Courses Taught by Sharon Kardia
PUBHLTH501: Developing Public Health Solutions
- Graduate level
- Residential
- Winter term(s) for residential students;
- 6 credit hour(s) for residential students;
- Instructor(s): Sharon Kardia (Residential);
- Prerequisites: NONE
- Advisory Prerequisites: NONE
- Description: How do we decide what form of intervention might best address a given public health issue? How do we develop a plan to advocate for a public health intervention? In this course, you will build on your investigation of your team’s public health issue during the fall semester to consider how to develop a culturally-sensitive and effective solution to their team’s problem, whether it be a behavioral, environmental, or policy-based intervention to promote health equity. You will additionally conduct formative research on the need for the intervention, consult key stakeholders and interprofessional experts, and create a plan to evaluate and advocate for their proposed intervention using theories and evidence-based strategies. Your learning will be supported by a series of formative assessments, including quizzes, reflections, case studies, and response papers. The semester’s work will culminate in each team completing a program plan, an authentic summative assessment that showcases students’ learning over the course of the semester.
- Learning Objectives: See syllabus
PUBHLTH515: Population Health
- Graduate level
- Online MPH only
- This is a second year course for Online students
- Winter term(s) for online MPH students;
- 3 credit hour(s) for online MPH students;
- Instructor(s): Sharon Kardia (Online MPH);
- Prerequisites: Biostat501 or higher, PubHlth 512 or higher
- Advisory Prerequisites: Pubhlth511
- Description: This course is intended to serve as an introduction to population health from both the vantage point of both public health and healthcare. We will examine the key components of community health needs assessments, how they are used, and how to compare population health assessments across subpopulations and time. We will also explore the epidemiological sources and criteria by which to select high quality data sources to estimate population health indicators and to select evidence-based interventions to improve population health. Finally, we will design of multisector collaborations that support the phases of population health improvement. As a survey of the population health, the course provides an overview for students wishing no more than an introduction to the field, as well as good grounding for students who wish to pursue additional coursework in population health.
- Learning Objectives: 1. Explain differences between population health assessments for public health and healthcare. 2. Understand the key components of community health needs assessments (CHNA). 3. Analyze how public health and healthcare will use a CHNA to improve population health. 4. Estimate key population health indicators for social determinants of health, chronic disease outcomes, and opioid abuse. 5. Categorize data sources by epidemiologic criteria. 6. Analyze differences between subpopulations and across time trends. 7. Design multisector collaborations that support population health improvement. 8. Outline a plan for population health improvement. 9. Recommend evidence-based interventions based on epidemiologic criteria and community suitability.
| Department | Program | Degree | Competency | Specific course(s) that allow assessment | Population and Health Sciences | MPH | Analyze the focus and function of population health assessments between public health and health care systems across local, state, and national settings | PUBHLTH515 | Population and Health Sciences | MPH | Compare population health indicators across subpopulations, time, and data sources | PUBHLTH515, BIOSTAT592, EPID590, EPID592, EPID643, BIOSTAT595, BIOSTAT501 | Population and Health Sciences | MPH | Estimate population health indicators from high quality data resources from diverse sources | PUBHLTH515, EPID643, NUTR590, BIOSTAT592, BIOSTAT501 | Population and Health Sciences | MPH | Design multisector collaborations that will support all phases of population health improvement (assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation) | PUBHLTH515, HBEHED590, HBEHED591, PUBHLTH511 | Population and Health Sciences | MPH | Recommend evidence-based interventions that engage broad and diverse community stakeholders for population health improvement | PUBHLTH515, EPID591, NUTR597, PUBHLTH511 |
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PUBHLTH555: Chatgpt/AI And Public Health
- Graduate level
- Residential
- Fall, Winter term(s) for residential students;
- 1-2 credit hour(s) for residential students;
- Instructor(s): Sharon Kardia (Residential);
- Prerequisites: none
- Advisory Prerequisites: NA
- Undergraduates are allowed to enroll in this course.
- Description: In this seminar course, we will explore the challenges and opportunities for advancing public health values and goals through artificial general intelligence (AGI) platforms, such as chatGPT. Students will select a key area of interest, develop a plan, document their exploration/results, and present their findings in a collective public forum.
- Learning Objectives: -Articulate human values that drive public health mission and describe the ways in which AI tools could undermine them -Identify the unique challenges and opportunities GAI technology poses -Apply critical AI literacy, critical thinking, and systems thinking to a public issue -Use critical AI literacy to develop best practices for incorporating AI into public health work
PUBHLTH680: Applied Practice and Integrative Experience I
- Graduate level
- Online MPH only
- This is a second year course for Online students
- Fall term(s) for online MPH students;
- 2 credit hour(s) for online MPH students;
- Instructor(s): Elizabeth Levin-Sparenberg, Melissa Beck, (Online MPH);
- Prerequisites: PubHlth 512, Biostats 501
- Description: Students will launch their integrated learning experience, which involves addressing an applied health problem and presenting their work in a professional communication format, synthesizing competencies they achieved throughout the program. Students will partner with community organizations in the Real-World Writing Project to develop two products, fulfilling the program’s APEx requirements.
- Learning Objectives: At the end of this fall-semester course, students should: - have started their integrated learning experience and capstone product, the culmination of their experiences and learning in the MPH program. - have written something for the real world of public health that achieves a specific purpose and that is appropriate for a specific audience, and is written in a particular style. - have further developed their composing process through reflection, discussion and trying new approaches. - have gained experience collaborating with their peers and have connected these collaborative activities to public health practices. - be able to identify and/or create effective written and oral arguments within each of the communication formats we cover in the course. - explain the critical importance of evidence in advancing public health knowledge.
- Residential Syllabus for PUBHLTH680
