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approaches, values, and principles of This course will focus on critical public psychology, which encompasses resources; comprehending the role in the form of a presentation in
health promotion. health issues for women and children the study of positive experiences, of ethics in health sciences research; front of a committee. Students
in varying social, economic, and positive character strengths, positive and introducing different quantitative will gain research experience to
PBH 320 - Community and Public cultural contexts within local, national, relationships, and the institutions and qualitative healthcare research apply technical and communication
Health Nutrition regional and global environments. and practices that facilitate their methods. The course will also enable skills learned in specific settings
Credit Hours: 3 Practical approaches to developing development. Positive experiences the students to develop different (ministries, industries, companies,
Prerequisite: PBH 300 maternal and child health (MCH) include mental states of flow and data collection tools and different businesses, environmental protection
public health programs are explored.
mindfulness and emotions about
sampling designs and techniques.
and health agencies, hospitals,
This course aims to introduce PBH 405 - Chronic and Infectious the present (pleasure, contentment, PBH 399 - Public Health professional associations, research
students to key concepts and current laughter), past (e.g. nostalgia, centers/laboratories, national and
topics in community nutrition. The Diseases satisfaction, pride), and future (e.g. Research Seminar international NGOs etc.).
course will focus on the role of Credit Hours: 3 hope, optimism). The distinction Credit Hour: 1 Students will have a supervisor/
nutrition in improving the health and Prerequisite: PBH 300 between the pleasant life, the Prerequisite: PBH 101 + ASC 301 mentor from the faculty to facilitate
well-being of communities and will good life, and the meaningful life the course (content, process, and
familiarize students with population This course is designed to provide an will be drawn. The classification of Students will attend mandatory assessment) and may have a second
nutritional status assessment, overview of the epidemiologic aspects character strengths and the strengths seminars where the principles and mentor who is an expert in the
principles of nutrition research, and prevention approaches for major themselves will be explored. practices of public health research chosen area of PBH, external to ADU.
and factors involved in planning, chronic diseases and conditions as This course also reviews the history are examined. Through the analysis
implementing and evaluating well as infectious diseases that face of positive psychology and the of public health research articles PBH 400 - Internship*
community nutrition programs and populations. Concepts and methods contributions this new field has made and media stories on public health
policies. The course combines theory emphasizing disease epidemiology to traditional mainstream psychology. research, students will develop skills Credit Hours: 3
and practice where students will and prevention strategies will be in critically reviewing articles and Prerequisite: 90 Credit Hours
discuss, analyze, and experiment with discussed. The course is largely experiential The internship is a junior-senior level
the theories of behavioral change and and will include classroom activities, stories and identifying their strengths component of the Public Health
will apply the principles of nutrition HSC 315 - Global Issues in discussions as well as practical and weaknesses. Students will
education as part of the course Environmental Health exercises to increase wellbeing, which present their findings in both oral and program that provides students
with real-life experiential learning
nutrition project tackling a specific Credit Hours: 3 will supplement our theoretical and written formats.
nutritional problem. empirical understanding of important PBH 499 - Undergraduate supplementing their theoretical and
Prerequisites: EHS 205 questions in positive psychology. laboratory class learning. This course
PBH 420 - Practice of Health This course is an introduction to the Research is a requirement for graduation
Promotion global applications of environmental Credit Hours: 3 from the Bachelor of Public Health
Credit Hours: 3 health and safety theory. It covers Prerequisite: PBH 410 + 90 Credit program at the College of Health
Sciences (CoHS).
Prerequisite: PBH 310 a wide range of globally-relevant Hours
environmental health issues, Research, Placements Students are required to complete
This course provides students with including access to water, clean The Undergraduate Research course a minimum of 240 working hours
the knowledge and skills required to air, and energy. It also covers the and Electives is a senior level component of the over a period of six weeks in
identify health needs and assets, and globally-relevant theoretical issues PBH program that gives students the approved work settings in public
plan, implement and evaluate health of environmental health ethics and HSC 410 - Healthcare Research opportunity to participate in real-life and private sectors (ministries,
promotion initiatives addressing such environmental justice. Through the Methodology PBH topics/issues. It is a research- industries, companies, consultancy
health needs and assets. The course analysis of theory and practice, this directed work intended to advance a firms, environmental protection
will explore needs assessment and course looks at the global impacts Credit Hours: 3 student’s interest in a topic or issue and occupational health agencies,
planning models, theories that inform of environmental health and safety Prerequisite: HSC 205 related to PBH. academic centers, research centers/
strategy development, and evaluation particularly in crisis situations, Under the supervision of a faculty laboratories, international and
methods used in critical health whether these are man-made crises This course is involved with member, students will be engaged national NGOs, UN agencies, etc.).
promotion practice. The critical health (pollution of food & water sources) or understanding basic principles in specific tasks revolving around a Under the supervision of faculty and
promotion values and principles natural disasters. of research techniques and research question and focusing on internship site supervisors, students
relevant to these processes will be methodologies as applied to applying research methodology/ will be engaged in specific tasks,
explored. The course will develop PBH 110 - Introduction to healthcare professions. The purpose design to problems in PBH via duties, and assignments addressing
skills in critical reflection to enhance Happiness and Positive of this course is to further develop data and information collection, current public health issues on-site.
health promotion practice. Psychology research, critical analysis, and determining and reviewing relevant In addition to the experience gained
PBH 425 - Maternal and Child Credit Hour: 3 communication skills.The major sources, conducting logical, critical, in the observation and application of
components of this course are
Health Pre or Co-requisites: (Co)ENG102/ understanding research purpose and statistical analyses, and public health practices, students will
arriving to conclusions. The topic
gain professional and personal skills
Credit Hours: 3 ENG200 + (Co) FWS100 and methodology; developing a will be chosen by students and and competencies needed to prepare
Prerequisite: PBH 420 This course is about positive research proposal; critical review will be written and presented in a them for real-life situations and job
of the literature and information concise way and scholarly format market.
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