Environmental and Occupational Health
This course is intended to provide a detailed overview of the fields of environmental and occupational health, with an emphasis on the practical aspects of the recognition, evaluation and control of chemical, physical and biological hazards, including basic quantitative assessment of these hazards.  Additional topics include significant legal and historical influences as well as currently important issues in the fields.

The Health Care System
Analysis of system-wide issues related to delivery of health in the United States, including organizational arrangements, financing, health status issues, health insurance, health manpower, cost of health care, quality of health care, access and regulatory issues.

Introduction to Health Behavior and Health Education
Introduction  to health behavior, health education, theory and practice; defines key terms and concepts; theories of individual health behavior; variables influencing responses to interventions; interpersonal theories examining elements in the environment affecting health behavior; basic planning models; and includes discussion of ethical principles and application of theory in culturally distinct and/or other unique  populations.

COPH Seminar Series
This course is designed to give students a broad overview of current topics in public health through ongoing seminar series sponsored by the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health and its partners.  The seminar series provides students an opportunity to learn about the diversity in public health research and practice, to apply their knowledge of public health concepts to a variety of topics, and to increase their professional network within the public health field. (Requires prior approval of faculty advisor and course instructor.) 

Biology for Public Health:  Infectious Disease
This course addresses the biological principles of infectious disease as related to public health concerns.  It provides prerequisite knowledge of basic biological concepts that are key to understanding public health issues relating to infectious diseases.  It will serve as a tutorial for public health biology sub-competencies found in licensing examinations.

Biology for Public Health:  Chronic Disease
This course addresses the biological principles of chronic disease as related to public health concerns.  It provides prerequisite knowledge of basic biological concepts that are key to understanding public health issues relating to chronic diseases.  It will serve as a tutorial for public health biology sub-competencies found in licensing examinations.

Biology for Public Health:  Current Issues
This course addresses current issues related to public health concerns.  It provides prerequisite knowledge of basic biological concepts that are key to understanding public health issues.  It will serve as a tutorial for public health biology sub-competencies found in licensing examinations.

Preceptorship in Public Health
A minimum of 135 hours of field experience under the joint direction of a public health faculty member and a qualified specialist working in selected areas of public health.  A written report specifying activities, products, and outcomes of the experience is required upon completion of the preceptorship. The project must be undertaken during the semester registered for Preceptorship. (Requires approval from preceptor, faculty course advisor, and specialty department chair or generalist committee.)

PBHL 5023
D. Keith Williams
Thurs., 1:00-4:00pm
COPH Bldg,  Room 3202

PBHL 5763
Zoran Bursac
Wed.,1:00-4:00pm
COPH Bldg., Room 3204
 

Categorical Data Analysis
This course is designed to give students an overview of statistical methods commonly used for analysis of categorical data. Some of the topics include binomial and Poisson distributions, analysis of 2x2 tables, Fishers exact test, McNemar test, stratified analysis, trend analysis and logistic regression. Class activities include lecture/discussion, group work, analytical assignments and critical literature reviews.  Prerequisite: PBHL 5013: Biostatistics I.

PBHL 5043
Thomas Rimmer
Wed.,5:30-8:30pm
COPH Bldg. Room 1202

Occupational and Environmental Hazard Control
Detailed study of the principles and practices involved in the control of environmental health hazards, with particular attention to occupational hazards.  Topics covered will include ventilation for airborne contaminants, respiratory protection, electrical and mechanical safety methods and the control of hazards from noise, vibration, radiation, heat, biohazards and chemical hazards.

PBHL 5063
Morris Cranmer
Monday, 5:30-8:30pm
COPH Bldg, Room 1228

Principles of Toxicology in Public Health
Detailed study of the interdisciplinary science and methods of toxicology as applied to adverse health from toxicants in the environment, community and workplace.  Toxicological methods including the detection of birth defects, cancer, adverse reproductive outcomes, endocrine disruptors, neurtotoxicants and specific organ toxicants are described and examples of regulatory application are provided.  Emphasis is placed on dose response relationships and synergism between animal toxicology and epidemiology.  Prerequisite:  PBHL 5113/OEHM 5023: Environmental and Occupational Health.

PBHL 5223
Namvar Zohoori
Tues., 5:30 - 8:30pm
COPH Bldg, Room 3202
 

Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases
The purpose of this course is to provide an overview of the epidemiology of a variety of chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, pulmonary diseases such as asthma, and others.  Presentations for each disease will address classification, measures of frequency, risk factors, etiology, approaches to control (detection, prevention), and current issues.  The objectives of the course are to acquaint students with epidemiological issues and controversies involved in the chronic diseases, to provide students with a framework with which to approach the epidemiology of a chronic disease and its control, and to show how basic epidemiologic methods apply to chronic disease.  Prerequisites:  PBHL 5173:  Epidemiology I and PBHL 5373:  Epidemiology II; PBHL 5013:  Biostatistics I and PBHL 5023:  Biostatistics II; or permission of instructor.

