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SAR HS 385: Medical Nutrition Therapy II
This course is a continuation of SARHS384. This course focuses on medical nutrition therapy for various disease states, including gastrointestinal disease, kidney disease, cancer, AIDS, cystic fibrosis, and inborn errors of metabolism. This course also covers the metabolic response to trauma and critical illness and the importance of nutritional therapy in these states. The use of parenteral and enteral nutrition, intravenous catheters, and feeding tubes will be covered. Diet and drug interactions and nutritional genomics also will be discussed. Students will use case studies to learn to apply their knowledge of nutrition care to the treatment of patients with various diseases. 4 credits, 2nd semester -
SAR HS 395: Food, Supplements, and Consumer Health
Students will conduct a detailed "aisle by aisle" review of foods available in today's marketplace with special attention to functional foods, foods for special dietary use, and foods modified through technology. Students will gain an understanding of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act and become familiar with methods for evaluating dietary supplements with regard to product quality, safety, effectiveness, and doping status. The influence of nutrition marketing on consumer purchasing patterns will be explored. Students will apply the knowledge and skills gained throughout the course by comparing the nutrient content of specific foods and dietary supplements to the nutrient needs of consumers according to the Dietary Reference Intakes. -
SAR HS 396: Dietary Interventions and Public Health
Students will gain an understanding of the social ecological model of health and how individual dietary behavior is influenced by factors in the environments in which they live, including family, social networks, organizations, communities, and societies. Students will become familiar with the use of theories in dietary interventions and the steps involved in developing theory-and-evidence-based programs that use an ecological approach to assess and intervene in diet-related health problems. Resources that use the systematic review process to establish evidence-based recommendations based on research findings will be used to examine the effectiveness of interventions to promote healthy eating at the population and policy levels. -
SAR HS 397: Nutrition and Chronic Disease
In this course, students will examine relationships between nutrition/diet and chronic disease in adults on a group and/or population-level. The roles of nutrients, foods, and dietary patterns in the promotion, prevention and treatment of several chronic diseases within groups and populations will be explored. In addition, students will gain exposure to the fundamental principles of nutrition risk assessment for groups and/or populations. Chronic disease states to be discussed include but are not limited to cardiovascular disease, stroke, cancer, obesity, diabetes, and osteoporosis. -
SAR HS 405: Health Science Practicum
Practical experience in health care setting (health policy, administrative, constituent advocacy) in hospital, clinic, public health setting, government or non-governmental health agency setting. 2 or 4 credits. -
SAR HS 410: Field Experience: Human Physiology
The focus of this internship course is to provide the student with an experience that is different from the classroom in which the student can apply much of the knowledge gained in previous class work. Exposure to a hospital setting, research laboratory, clinical environment and direct patient contact are within the realm of available experiences. The internship will provide the student a stronger sense of the careers available in the health professions while providing valuable first-hand experience. Effective Fall 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub area: The Individual in Community. -
SAR HS 412: Field Experience: Human Physiology II
Continuation of HS410. Enrollment limited to students at sites that require a 2-semester commitment. -
SAR HS 415: Undergraduate Nutrition Practicum
Practical experience working with a Registered Dietitian or related health care professional in a community, medical or private practice setting. -
SAR HS 422: Ethics in Health Care
Available in Dublin Health Science program onlyIntroductory course developing a critical awareness of issues arising in biomedical ethics. Contemporary issues will be used to examine ethical reasoning, ethical theories, ethical principles, and cases and narratives in ethics. Special attention will be paid to developing skills of critical thinking through an examination of philosophical arguments and practical exercises. Learners are also provided with a theoretical grounding in classical and contemporary schools of ethical reasoning. Effective Fall 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Ethical Reasoning, Critical Thinking. -
SAR HS 425: Healthcare Policy and Practice in Ireland
Available in Dublin Health Science program onlyHow can healthcare policy and practice in Ireland be described? What are its origins and how has it evolved, specifically related to cultural, political, social and economic developments? How can the current fragmented and two-tiered system be improved? These are key questions, especially following the launch in 2017 of the ten-year Sl?intecare healthcare programme. During this course students will discuss these questions, using the six building blocks of the World Health Organisation (WHO) health system framework, comparing the Irish health systems with other health systems. Effective Fall 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Social Inquiry I. -
SAR HS 430: Global Maternal & Child Health
This course will provide a global perspective on maternal and child health. Major topics will include early life influences on later life health, maternity care practices worldwide, and the role of both human evolutionary history and sociopolitical structures in shaping health outcomes for women and children -
SAR HS 431: Topics in Global Environmental Health
