Public Health 150 - "Contemporary Health Issues"
Lectures - Fall, 2007
Roger Detels, M.D., M.S., Instructor
43-105 CHS, 10-noon, Mondays and Wednesdays
Teaching Assistants
Alok Ranjan, aranjan30@yahoo.com
Debby Lee, debbylee@gmail.com
Textbook: "Introduction to Public Health" by Mary-Jane Schneider, ISBN 0-7637-3000-9
2nd edition - available in Health Sciences bookstore
Monday, October 1, "Introduction to Public Health" - (Dr. Roger Detels)
Lecture slides (Powerpoint) (PDF)
Reading
Preface to the 4th edition, In Oxford Textbook of Public Health, 4th ed, 2002 [click link].
Detels R, Breslow L. The scope and concerns in public health. Pending publication in Oxford Textbook of Public Health,
5th ed, 2008 [click link].
Smith JS. The personal predicament of public health. The Chronicle of Higher Education, June 27, 2003
[click link].
Schneider MJ. Public health: science, politics, and prevention. In Introduction to Public Health, chapter 1, pp. 3-16 [class textbook].
Schneider MJ. Why is public health controversial? In Introduction to Public Health, chapter 2, pp. 17-29 [class textbook].
Wednesday, October 3, "Organization and Structure of Public Health" (Dr. Lester Breslow)
Lecture slides (Powerpoint) (PDF)
Reading
Torrens PR, Breslow L. The evolution of public health: a joint public-private responsibility. In Introduction to
Health Services, 5th ed, Williams SJ, Torrens PR (eds). Delmar Publishers, Albany, NY, 1999, chapter 8,
pp. 207‑225 [click link].
Schneider MJ. Powers and responsibilities of government. In Introduction to Public Health, chapter 3, pp. 31-47 [class textbook].
Monday, October 8, "Epidemiologic Basis for Public Health" (Dr. Roger Detels)
Lecture slides (Powerpoint) (PDF)
Capillary disease slides (Powerpoint) (PDF)
Reading
Detels R. Epidemiology: the foundation of public health. Pending publication in Oxford Textbook of Public Health, 2008 [click link].
Schneider MJ. Epidemiology: the basic science of public health. In Introduction to Public Health, chapter 4, pp. 51-68 [class textbook].
Wednesday, October 10, "Emerging Infectious Diseases" (Dr. Roger Detels)
Lecture slides - Emerging Infectious Diseases (Powerpoint) (PDF)
Reading
Detels R. Emerging infectious diseases. In The Development of Modern Epidemiology, Holland WW (ed), Oxford University Press, pending.
Schneider MJ. The "conquest" of infectious diseases. In Introduction to Public Health, chapter 9, pp. 137-156 [class textbook].
Schneider MJ. The resurgence infectious diseases. In Introduction to Public Health, chapter 10, pp. 157-181 [class textbook].
Monday, October 15, "Financing Health Services" (Dr. Paul Torrens)
Reading
Koch AL. Financing health services. In Introduction to Health Services, 6th ed, Williams SJ, Torrens PR (eds).
Delmar Publishers, Albany, NY, 2002, chapter 5, pp. 92-123 [click link].
Whitted G. Private health insurance and employee benefits. In Introduction to Health Services, 6th ed,
Williams SJ, Torrens PR (eds). Delmar Publishers, Albany, NY, 2002, chapter 7, pp. 140-160 [click link].
Schneider MJ. Health services research: finding what works. In Introduction to Public Health, chapter 27, pp. 467‑487 [class textbook].
Wednesday, October 17, "U.S. National Health Care System" (Dr. Ninez Ponce)
Lecture slides - updated after class 17 Oct (Powerpoint) (PDF)
Schneider MJ. Why the U.S.medical system needs reform. In Introduction to Public Health, chapter 26, pp. 451‑465 [class textbook].
Monday, October 22, "Women's and Minority Health" (Dr. Marjorie Kagawa-Singer)
Lecture slides (Powerpoint) (PDF)
Reading
Wang S, An L, Cochran SD. Women. In Oxford Textbook of Public Health, 4th ed, 2002, pp. 1587-1601 [click link].
Schneider MJ. Maternal and child health as a social problem. In Introduction to Public Health, chapter 18, pp. 311-330 [class textbook].
Wednesday, October 24, "Nutrition" (Dr. Charlotte Neumann)
Lecture slides (PowerPoint) (PDF)
Reading
Blumberg JB. Public health implications of preventative nutrition. In Preventive Nutrition: The
Comprehensive Guide for Health Professionals, Bendich A, Deckelbaum RJ (eds). Humana Press,
Totowa, NJ, 1977, pp. 1‑15 [click link].