PBHL 5373
Ellen Fischer
Thurs., 5:30 - 8:30pm
COPH Bldg., Room 2280

Epidemiology II
Extends consideration of concepts, methods, and strategies introduced in Epidemiology I.  The course focuses on methodologic tools and skills needed to conduct or evaluate epidemiologic research and emphasizes tools and skills related to study design and data collection.  Prerequisites: PBHL 5173: Epidemiology I and PBHL 5013: Biostatistics I or equivalents; PBHL 5023: Biostatistics II is strongly recommended and may be taken concurrently with PBHL 5373: Epidemiology II; this prerequisite may only be waived with the instructor's permission.

PBHL 5513
Angela Green
Fri., 9:00am-12:00pm
1st day of class: Jan. 16, 2009
COPH Bldg., Room G-220

Qualitative Methodology in Nursing Research
Examines the philosophical foundation for and methodological issues in using qualitative approaches for scientific inquiry and knowledge development.  Strategies for enhancing scientific and methodological rigor are explored.

PBHL 5653
Jan Richter
Friday: 1:00-5:00pm
Sat: 8:30am-3:30pm
Sunday: 1:00-5:00pm
February 20, 21, 22, 2009
February 27, 28, & March 1, 2009
March 6, 7 and 8, 2009 COPH Bldg, 1230/1250

Theories of Health Behavior and Health Education
Addresses the social and behavioral foundations of public health; emphasis on social and cultural determinants that shape behavior through complex interaction; presents a socio-ecological framework for understanding the relationship between human populations and health status; locates health problems in the context of multi-layered social systems and temporal processes of change.  Prerequisites:  PBHL 5133: Introduction to Health Behavior and Health Education; or permission of instructor.

PBHL 5783
LeaVonne Pulley
Friday: 1:00-5:00pm
Sat: 9:00am-4:00pm
Sunday: 1:00-5:00pm
March 13, 14, 15, 2009
April 3, 4, 5, 2009
April 17, 18, 19, 2009
COPH Bldg, 1230/1250

Health Communication
This course provides students with an in-depth exposure to current theory, practice and research in health communication with an emphasis on designing, implementing and evaluating mass media and community-based health campaigns.  Topics covered include Social Marketing, Media Advocacy, Entertainment Education, and Participatory Learning in addition to traditional social-psychological theoretical approaches to risk reduction and health enhancing communication. Prerequisites: Completion of or concurrently enrolled in PBHL 5133:  Introduction to Health Behavior and Health Education;  or permission of instructor.

PBHL 5143
John Baker
Tues:  5:30-8:30pm
COPH Bldg., Room 2280

Management of Health Care Organizations
Analysis of administrative practices in health organizations, including governmental agencies, health care institutions, and community clinics, with emphasis on administrative structure, roles of professionals and staff, and the health policy applicable to each.

PBHL 5243
Andreas Muller
Tues., 5:30-8:30pm
COPH Bldg., Room 3204

Health System Strategic Planning
Covers the major types of health planning in the U.S. including related supply regulation.  Strategic, business and market-based planning are emphasized.  Several exercises introduce students to relevant  data sources and prepare them to develop a market-based health services plan.   Prerequisites: PBHL 5013: Biostatistics I and PBHL 5143:  Management of Health Care Organizations.

PBHL 5273
Jie Pan
Wed.:  6:00-8:40pm
First day of class: Wed., January 14, 2009.
UALR - ETAS 480
NOTE:  MUST REGISTER WITH THE UALR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICE FOR PARKING.

Health Economics
The course provides an overview of economic theory with health care applications.  Economics is the study of optimal allocation of scarce resources.  Health economics considers the allocation of health care resources to evaluate whether more efficient or equitable distributions can be achieved.  Economics concepts and principles will be introduced, followed by the application of these principles to health care, health management and health policy. Prerequisite:  PBHL 5013: Biostatistics I.

PBHL 5383
Andrew Kumpuris
Wed.: 6:00-9:00pm
First day of class: Wed., January 14, 2009
Clinton School, RiverMarket 1 Bldg.

