SPPH_V 200 (3) Understanding the Sociocultural Determinants of the Health of Populations
The idea of "population health," and the implementation and evaluation of programs or policies to improve health. Open to all students. [3-0-0]
The idea of "population health," and the implementation and evaluation of programs or policies to improve health. Open to all students. [3-0-0]
Planning/preparing for work in global health, with attention to health inequities and determinants internationally and domestically, the pursuit of partnerships to address this, power imbalances and ethical principles for carrying out this work. Health Science background not essential.
The idea of "population health," and the implementation and evaluation of programs or policies to improve health. Open to all students. [3-0-0]
Basic literacy in health informatics. Innovative approaches to healthcare implementation, access to care, and data utilization.
Harmful environmental exposures in water, air, food; aspects of environment that are beneficial for health; environmental justice; emerging environmental health threats; how epidemiology and risk assessment inform public health policy and practice.
Features of the Canadian health care system, stages in the evolution of Medicare, and how institutions, interests, and ideas shape health care policies.
By seminar and directed readings, certain topics of current interest are explored in depth.
Epidemiology, study, design and analysis, and outbreak investigation as it applies to institutional infection control. Equivalency: PATH 477
This course covers an epistemological approach that considers the social determinants of health and Indigenous spiritual-environmental and cultural perspectives and approaches to health and wellness.
Population and Public Health issues associated with aging.
In-depth cultural and interprofessional learning experience that enables students to live and study in BC First Nations communities while learning about health, wellness, and community strengths from a local perspective.
Interprofessional, comparative inquiry of Indigenous experiences of global colonization and the manifestations of that experience in the contemporary socio-cultural environment. Informed and guided by Indigenous knowledge and drawing upon a range of disciplines.
Improving public health by developing the skills to design and deliver pragmatic, effective health behavior change interventions.
Overview of violence across the lifespan. Epidemiology, dynamics, health effects, intervention and prevention.
Selected topics will vary. Multiple versions may be taken. This course takes an interprofessional approach and population/public health perspective in addressing current issues in healthcare and health-related fields.
Basic epidemiological designs as a framework for commonly used biostatistical techniques such as the Mantel-Haenszel, chi-squared, linear and logistic regression, and survival analysis. Computer packages will be available for computation of assignments. Prerequisite: Either (a) all of SPPH 400, SPPH 502 or (b) all of SPPH 521, SPPH 502 or (c) all of SPPH 567, SPPH 502. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
To explore and compare methods of analyzing continuous and categorical longitudinal data. The issues of missing data and errors in measurement/misclassification will be covered in depth. Prerequisite: Either (a) all of SPPH 400, SPPH 500, SPPH 502 or (b) all of SPPH 521, SPPH 500, SPPH 502 or (c) all of SPPH 500, SPPH 502, SPPH 567. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Sources and uses of epidemiologic data for health services planning and administration including methods of data collection and study design. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Critical thinking in epidemiology; principles and methods of study design; context for epidemiological investigations of human health. Prerequisite: SPPH 502 and one of SPPH 400 or SPPH 521. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
This second level course will teach research trainees to apply methods taught in prior courses towards the development of a fundable research protocol and the analysis and interpretation of real epidemiologic data. Prerequisite: Either (a) SPPH 400 or (b) SPPH 521; and all of SPPH 500, SPPH 502, SPPH 503. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
The course will provide a framework for students to use epidemiological and other scientific evidence to make decisions about causation and to recommend policy actions. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Major quantitative research designs, measurement reliability and validity, common data sources used, internal and external validity, research proposals, and peer review. Credit will be granted for only one of SPPH 506 or SPPH 548. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
SPPH 507 in conjunction with SPPH 607 is a required course for students in the M.Sc. program. Students present and discuss their research and other topics of interest. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Applied epidemiology and biostatistics in a field setting. Pass/Fail. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Human genetics and genomics, behavioural, social, and environmental factors in modifying or influencing genetics in the manifestation of disease. Prerequisite: SPPH 502 This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Concepts and techniques of measurement in epidemiological research. Topics covered include validity, reliability and misclassification, scale design and the construction of questionnaires and indices for both health outcomes and exposures. Prerequisite: One of SPPH 400, SPPH 521. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Collection and analysis of epidemiological data on cancer; genetic, occupational, and other risk factors; analytic techniques; cancer control, prevention, screening, early detection, and policy issues. Prerequisite: SPPH 502. or equivalent. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Ethical considerations, intention-to-treat versus efficacy trials, principles of sampling and exclusion, methods of allocation and techniques of randomization, parallel versus cross over design, monitoring treatment outcomes, adverse effects, stopping rules, analytic techniques and data interpretation, and logistical issues in the management of clinical trials. Prerequisite: One of SPPH 502, SPPH 513. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Principles and methods of epidemiology are applied to clinical problems. Evaluation and design of laboratory and clinical tests and of therapeutic interventions. Prerequisite: Either (a) SPPH 400 or (b) SPPH 521; and SPPH 502. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Methods and application of decision analysis to improve health from the perspective of the policy maker, health professional, and patient. Prerequisite: Either (a) SPPH 400 or (b) SPPH 521; and SPPH 502. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Prerequisite: Either (a) SPPH 400 or (b) SPPH 521; and SPPH 502. