Courses are designed to give an overview of select issues in tropical medicine. Specific tropical diseases and case studies stressing diagnosis will be highlighted. Emphasis will be on the control and prevention of tropical diseases and basic pathogenic mechanisms of selected infectious diseases that continue to be of major public health importance. Students will be introduced to both clinical and environmental aspects of public health and disease control, and will acquire a working knowledge of the biology of these diseases, including prospects for effective management and control at both the personal and public health level. Courses include laboratory sessions and practical lab experience, and will help prepare students working with current and emerging health problems in developing countries. Specific areas of focus for each course are listed below.

The Curriculum will consist of

• HIV, Tuberculosis, and Other Chronic Infections in the Tropics
• Vector Borne Diseases in the Tropics
• Intestinal Infections in the Tropics
• Child and Public Health In the Tropics

Cristina Salazar
Tel: +1 (0)410 614 36 39
Fax: +1 (0)443 378 7156
Email: tropmed@jhsph.edu
Internet: http://www.jhsph.edu/Tropic/index.html

The Institute will provide an opportunity to explore and learn specific skills to address behavioral and social challenges to public health. Courses provide a general overview of behavioral science issues in public health, including the role of social and psychological factors in health and health behaviors, and interventions used for disease prevention and treatment. Participants may also select courses in the area of health communication and courses in Latino health, management skills for health educators, and community-based participatory research.

Courses:

• Children, Media and Health
• Community Media Production
• Entertainment Education
• Persuasive Communication
• Latino Health
• Practical Management Skills
• Psychosocial Factors
• Social and Behavioral Aspects

Davette English
Tel: +1 (0)410 955 23 12
Fax: +1 (0)410 502 37 15
Email: denglish@jhsph.edu
Internet: http://www.jhsph.edu/dept/hbs/continuing_ed/

Special strengths of the program are infectious disease epidemiology (including emerging infections), vaccinology, and computational modeling and simulation of epidemics of infectious diseases. Students can acquire a broad understanding of the methods needed to design studies and gain hands-on experience in the design, conduct, and analysis of community and clinical trials and/or laboratory-based investigations. Subjects of investigation include the immunologic and biologic basis of responses to immunizations and other prophylactic or therapeutic interventions.

Cristina Salazar
Academic Program Administrator
Tel: +1 (0)410 955 37 34
Email: csalazar@jhsph.edu
Internet: http://www.jhsph.edu/dept/IH/degrees/mhs/index.html or
http://www.jhsph.edu/dept/IH/about/IH_brochure.pdf or
http://www.jhsph.edu/dept/IH/degrees/MHSguide2008_09.pdf

This program is designed to offer students a broad exposure to the development and implementation of social and behavioral interventions in developing countries. The curriculum includes exposure to theories of medical anthropology and sociology and qualitative and quantitative methods for developing and evaluating interventions. Students gain specialized expertise in the development, implementation, and evaluation of disease prevention and control in such areas as HIV prevention, nutritional interventions, malaria control, and a host of other topic areas relevant to the enhancement of health in developing countries.

The combined use of qualitative and quantitative methods is a defining characteristic of the program, and students are trained in survey research methods, key-informant interviews, focus group discussions, direct observation, participant observation, social and environmental mapping, and computer-aided management and analysis of qualitative data.
Theories covered include psychological, anthropological, and sociological perspectives on the determinants of health and illness, and associated intervention approaches appropriate to developing country settings.
Students are also given insight into factors related to gender and health, community participation in health programs, and cultural and environmental factors that affect health.

Dr. Elli Leontsini
Email: eleontsi@jhsph.edu

Cristina Salazar
Academic Program Administrator
Tel: +1 (0)410 955 37 34
Email: csalazar@jhsph.edu
Internet: http://www.jhsph.edu/dept/IH/Degree_Programs/SBI or
http://www.jhsph.edu/dept/IH/about/IH_brochure.pdf

Graduates of the Health Systems program will have the competencies to play leadership roles in health policy; health planning, management, and evaluation; public health education; institution-building; and community development in a variety of settings, from community to national and international levels.

Courses within the Health Systems program develop skills and knowledge for those who play a role in policy and management of health systems in low- and middle-income countries and with disadvantaged populations. The curriculum focuses on policy analysis; evaluation of national health systems; planning and managing national and international programs; as well as institution-building, teaching, and research in these areas.
Research focuses on the performance of health systems, including understanding and intervening in their organization, financing, and management.
Opportunities for thesis work include the study of health systems performance, health and poverty, demand for health, health financing alternatives, economic analysis of health programs, private sector analysis, injury prevention and control, and neonatal health programs.