Neumann CG, Gewa C, Bwibo NO. Child nutrition in developing countries: critical role in health. Pediatr
Ann 33(10):658-674, 2004.
Schneider MJ. Public health threat number two and growing: poor diet and physical inactivity. In Introduction to Public Health, chapter 16, pp. 269-292 [class textbook].
Monday, October 29, "Health Policy and Advocacy" (Dr. E. Richard Brown)
Lecture slides (PowerPoint) (PDF)
Reading
Wallack L. Media advocacy: a strategy for empowering people and communities. J Public Hlth 15:420-435,
1994 [click link]
Schneider MJ. Public health in the twenty-first century: achievements and challenges. In Introduction to Public Health, chapter 30, pp. 535‑551 [class textbook].
Wednesday, October 31, MIDTERM
Monday, November 5, "Mental Health" (Dr. Carol Aneshensel)
Lecture slides (Powerpoint) (PDF)
Reading
Tyrer P, Tyrer F. Public mental health. In Oxford Textbook of Public Health, 4th ed, 2002, pp. 1309-1328 [click link]
Kessler RC, Zhao S. Overview of descriptive epidemiology of mental disorders. In Handbook of the Sociology of Mental
Health, Aneshensel CS, Phelan JC (eds), chapter 7, pp 127‑150, 1999 [click link].
Schneider MJ. How psychosocial factors affect health behavior. In Introduction to Public Health, chapter 14, pp. 231‑247 [class textbook].
Wednesday, November 7, "Biostatistics: How Numbers Matter" (presented by Dr. William Cumberland on behalf of Dr. Abdelmonem Afifi)
Lecture slides (Powerpoint) (PDF)
Reading
Cumberland WG, Afifi AA. Statistics for public health. In Encyclopedia of Public Health (Breslow L, ed),
chapter 9, pp. 1148-1157 [click link].
Schneider MJ. Statistics: making sense of uncertainty. In Introduction to Public Health, chapter 7, pp. 99-119 [class textbook].
Monday, November 12 - Veteran's Day - NO SCHOOL
Wednesday, November 14, "Health Education and Behavioral Change" (Dr. Mary Jane Rotheram)
Lecture slides (Powerpoint) (PDF)
Reading
Schneider MJ. Do people choose their own health? In Introduction to Public Health, chapter 13, pp. 217229 [class textbook].
Monday, November 19, "Occupational Health" (Dr. Linda Rosenstock)
Lecture slides (Powerpoint) (PDF)
Reading
Levy BS, Wegman DH. Occupational health: an overview. In Occupational Health: Recognizing and Preventing
Work-Related Disease and Injury, 4th ed. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2000, chapter 1 (part 1), pp. 3‑17
[click link].
Levenstein C, Wooding J, Rosenberg B. Occupational health: a social perspective. In Occupational Health:
Recognizing and Preventing Work-Related Disease and Injury, 4th ed. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2000,
chapter 1 (part 2), pp. 27‑49 [click link].
Wednesday, November 21, "Environment and Health" (Dr. John Froines)
Lecture slides (Powerpoint) (PDF)
Schneider MJ. A clean environment: the basis of public health. In Introduction to Public Health, chapter 19, pp. 333-350 [class textbook].
Monday, November 26, "The Implications of an Aging Population" (Dr. Steven Wallace)
Lecture slides: (Powerpoint) (PDF)
Reading
The Commonwealth Fund. Health and aging in the 21st century [click link].
Schneider MJ. Public health and the aging population. In Introduction to Public Health, chapter 28, pp. 489‑512 [class textbook].
Wednesday, November 28, "International Health: AIDS" (Dr. Roger Detels)
Lecture slides (Powerpoint) (PDF)
Phoolchroen W, Detels R. Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. In Oxford Textbook of Public Health, 4th ed, 2002, pp. 1453-1477 [click link]
Monday, December 3, "Intervention Strategies" (Dr. Roger Detels)
Lecture slides (Powerpoint) (PDF)
Reading
Editorial: Public-health preparedness requires more than surveillance. Lancet 364:1639-1640, 2004.
Cottam R. Is public health coercive? Lancet 366:1592-1594, 2005.
Wednesday, December 5, "Determinants of Health" (Dr. Jonathan Fielding)
Lecture slides (Powerpoint) (PDF)
Reading
Evans RG. Introduction. In Why Are Some People Healthy and Others Not? The Determinants of Health
of Populations, Evans RG, Barer ML, Marmor TR (eds). De Gruyter, New York, NY, 1994, pp. 3‑26
[click link].
December 13, 2007, 3:00 6:00 p.m. - FINAL - Room 53-105 CHS