Healthcare Policy and American Society
This semester-long course is designed to provide each student with an opportunity to study, in depth, the many facets of our American healthcare delivery and financing system.  Special attention will be given to those appropriate concepts of social justice theory and implied human rights, and how they pertain to the current healthcare system.  Various political philosophies will be reviewed and how they differ on the question of universal healthcare coverage and access.  Different methods of financing and the ultimate responsibility for who bears healthcare costs will be discussed.  The history, policies, and goals of the current healthcare financing and delivery system will be reviewed in considerable detail.  Pragmatic considerations such as the federal debt and deficit and the cost of the uninsured will be evaluated with emphasis on how these fiscal realities limit or direct future policy options.  Finally, the overreaching politics of healthcare reform will be considered.  The design of this course is intended to stretch the student's analytical skills to see not only the policy side of the healthcare system but also the philosophical, pragmatic, historical and political aspects of healthcare reform.  In a very real sense, healthcare policy becomes a metaphor for the basic expectations a society has of its government.  Students will be required to read extensively, use their writing skills, articulate in class and work with fellow students on papers and projects.  Prerequisites:  Students enrolled in a masters program at UAMS or UALR should have completed at least one semester of graduate work study.

PBHL 5413
Ruth Eudy/Kevin Ryan/Rob Leflar
Wed., 3:00-5:15pm
COPH Bldg., Room 2230

American Health Care Reform
This seminar will address key policy issues facing American health care.  The seminar is interdisciplinary, and is open to students pursuing study in public health, law, or public policy.  In this course we will take up (1) problems of cost, access, justice, and quality in the U.S. health care system; (2) models for health care delivery in other countries such as Canada, the United Kingdom, and Japan; and (3) proposals for reform of the health care system offered by the various presidential candidates at the national level, and reforms implemented at the state level in (e.g.) Massachusetts and Hawaii.  We will explore the political and structural obstacles to achieving health care system reform at the national level.  Prerequisites:  PBHL 5003:  Introduction to Public Health; PBHL 5123:  The Health Care System or permission of the instructor.

PBHL 5443
Richard Nugent
Tues., 5:30-8:30pm
COPH Bldg.,  Room 1228
*CANCELLED*

Women’s Health
Provides a broad overview of the health issues affecting women along with the programs and policies designed to address these issues, including family planning, prenatal care, and women's health throughout the lifecycle.  Topics in family planning and prenatal care will emphasize policies, systems of care, and outcomes of care.  Life cycle issues will encompass the prevalence and prevention of chronic health conditions through interventions involving nutrition, physical activity, and access to preventive health screenings. 

PBHL 5453
David Deere/Eldon Schulz
Wed., 5:30-8:30pm
Donald W Reynolds IOA, Room G-190
*CANCELLED*

Children with Special Health Care Needs
Examines chronic and remediable health conditions in children that require specialized health services, along with the programs and policies designed to address these needs.  Analyzes the systems of care available to these children and their families, and considers multidisciplinary approaches to care management.  Students will observe and work directly with a team of CSHCN professionals and the children and families they serve.

PBHL 5573
Joan Diehl
Tues., 5:30-8:30pm
COPH Bldg., Room 1202
 

Ambulatory Care Administration
Organization and administration of ambulatory care delivery systems; emphasis on HMOs, medical group management, hospital-based ambulatory care systems, and health clinics. Prerequisites:  PBHL 5143:  Management of Health Care Organizations; or permission of instructor.

Introduction to Environmental/Occupational Health and Health Behavior/Health Education
The first half of this combined course presents an overview of the field of environmental and occupational health with specific emphasis on the healthcare environment, including basic qualitative assessment of relevant chemical, physical and biological hazards.  The second half of the course is an introduction to health behavior and health education, theory, and practice; and includes discussion of ethical principles and the application of behavioral theory to critical issues in public health and to workplace wellness programs.

The Health Care System
Analysis of system-wide issues related to delivery of health in the United States, including organizational arrangements, financing, health status issues, health insurance, health manpower, cost of health care, quality of health care, access and regulatory issues.

HSAD 5143
John Baker
Tues., 5:30-8:30pm
COPH Bldg., Room 2280

Management of Health Care Organizations
Analysis of administrative practices in health organizations, including governmental agencies, health care institutions, and community clinics, with emphasis on administrative structure, roles of professionals and staff, and the health policy applicable to each.

HSAD 5243
Andreas Muller
Tues., 5:30-8:30pm
COPH Bldg., Room 3204

Health System Strategic Planning
Covers the major types of health planning in the U.S. including related supply regulation.  Strategic, business and market based planning are emphasized.  Several exercises introduce students to relevant  data sources and prepare them to develop a market based health services plan.   Prerequisites: HSAD 5013: Biostatistics I.

