Macaulay Springboard 2014 – 2015
I. Rationale:
This course constitutes of a capstone project that will explore themes of disparities in public health, social medicine, and preventive interventions. With both a reflective and critical component, the one-year plan will tie what I have learnt from service learning projects previously and integrate it with evidenced-based research.
II. Course Aims and Outcomes:
Aims
The goal of this project is to build a thoughtful and well-structured eportfolio, which will serve to spread awareness on public health issues.
Specific Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this course, student will be able to:
- Understand the main components of public health, that is, population-based health programs, surveillance, and social justice.
- Master research skills by using various modes, ranging from social media to peer-reviewed journals.
- Undergo critical analysis of tobacco use and its adverse effects on public health with statistics.
- Identify factors affecting health disparities and explore intervention programs.
III. Format and Procedures:
Class meetings constitute of presenting assigned material/ research journal entry and providing constructive criticism.
IV. Tentative Course Schedule (Documentaries, additional readings etc. will be added as I go along)
August 29 (Introductions) – Overview of the springboard class.
September 5 – Discuss timelines, most influential texts, syllabi, research methods, and critique last year’s capstone projects.
September 12 (What is public health? What are the principles, practices, and policies of contemporary public health?) –
1. An Evaluation of the GlobalNetwork of Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programmes: A Resource for Improving PublicHealth Capacity and Increasing the Number of Public Health Professionals Worldwide. (http://ccny-proxy1.libr.ccny.cuny.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=91261331&site=ehost-live)
2. Attention to Local HealthBurden and the GlobalDisparity of Health (http://ccny-proxy1.libr.ccny.cuny.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=95817714&site=ehost-live)
3. Global Health in the 21st Century. (http://ccny-proxy1.libr.ccny.cuny.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=94991298&site=ehost-live
September 19 (What are some of the top health issues and leading causes of death?) –
1. The top 10 causes of death (http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs310/en/)
2. The 10 leading causes of death by country income group (2012) (http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs310/en/index1.html)
3. Explore fact sheets on WHO websites.
September 23 (Understand the tobacco epidemic and find out data and analysis on tobacco control.) –
1. WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic 2013. (http://www.who.int/tobacco/global_report/2013/en/)
2. Find out about successful intervention programs such as Tobacco Free Initiative (TFI).
October 10 (Explore the role of tobacco in increasing risk factors such as pulmonary diseases, coronary heart diseases etc.) –
1. Prevalence of oral mucosal lesions in dental patients with tobacco smoking, chewing, and mixed habits: A cross-sectional study in South India. (http://ccny-proxy1.libr.ccny.cuny.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=89621040&site=ehost-live)
2. Is There Any Association between Use of Smokeless Tobacco Products and Coronary Heart Disease in Bangladesh? (http://ccny-proxy1.libr.ccny.cuny.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=79911691&site=ehost-live)
October 17 (How do policies on tobacco control effect the use?) –
1. Sweden SimSmoke: the effect of tobaccocontrol policies on smoking and snus prevalence and attributable deaths. (http://ccny-proxy1.libr.ccny.cuny.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=96236555&site=ehost-live)
October 24 –
Bayesian Approach to Zero-Inflated Bivariate Ordered Probit Regression Model, with an Application to Tobacco Use. http://ccny-proxy1.libr.ccny.cuny.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=87045747&site=ehost-live
October 31 (What are some interventions taken to lower rates of tobacco use?)
1. “I would do anything for my child, even quit tobacco”: Bonus effects from an intervention that targets adolescent tobacco use. (http://ccny-proxy1.libr.ccny.cuny.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=43112606&site=ehost-live)
2. Preventing TobaccoUse Among Young People in India: Project MYTRI. (http://ccny-proxy1.libr.ccny.cuny.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=39655718&site=ehost-live)
November 7 (What are some interventions taken to lower rates of tobacco use?) –
1. Pilot evaluation of a population-based health intervention for reducing use of smokeless tobacco. (http://ccny-proxy1.libr.ccny.cuny.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=6366367&site=ehost-live
2. Community-based model for preventing tobacco use among disadvantaged adolescents in urban slums of India. (http://ccny-proxy1.libr.ccny.cuny.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=50985787&site=ehost-live)
November 14 – TBA
November 21 – TBA
December 5 – TBA
December 12 – TBA