Dr. Bill Weiss
Email: bweiss@jhsph.edu

Cristina Salazar
Academic Program Administrator
Tel: +1 (0)410 955 37 34
Email: csalazar@jhsph.edu
Internet: http://www.jhsph.edu/dept/IH/Degree_Programs/Health_Systems.html or
http://www.jhsph.edu/dept/IH/about/IH_brochure.pdf

The objective of the program is to provide students with specific foundations and the practical skills to address major nutrition-related public health problems.

Through required and elective course work and with the guidance of their academic advisors, doctoral students are able to concentrate in the areas of international nutrition, nutritional biochemistry, nutritional epidemiology, nutritional anthropology, or clinical nutrition. Opportunities for thesis research include the study of maternal and child nutrition, obesity, relationships between diet and chronic diseases, micronutrient deficiencies (with emphasis on vitamin A, iron, calcium, zinc, selenium, and iodine) and nutrition interventions in developing countries, protein-energy metabolism in health and disease, and use of stable isotopes for metabolic research.
In the MHS program, students concentrate during the first year on course work in the core area of public health nutrition, and choose electives in accordance with their intended career path in public health nutrition. During the second year (two quarters), students complete an internship/field placement designed to provide practical experience in their intended area.

Students in the program plan to pursue careers in management of nutrition and health programs, or in the technical content of health promotion and disease prevention programs, or go on to doctoral degrees in nutrition (PhD), medicine (MS), or related fields.

JHU/Cornell University Educational Collaboration in Public Health Nutrition
To enhance the training available in public health nutrition, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Cornell University’s Division of Nutritional Sciences are offering students an opportunity to attend courses given at both universities. Graduate students enrolled in a doctoral or master’s program at Cornell or at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health are able to study at the other school for up to one academic year after they have completed one academic year of study at their home institution.

Dr. Parul Christian
Email: pchristi@jhsph.edu

Cristina Salazar
Academic Program Administrator
Tel: +1 (0)410 955 37 34
Email: csalazar@jhsph.edu
Internet: http://www.jhsph.edu/dept/IH/Degree_Programs/Human_Nutrition.html or
http://www.jhsph.edu/dept/IH/about/IH_brochure.pdf

Welcome to Fundamentals of Health Education and Health Promotion, a course from the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Our goal in this course is to provide you with an overview of the health education/health promotion field and an opportunity to develop skills in needs assessment and program planning. You'll learn why health behavior is such an important contributor to current public health problems and how health education and promotion programs can be used to address these problems. You'll get hands-on experience using the PRECEDE/PROCEED planning framework to conduct a needs assessment and design a health promotion program.

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Explain the importance of health behavior as a contributor to current public health problems
• Describe the elements of at least two behavior change theories and their applicability to developing health education/health promotion programs
• Describe at least three intervention methods and their applicability to successful health education/health promotion programs
• Demonstrate skills in planning a health behavior change program by successfully completing a written needs assessment.

Juhee Cho, MA
Doctoral Student
Health, Behavior, and Society Department
Email: healthed@jhsph.edu
Internet: http://distance.jhsph.edu/fhe/

Introduction to Online Learning is a prerequisite to all online courses. You must complete this course prior to the start of the term in which you wish to enroll in any other online course.

This course covers the following topics:

• The scientific method and vaccine trials
• Review of vaccine types
• Discussion of the phases of vaccine trials
• Vaccine protocol development
• Regulatory requirements
• Roles and responsibilities of investigators, sponsors, and staff
• Budget development
• Human subjects protection
• Data collection and management
• Community preparedness/outreach
• Recruitment
• Global partners and considerations in vaccine research
• Protocol implementation including screening, enrollment, follow-up, and study close-out

Wangeci (Eunice) Kagucia:
Tel: +1 (0)410 955 2232
Fax: +1 (0)410 955 0792
Email: vactrial@jhsph.edu
Internet: http://distance.jhsph.edu/vactrial/about/index.cfm

Introduction to Online Learning is a prerequisite to all online courses. You must complete this course prior to the start of the term in which you wish to enroll in any other online course.

Welcome to Preventing Infant Mortality and Promoting the Health of Women, Infants, and Children. This course presents both the scientific and practical aspects of issues related to preventing infant mortality and improving the outcome of pregnancy. In addition, we will discuss and critique the programmatic approaches to reducing infant mortality rates in a population.
By the end of the course we anticipate you will be able to do the following:

• Analyze the causes and consequences of high infant mortality in a population
• Discuss the epidemiology of infant mortality
• Develop a critical eye for the strategies available to reduce infant mortality

Bernard Guyer
Email: bguyer@jhsph.edu
Cynthia Minkovitz
Email: cminkovi@jhsph.edu
Patricia O'Campo
Email: pocampo@jhsph.edu
Donna Strobino
Email: dstrobin@jhsph.edu
Internet: http://distance.jhsph.edu/pim/

Introduction to Online Learning is a prerequisite to all online courses. You must complete this course prior to the start of the term in which you wish to enroll in any other online course.

