPV Intervention to Prevent Cancers Related to the Virus Through the HPV Vaccine Worldwide
Protecting Racial Minority Populations Through Influenza Vaccination
Contraception Increase among Jordanian Muslim Women
Global Public Health & Geriatric Patient Prescription Consumption
Sickle Cell Trait: The Quality of Life of the Carrier
Pilot Program to Develop Community-Based Preconception Health Education Programs
HIV/AIDS: A Global Public Health Program
Eating to Live, Not Living to Eat
Effects of HIV Education and Awareness on Risk-Related Behaviors among Black Women in Eastern North Carolina
The Life of Migrant and Seasonal Workers in Greene County
The Interrelationship of Food Security, Environmental Degradation, Sustainable Agriculture, and Other Variables: An Interventional Proposition for Betterment in Our Interdependent World
Healthcare Education Level Assessment: A Global Public Health Priority and Concern
Health Literacy Effects on Adolescent and Teen Girls’ Decision Regarding Health Across Various Cultures
Burden of Cardiovascular Disease in Eastern North Carolina: Case Study of Craven
A Tale of Two Cultures: Infant Mortality Comparisons for Hispanic Women and African American Women
Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse Worldwide
Car Seats: Saving One Child at a Time Through Injury Prevention
Prevention of Rheumatic Heart Disease and Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Streptoccal Pharyngitis: Overcoming Barriers in Nicaragua
Common Sexually Transmitted Diseases in the United States and Latin America and the Caribbean: A Global Approach to Identifying Commong Personal Barriers to STD Awareness Practices
Global Application of the Bridge Counselor Program: Assessing Barriers that PLWHA Experience in Accessing Medical Care and Receiving Anti-Retroviral Therapy in Eastern North Carolina
A Proposal to Reduce the Effects of Anitbiotic Resistant Bacteria
HIV/AIDS in Black and Caribbean Communities: “Protect Yourself” Intervention Proposal
Prostate Cancer and teh African American Male: A Global Health Study
Obesity and Nutrition in Western Culture