HSAD 5273
Jie Pan
Wed.,  6:00-8:40pm
UALR, ETAS 480
First day of class: Wed., January 14, 2009.
NOTE:  MUST REGISTER WITH THE UALR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICE FOR PARKING. 

Health Economics
The course provides an overview of economic theory with health care applications.  Economics is the study of optimal allocation of scarce resources.  Health economics considers the allocation of health care resources to evaluate whether more efficient or equitable distributions can be achieved.  Economic concepts and principles will be introduced, followed by the application of these principles to health care, health management and health policy.   Prerequisites:  HSAD 5013:  Biostatistics I; HSAD 5123: The Health Care System; or permission of instructor.

HSAD 5293
Harold Simpson
Monday, 5:30-8:30pm
COPH Bldg., Room 3202

Health Law
Basic principles and practices of law affecting the administration of health institutions and medical practice, with emphasis on the legal aspects of patient care and treatment, torts and contractual obligations, rights and obligations of governing boards, medical staff and employees and labor law.

HSAD 5333
John Wayne
Monday, 5:30-8:30pm
COPH Bldg., 
Room 1230/1250
 

Advanced Health Systems Financial Management
The course is designed to present in-depth discussions  on topics related to financial management in a health care setting.  It focuses on the application of financial management principles and concepts to health care organizations.  A broad range of issues will be discussed and evaluated with assignments to familiarize students with both theoretical concepts and practical application of financial management principles in the current operating environment.  Computerized software packages will be utilized to emphasize the application of financial techniques to problems in health care management and/or health services delivery.  Students should have a basic understanding of health care system, health care management, health care statistics and information systems, financial accounting and Excel.  Prerequisites:   HSAD 5143:  Management of Health Care Organizations; HSAD 5163:  Introduction to Health Systems Financial Managment or permission of instructor.

HSAD 5393
John Baker
Wed.,5:30-8:30pm
COPH Bldg., Room 3204
 

Management Capstone
Policy and decision making processes in health institutions and agencies, uses case studies of health institutions and agencies.  Culminating experience typically completed in last semester of the student's course of studies; or permission of instructor.

HSAD 5443
Richard Nugent
Tues., 5:30-8:30pm
COPH Bldg., Room 1228
*CANCELLED*

Women’s Health
Provides a broad overview of the health issues affecting women along with the programs and policies designed to address these issues, including family planning, prenatal care, and women's health throughout the lifecycle.  Topics in family planning and prenatal care will emphasize policies, systems of care, and outcomes of care.  Life cycle issues will encompass the prevalence and prevention of chronic health conditions through interventions involving nutrition, physical activity, and access to preventive health screenings.

HSAD 5453
David Deere/Eldon Schulz
Wed., 5:30-8:30pm
Donald W Reynolds  IOA Room G-190
*CANCELLED*

Children with Special Health Care Needs
Examines chronic and remediable health conditions in children that require specialized health services, along with the programs and policies designed to address these needs.  Analyzes the systems of care available to these children and their families, and considers multidisciplinary approaches to care management.  Students will observe and work directly with a team of CSHCN professionals and the children and families they serve.

HSAD 5573
Joan Diehl
Tues., 5:30-8:30pm
COPH Bldg. Room 1202

Ambulatory Care Administration
Organization and administration of ambulatory care delivery systems; emphasis on HMOs, medical group management, hospital-based ambulatory care systems, and health clinics. Prerequisites:  HSAD 5143:  Management of Health Care Organizations; or permission of instructor.

HSAD 5083
 

Health Administration Residency
A three-month administrative residency in a health institution or agency; work experience under a qualified health administrator with selected field projects and written reports.

HSAD 5093
 

Biostatistics II
This course will cover experimental design and advanced linear methods of analysis; non-parametric analysis of variance, multiple regression, and linear models, factorial analysis, repeated measures, and multiple covariates, logistic regression, and survival anlaysis will be covered.  Prerequisites:  PBHL 5013: Biostatistics I or its equivalent; Doctoral student standing in the UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health. Students who demonstrate proficiency in biostatistics beyond the level of this course will select, with assistance from the Chair of Biostatistics, another course in the department.

Epidemiology II
Includes an advanced review of epidemiological methods and issues; covers sampling and data collection strategies, study design concerns, including bias, confounding, stratification; students will gain practice in interpreting and reporting research results.  Prerequisites: PBHL 5173: Epidemiology I or its equivalent; Doctoral student standing in the UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health.  Students who demonstrate proficiency in epidemiology methods beyond the level of this course will select, with assistance from the Chair of Epidemiology, another course in the department.

