College of Public Health Seed Grant Support

Seed grants fund three new public health studies

Research to study childhood violence, tobacco cessation, dementia

PUBHHBP 6558
Policy as a Prevention Strategy

This course will prepare graduate students on the key elements of how policy can be used as an intervention to promote primary, secondary and tertiary prevention. Course activities will build skills for the evaluation of when policy is an appropriate strategy and how to prepare a systematic review of evidence for the use of a policy strategy. Each student will be able to choose a policy topic and prepare a literature review, policy scan or health impact assessment as a manuscript formatted for submission to a scientific journal.

 

Prequisite(s): Enrollment in Public Health and Grad standing; or permission of instructor.

2 Credits PUBHHBP

PUBHHBP 4558
Policy as a Prevention Strategy

This course will prepare upper-level undergraduate students on the key elements of how policy can be used as an intervention to promote primary, secondary and tertiary prevention. Course activities will build skills for the evaluation of when policy is an appropriate strategy and how to prepare a policy brief on a formal policy issue that impacts population health. Each student will work with a small group to choose a policy topic and prepare research-informed policy brief.

Prequisite(s): Writing and Information Literacy or GE equivalent for 3 credit hours. Social and Behavioral Sciences or GE equivalent for 3 credit hours.

2 Credits PUBHHBP
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