Courses Taught by K. Rivet Amico

HBEHED550: HIV/AIDS: Perspectives on the state of affairs, science and response to a global pandemic

  • Graduate level
  • Residential
  • Fall term(s) for residential students;
  • 3 credit hour(s) for residential students;
  • Instructor(s): K. Rivet Amico (Residential);
  • Not offered 2023-2024
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Description: About 35 million people are currently living with HIV, with 71% living in sub-Saharan Africa. For the first time, new treatments and strategies to prevent onward transmission have brought a vision of an "AIDS free generation". The influence of research, dissemination, policy and advocacy underlie US and International HIV/AIDS Strategies, which are uniformly adopting aggressive goals for eliminating new cases of HIV in the next decade. From the "cascade of HIV care" a new road map towards prevention and treatment has emerged and the role of individual health promotion, community engagement, health systems reforms, and policy are pivotal in achieving sustainable success in ending HIV. This course provides an overview of past, current and emerging issues in HIV-prevention, HIV testing, linkage and retention in HIV care, access to HIV treatment and achieving durable viral suppression in diverse domestic and global contexts from biological, social, structural, cultural and psychological perspectives. The course structure will generally follow a strategy of presentation from experts, advocates and affected individuals, targeted readings, lecture and discussion of a specific area on the prevention or treatment cascade, followed by lectures and activities that consolidate material presented and assigned for a given area. Most weeks have a planned combination of guest experts/speakers, readings, lecture, and activities that mobilize information into knowledge, ideas and insights.
  • Syllabus for HBEHED550
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K. Rivet Amico

HBEHED639: Mixed Methods Research Designs And Applications

  • Graduate level
  • Residential
  • Winter term(s) for residential students;
  • 3 credit hour(s) for residential students;
  • Instructor(s): K. Rivet Amico (Residential);
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Advisory Prerequisites: Intro to BioSTATS recommended
  • Undergraduates are allowed to enroll in this course.
  • Description: To provide the background rationale and tools to understand mixed methods (MM) designs – MM rationale, advantages, implementation and practical strategies for conducted MM research. Students will use this information and skills to propose their own novel MM study in an area of interest in public health.
  • Learning Objectives: Profession & Science of Public Health 3. Explain the role of quantitative and qualitative methods and sciences in describing and assessing a population’s health 5. Explain the critical importance of evidence in advancing public health knowledge Factors Related to Human Health 12. Explain an ecological perspective on the connections among human health, animal health and ecosystem health (e.g., One Health)
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K. Rivet Amico

HBEHED710: Special MPH Topics in Health Behavior and Health Education

  • Graduate level
  • Residential
  • Fall, Winter term(s) for residential students;
  • 1-6 credit hour(s) for residential students;
  • Instructor(s): Eileen Kostanecki, Elizabeth King, Justin Heinze, K. Rivet Amico, (Residential);
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Undergraduates are allowed to enroll in this course.
  • Description: Master's level seminar designed to provide an extensive review of a number of substantive and methods and skill areas in health behavior and health education. Readings, discussion and assignments are organized around issues of mutual interest to faculty and students. Reviews and reports on topics required in the areas selected. May be elected more than once.
KingElizabeth
Elizabeth King
HeinzeJustin
Justin Heinze
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K. Rivet Amico

HBEHED810: Special Topics in Health Behavior and Health Education

  • Graduate level
  • Residential
  • Winter term(s) for residential students;
  • 2-6 credit hour(s) for residential students;
  • Instructor(s): K. Rivet Amico (Residential);
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Description: Doctoral seminar designed to provide an extensive review of a number of substantive areas of health behavior and health education. Readings and discussion organized around issues of mutual interest to faculty and students. Reviews and reports on topics required in the areas selected. May be elected more than once.
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K. Rivet Amico