NUTH4115 Community Health Perspectives Spring, 1999

Class Schedule & Assignments         

Date Topics Assignments/Video
     
1/27 Orientation to Course Smith & Maurer
  Def. Health, Public, Community Chap. 1,2,12 p. 300-303
  Historical Perspectives VC:442 Opening
    Doors, 100th Ann.PHN
2/3 US Health Care System Chap. 3, 30
  State & local health depts.  
2/10 Legal & Financial Aspects Chap. 4&5
  Health Education Project Proposal Due  
2/17 Epidemiology   Chap. 11
2/24 Communicable Diseases Chap. 19 VC:326
  TB Self-test due It Won’t Happen to me
3/3 Community Assissment, Planning, Eval. Chap. 12-14
  Intro. To HP 2000 & Health NJ 2000  
  Parts I, II, III Community Paper Due  
3/17 Health Promotion, Risk Reduction, Chap. 16-18
  Screening, Referral, Health Teaching  
3/24 Midterm  
  Cultural Diversity VC: 323, 324 & 325
3/31 Cultural Diversity Chap. 6
  Health Education Project Due  
4/7  Environment Chap. 24 VC:470
    Home Safety
4/14 Home Care Nursing,Home Health Care Chap. 7-10, 29
  Family Perspectives VC:465 Home Care Nsg.
4/21 Social Problems: Violence Chap. Chap. 20-22
  Addictions, Teen Pregnancy VC 336: Teen Pregnancy
4/28 Vulnerable Populations: Homeless, Chap. 23,25,26,27
  Disabled, Children, & Elderly VC:336 Health Care for
  Sections I-V Community Paper Due The Homeless, 343:Respite
    Hospice
5/5 School & Occupational Health    Chap. 28
5/12 World Health & Future Directions           Chap. 15