Current Issues in Public Health is designed to broaden and enrich your academic experience through presentations on current public health topics and interactions with faculty experts. A variety of faculty will present issues and encourage discussion and critical thinking. This course will concentrate on current perspectives and research findings about problems important to the health of individuals and communities.
The sessions cover a broad spectrum of population-based, prevention-oriented issues relevant to the professional practice of public health in both the private and public sectors, both domestic and international.

This course is offered each of the four terms (September through May). Each term will have four modules, each two weeks long. Different modules are offered every term. You are welcome to enroll for any one or more of the four terms. We look forward to working with you.

Edyth H. Schoenrich, MD, MPH
Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
615 North Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21205
Tel: +1 (0)410 955 12 91
Email: eschoenr@jhsph.edu

Ed Hammond
Email: ehammond@jhsph.edu
Shilpa Bhardwaj
Email: sbhardwa@jhsph.edu
Internet: http://distance.jhsph.edu/ciph4/

Introduction to Online Learning is a prerequisite to all online courses. You must complete this course prior to the start of the term in which you wish to enroll in any other online course.

Welcome to Introduction to International Health. This course- designed to be the first course for international health students-provides an overview of current issues in international public health with particular emphasis on low- and middle-income countries. Students can follow this course with more in-depth courses in core areas of international health, including structural adjustment and health care reform; organization and management of health systems; community health and primary health care; humanitarian assistance and refugee health; international nutrition; vaccine development and policy; disease prevention and control; and social and behavioral interventions.

The course is taught in modules:

Module 1 introduces basic concepts and tools needed to describe the health situation and health priorities of a country. We examine concepts including demographic and epidemiologic transition, epidemiologic polarization, and burden of disease. Students describe the health situation of a country, applying health indicators and criteria for setting health priorities commonly used in international public health. Online exercises provide the opportunity to enhance research skills and to integrate human rights principles and environmental indicators into the analysis.
Module 2 describes economic, social, and community development issues in international public health. We examine equity, structural adjustment, economic development, microcredit, and community-based approaches. Videos and online exercises explore issues of health and development in the international context.
Module 3 focuses on the process of problem definition and selection of key determinants, strategies, partners, and measurement indicators. Students define public health problems; identify key determinants and stakeholders; discuss and select activities to address the problem; and recommend measurement indicators. Videos, online exercises, and LiveTalks provide the opportunity to discuss key concepts, tools, and recommendations.
Module 4 discusses the organization, financing, and management of health systems and their relevance to the analysis of public health problems in low- and middle-income countries in particular. Videos and online exercises explore the role of health systems. The module closes with a discussion of career planning and course alternatives in international health.

Peter Winch, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Social and Behavioral Interventions Program and Health Systems Program
Department of International Health, Room E5030
Email: introih@jhsph.edu

Adrijana Corluka, Department of International Health
Email: acorluka@jhsph.edu
Nicholas Lehnertz, Department of International Health
Email: nlehnert@jhsph.edu
Course Administrative Assistant
Lois Gietka
Email: lgietka@jhsph.edu
Internet: http://distance.jhsph.edu/introih/

Introduction to Online Learning is a prerequisite to all online courses. You must complete this course prior to the start of the term in which you wish to enroll in any other online course.

Quality Assurance Management Methods for Developing Countries provides a thorough grounding in the principles and practice of quality assurance management for those who have or will have responsibility for health systems in developing countries.
Course Topics:

• Principles of Quality Improvement
• Defining and Measuring Quality
• Quality Assurance Tools
• Quality Assurance for Primary Health Care
• Teams and Team Building
• Measurement and Standards
• Balanced Score Card
• Health Systems Performance
• Role of Quality in Cost Recovery
• Principles of Supervision
• Institutionalizaton at the National Level
• Quality Design of Health Services
• Accreditation, Licensure, Registration, and Certification
• Sustainability of Quality Assurance
• Case Studies of Quality Assurance Methods

Gilbert Burnham, MD, PhD
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Department of International Health
615 North Wolfe Street, Room E8132
Baltimore, MD 21205
Tel: +1 (0)410 955 39 28
Fax: +1 (0)410 614 14 19
Email: gburnham@jhsph.edu

Anbarasi Edward-Raj
Tel: +1 (0)410 955 39 28
Email: aedward@jhsph.edu
Internet: http://distance.jhsph.edu/qualassur/about/about-syllabus.cfm#ContactInformation