PBHL 9113
Carol Cornell/Kate Stewart
Wed.,2:00-5:00pm
COPH Bldg., Room 2228

Community-Based Public Health Program Design and Evaluation II
This course is the second of a two semester series integrating concepts of community-based program design and evaluation.  This approach builds on the philosophy that evaluation should be considered simultaneously with program design.  This second course focuses on application.  The course will be taught using an interdisciplinary approach with an emphasis on the community-based participatory model, although traditional and hybrid approaches will be addressed.  Students will learn about social and structural issues affecting both communities and the effectiveness of community-based public health programs.  The role of the practitioner as a participant with communities in issue selection, data collection, and analysis will be examined to learn how to apply these concepts and methods to program design and implementation.  A range of interventions, as well as the levels they target, will be described through illustrative case studies.  Evaluation frameworks and logic models will be studied, and formative, process, impact and outcome evaluation purposes and techniques will be compared.  The role of both quantitative and qualitative methods will be explored.   Prerequisites:  Doctoral student standing in the UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health; successful completion of three public health science core courses, including PBHL 9023:  Advanced Health Behavior Theory or equivalent; PBHL 9473/5473:  Health Services Research Methods or equivalent; or permission of instructor(s).  Note:  PBHL 9103:  Community-Based Public Health Program Design/Evaluation (1) must be completed prior to registration for PBHL 9113:  Community-Based Public Health Program Desgin/Evaluation (2). 

Management Skill Development
This course is designed to introduce students to human resource management, information management and financial management concepts and skills needed by executives in public health organizations.  Students will apply these skills in a variety of in-class activities and have the opportunity to learn from practicing executives.  Prerequisites:  Doctoral student standing in the UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health; successful completion of the public health sciences core courses; or permission of instructor

Effective Crisis Communication
Issues such as terrorism, public health crises, and corporate malfeasance have increased the importance of crisis communication. This course will:  facilitate understanding of the critical role of communication on the onset and recovery of crisis; enhance the student's effective crisis communication skills; promote understanding of the counter intuitive nature of crisis communication; utilize crisis communication theory and perspectives to argue for effectiveness and ineffectiveness in crisis communication; and assist interactions between students, researchers, and policy makers on effective crisis communication. Prerequisites:  Doctoral student standing in the UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health; successful completion of three public health sciences core courses; or permission of instructor.

Health Services Research Methods
This course provides an overview of study design and methods for health services research (HSR) applied to health policy and public health problems.  It will include exploration of:  (1) study design principles with emphasis on the non-experimental and quasi-experimental designs most often employed in health policy and services research; (2) methodological problems often encountered in applied health policy and services research; (3) the "toolbox" of quantitative methods most often used in health policy and services research; and (4) principles and strategies for interpreting study results and communicating them to diverse stakeholders in public health.  The course will emphasize hands-on exercises in using HSR methods and case studies of published HSR studies, with a focus on health policy and public health topics.  The course will focus on quantitative research methods grounded primarily in the disciplines of econometrics and statistics, while highlighting the many close connections to other methodological perspectives including epidemiology, sociology, demography, and political science.  Prerequisites: Doctoral student standing in the UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health; successful completion of three public health science core courses;  or permission of instructor.

 Doctoral Practicum
The Doctoral Practicum consists of 270 hours of field experience under the joint direction of a COPH faculty member and a practicing professional with leadership experience in a public health institution.  A written report specifying activities, potential products, and outcomes of the experience is required upon completion of the practicum.  Prerequisites: Doctoral student standing in the UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health; completion of public health science core courses; completion of PBHL 9103:  Community-Based Public Health Program Design/Evaluation (1) and PBHL 9113: Community-Based Public Health Program Design/Evaluation (2); or permission of the DrPH Faculty Leadership Chair.

Doctoral Capstone Project
The Doctoral Capstone Project is a culminating experience that requires the student to synthesize and integrate knowledge by applying learned theories and principles to an area of public health practice relevant to the health needs of Arkansans.  A written product must be submitted and must take the form of a dissertation, "n" manuscript(s) that is/are suitable for publication in a national-level public health journal(s), a technical report with supplemental materials if applicable accompanied by a grant proposal, case study(ies) from initiation to completion/ethnography and/or other similar scholarly document approved of by the DrPH Faculty Leadership Chair and/or selected faculty advisor(s).  The written product must be presented and successfully defended.  Prerequisites:  PBHL: 997V:  Doctoral Practicum; PBHL 998V: Doctoral Capstone Seminar and permission of the DrPH Faculty Leadership Chair.