In this course, students will critically examine current topics in environmental health through a global health lens. Specific course topics and content will vary by semester. As a global health senior seminar, this course will involve significant reading, active discussion, and completion of one or more projects. -
SAR HS 432: Urban Design and Global Health
Most of the world's population now lives in urbanized areas, and virtually all future population growth is expected to be urban. This course will address the impacts and opportunities of cities for public health, the environment, and global equity. We will examine the historical, social, economic, and aesthetic reasons for urban design decisions, along with the impacts of those decisions on public health. We'll consider the history and future of urban health infrastructure, as well as modern innovations in design and technology that promise to improve (or degrade) public health. Lessons from cities in the developed world will be applied to design in the developing world, and vice versa. Major topics will include transportation; nature in an urban setting; slums and healthy housing; the epidemiologic study of urban health; zoning and other land-use controls; sanitation; and the history and impacts of globalization. -
SAR HS 434: Global Health Governance
The world's countries--low-income nations in particular--face numerous health challenges, including fighting Ebola and other infectious diseases, combating the AIDS pandemic, reducing the incidence of maternal death in childbirth, strengthening national health systems and managing a complex global health architecture. This course will examine these and other issues with an emphasis on how you as an actor in global health can intervene to improve health conditions for the poor. In the first part of the course we will consider some of the fundamental difficulties in health governance, including expanding health coverage, the role of the World Health Organization in governing global health, and how we should be setting global health priorities. We will then move on to consider a set of health challenges that have particular impact upon the poor: HIV/AIDS, Ebola, maternal mortality, female circumcision and non-communicable diseases. -
SAR HS 435: Huminfectdiseas
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SAR HS 439: Global Health Communication and Advocacy
Behavior change is inherently difficult and small differences in how we say things or what platform we choose to share information through can greatly affect how well it is received. This course focuses on developing the skills needed to communicate effectively in the global health sector. We will also examine the use of communication to positively influence public policy and public opinion. Over the course of the semester, we will analyze the design and implementation of communication interventions and campaigns designed to change behavior. This includes tools such as policy memos, health pamphlets, infographics, text campaigns, mHealth, and public service announcements, among others. We will cover topics such as strategic program design, message development, pretesting, materials production, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation. This course will also help students develop writing and oral presentation skills essential to global health. -
SAR HS 440: Qualitative Research Strategies in Global Health
Qualitative research methods are increasingly used in public health, and provide valuable insights into the local perspectives of study populations. This course provides practical strategies and methods for using qualitative research and includes the basic assumptions, approach and rationale for making qualitative research decisions, framing qualitative research questions, and designing appropriate research strategies. Examples will be drawn from current global health issues. Effective Fall 2019, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Social Inquiry II, Teamwork/Collaboration. -
SAR HS 441: Neglected Tropical Diseases
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a group of viral, parasitic, and bacterial diseases that affect more than 1 billion people worldwide and disproportionately burden those with the fewest resources. They can cause significant disability, chronic illness, and death in both children and adults. The purpose of this course is to provide an overview of each of the NTDs including transmission, disease progression, treatment, epidemiology, and control strategies. In addition, we will examine their public health importance and the effects they have at the individual, community, and national level. We will also discuss societal contexts and ethics around treatment, research, advocacy, and prevention. -
SAR HS 442: Healthcare Interventions in Low and Lower-Middle Income Countries
This course will introduce students to healthcare delivery in low (LICs) and lower middle income countries (LMICs). Students will become familiar with aspects of surgical interventions, pharmaceutical provision, cell phone technology, and global health programming. We will examine healthcare delivery and practices through case studies focused on the prevention and treatment of malnutrition, infectious diseases, and non-communicable diseases. Through this course, students will learn from past and existing healthcare delivery techniques, difficulties, and successes for some of the largest global health challenges such as: cholera, malaria, HIV/AIDS, Type 1 and 2 Diabetes, tobacco use, aging populations, and malnutrition. Students will use these skills to develop healthcare delivery strategies of their own. Effective Fall 2019, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Digital/Multimedia Expression, Teamwork/Collaboration. -
SAR HS 443: Literature and Global Health
This seminar is aimed at Sargent College Health Science seniors. It will explore several public health themes through literature, including both fiction and nonfiction, plays, poetry, and film. Topics covered may include the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the interaction of the patient and the health care system, the public health and medical response in conflict and disaster settings, aging, and the role of whistle-blowers in public health. Students will get the opportunity to read critically and discuss in depth, as well as to try their hand at creative writing.
