Time Schedule:
Stephen A. Bezruchka
EPI 592
Seattle Campus
Graduate seminars organized to address specific educational needs of students in various specialized programs within the Department of Epidemiology (i.e., Maternal and Child Health). Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Offered: AWSpS.
Class description
This quarter’s presentations will bring Global Health MPH faculty, researchers from various UW departments, and visiting activists and scholars who will introduce their interdisciplinary, global perspectives and expertise on various topics related to Child Health in Low Resource Settings.
Student learning goals
describe the relevance of early life for adult health and the increasing prevalence of non-communicable diseases as individuals age
list factors involved in high rates of communicable diseases during early life in low resource settings
analyze factors involved in high prevalence of low birth weight and pre-term deliveries in various societies
evaluate various programs to improve newborn and child health in compromised environments
critique strategies for investing in early life to decrease health care expenses in later years
recognize the adolescent period impacts on health through the life course
General method of instruction
An invited speaker presents for up to an hour material related to that day's topic. The rest of the time is devoted to discussion among the students.
Recommended preparation
Some speakers may give prefatory readings which may appear on the course website.
Class assignments and grading
To get credit students are required to submit 1-page max. responses in the dropbox for 8 of the ten sessions. The dropbox is open after each session and before the next. You are asked to give a quote from the speakers or guests in the session, or a paraphrase, that struck you as being important and relevant to your personal issues or experiences with child health in low resource settings, however construed. Discuss the connection with your experiences in a sentence or two. If you had a burning question you wanted to ask, or comment to make and couldn't, please state that.
Credit is given for completing the assignment.