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Application of mathematical models in understanding communicable disease dynamics and control; interpretation of model outcomes; modelling methods and their applications. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Purposes, context, procedures, and relationships within qualitative health research and methologies. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Epidemiology of viral, bacterial and parasitic infections with emphasis on the control of these infections in human populations. Immunization programs will be stressed. Prerequisite: Either (a) SPPH 400 or (b) SPPH 521; and SPPH 502. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Planned collection, numeric and graphic summarization, elementary statistical analysis of data. Examples from health sciences illustrate standard techniques for parametric and nonparametric hypothesis testing; regression and correlation; contingency tables. Also randomization, "blindfolding" and other specifically biomedical topics in statistics. Credit will be granted for only one of SPPH 400 or SPPH 521. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Role of air, water, food and solid waste as sources of human health risks; global environmental health issues; sustainability. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Global threats to human health stemming from conflict, poverty, and environmental degradation. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Cell biology, microbiology, molecular science, genetics, physiology, and evolution. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
History of public health research and practice; occupational and environmental health; health services and systems; social and lifecourse determinants of health; and population health and emerging trends. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Organizational structure; engaging others in an organization; inter-organizational networking; building coalitions; identification of opportunities to bring change to organizations through knowledge development, management, synthesis, and implementation. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Foundational thinking giving rise to the concept of population health. Overview of the current state of research. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Issues and solutions to delivery of health services to underserved rural populations. Prerequisite: Either (a) SPPH 400 or (b) SPPH 521; and SPPH 502.. Corequisite: SPPH 500 This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Required for all M.H.Sc. students. Pass/Fail. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Design and analysis of etiologic research in occupational health. Prerequisite: SPPH 502. or permission of the instructor. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Theory, concepts, measurement, and practical skills using administrative data for analysis of health care systems. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Mechanism of action of commonly encountered occupational toxic agents; relevance of laboratory and epidemiological evidence. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Occupational diseases; research, historical perspectives, and surveillance. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Scientific basis for the recognition, evaluation, and control of chemical, physical, and biological, exposures; standard setting; exposure monitoring methods. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Experience of colonization; Indian Act; the histories and intergenerational impact of the residential school; child-welfare systems; communicable disease prevention; the challenge of ethical public health practice; and traditional healing. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Indicators of maternal/newborn well-being across population subgroups, changing trends in obstetrical intervention, perinatal morbidity, and the analysis of perinatal data. Prerequisite: Either (a) SPPH 400 or (b) SPPH 521; and SPPH 502. Corequisite: SPPH 500 Equivalency: OBST 507 This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Biology of aging, epidemiology of cardiovascular disease, neoplasms, osteoporosis and fractures, psychosocial factors and health in old age, dementias, functional status, and prevention of disease. Prerequisite: SPPH 502, SPPH 524 This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Examines the concept of evaluation in health services and how various methodological approaches can be used in evaluative studies. Prerequisite: Either (a) SPPH 400 or (b) SPPH 521; and SPPH 502. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Economic evaluation of health service interventions and programs, with emphasis on methods and components of program costing. Prerequisite: Either (a) SPPH 400 or (b) SPPH 521; and SPPH 502. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Analysis of the evolution and structure of the Canadian health care system. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
This course is an advanced program evaluation course. Prerequisite: SPPH 502. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
The social determinants of health have profound impacts on inequities across the life course, as do population-level interventions. Builds on SPPH 527, with an emphasis on life course perspectives and vulnerable populations. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Practice and community-based (participatory) research related to health promotion, including its historical and philosophical roots. Application of social and behavioural theories to participatory research and the planning, implementation, and evaluation of community health promotion initiatives. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Broad understanding of the health system and health system change from an economics perspective, with a focus on delivery, organization, and financing of healthcare. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Resource allocation, economics and ethics based approaches for decision making, uptake of evidence to inform resource use in health care. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Economic evaluation of health technologies, considering, in detail, the policy context for the use of economic evaluation. Prerequisite: SPPH 541. Or equivalent training. Equivalency: PHAR 560. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Critical examination of strategies regarding addictive behaviours, substance use and related problems, in the context of a multi-disciplinary approach. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Principles and applications of pharmacoepidemiology. Practical skills in designing, conducting, and appraising studies of medications in large populations. Credit will be granted for only one of SPPH 551 or PHAR 561. Prerequisite: Previous coursework in statistics or biostatistics. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Theory and practice of risk communication in public health, basic principles underlying effective science communication with peers, the media, and the public. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Data gathering, cleaning, analysis, and visualization to produce key results using statistical software. Prerequisite: Either (a) SPPH 400 or (b) SPPH 521; and SPPH 502. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Severe addiction and mental illness and the systemic context in which they occur. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Injury epidemiology; surveillance; development, implementation, and evaluation techniques of preventive strategies; determinants of health; social marketing; injury policy; evidence-based prevention strategies; utilization of injury datasets. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Required for Master of Health Administration (M.H.A.) non-thesis program. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Industrial hygiene and environmental exposure monitoring, methods, and instrumentation, and theory. Laboratories demonstrate workplace sampling and analysis techniques. [2-3] Prerequisite: SPPH 535. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Industrial ventilation, heating and air conditioning systems, respiratory protection, chemical protective clothing. Prerequisite: SPPH 535. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Recommended: SPPH 567 or an equivalent statistics or quantitative course is recommended. Prerequisite: All of SPPH 502, SPPH 535. Corequisite: SPPH 522. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Human factors in workplace design, anthropometry, work physiology. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Application of occupational hygiene principles using field investigations, critical appraisal of results, and communication with labour and management. [2-3] Prerequisite: SPPH 562. Corequisite: SPPH 563. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Determinants of exposure, sampling strategies. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Safety management; systems analysis; accident investigation; collection of accident data; fault trees; total loss control. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Fundamentals of acoustics and vibrations, physiologic effects, measurement, instrumentation, interpretation of data, industrial standards, and control. For students in Occupational and Environmental Hygiene; other graduate students may enrol with permission of the instructor. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Pass/Fail. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Health issues associated with transportation and the built environment; design of urban form for non-motorized transportation for the improvement of personal and environmental health; factors that impact transportation choices; applying findings from research to specific transportation planning processes and projects. Credit will be granted for only one of PLAN 579 or SPPH 571. Equivalency: PLAN579 This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Principles and regulatory requirements related to conducting health research with Indigenous communities. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Environmental risk factors faced by Indigenous communities in land, air and water. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Survey of impacts of land and resources, housing, education, criminal justice systems, child apprehension and other determinants on the health of Indigenous peoples in Canada. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Applied biostatistics, epidemiology and data management addressing public health priorities and clinical research in Indigenous communities. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
By seminar and directed readings, certain topics of current interest are explored in depth. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Indigenous health policy and history in Canada through four substantive areas: economics and financing; need and demand; ethics, rights and law; quality and effectiveness. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Approaches to mental health and resilience concepts and strength based interventions with Indigenous communities. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods research as applied to Indigenous public health priorities. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Indigenous health through core public health disciplines and interdisciplinary approaches. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Applied project on approved topic based on practicum: requires a written and oral report. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Pass/Fail. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Statistical approaches for confounding, missingness, and complex surveys, the development of analysis plans, the analysis and interpretation of real-world epidemiologic data, and the communication of findings. Prerequisite: Either (a) SPPH 400 or (b) SPPH 521; and all of SPPH 500, SPPH 502; and one of SPPH 503, SPPH 506, SPPH 519, SPPH 530. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Required course in Ph.D. program. Topics of current interest will be presented and discussed by students and various faculty. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Research approaches in the area of population and public health; focus on developing research questions and the centrality of research questions in conducting research. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
By seminar and directed readings, certain topics of current interest are explored in depth. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Pass/Fail. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
A series of visits to facilities and organizations related to Community Medicine Practice. Directed by Faculty. At least four hours per month. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
A weekly review by Faculty of the work carried out by the resident with discussion on the objectives, planning, method of operation and outcome. Two hours per week. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Topics of Public Health interest presented throughout the year by Faculty and guest lecturers. Two hours per month. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Selected topics of current interest in Community Medicine Practice or in its basic sciences. Presented by residents and discussed with Faculty and invited guests. Three hours per month. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
A monthly two-hour seminar on selected journal articles of Community Medicine interest are presented by the residents and discussed with Faculty and invited guests. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Up to two days per week. Supervised by Faculty. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
An introductory survey to Occupational Medicine practice. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Seminar series covering critical appraisal of the medical literature and basic research methods for residents in any post-graduate training program. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.