Through the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a series of graduate-level courses on CD-ROM has been developed for use by reproductive health professionals, especially those from the developing world where access to information is limited. Each course contains a syllabus, outline, slides, recorded lectures, exercises, readings, and a glossary. The software required to view slides and listen to lectures is included on each CD-ROM.
This course will provide you with a fundamental understanding of the causes and consequences of maternal health problems, the underlying reasons for them, and realistic approaches to plan, manage, and monitor health programs to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality.
This course introduces the basic elements of population studies, including: population size, composition, and distribution, and the causes and consequences of changes in these characteristics. An overview of demographic processes and measures used to assess them is presented. The course also focuses on reproductive health issues important in the context of Sub-Saharan Africa. The impact of population policies and programs on population change will be analyzed for different countries. Current issues and problems in program design, implementation, and evaluation will be outlined with the help of several case studies. A modified version of this course is available online at JHSPHOpenCourseWare This course introduces the basic techniques of demographic analysis. Students will become familiar with the sources of data available for demographic research. Population composition and change measures will be presented. Measures of mortality, fertility, marriage and migration levels and patterns will be defined. Life table, standardization and population projection techniques will also be explored. This course focuses on the step-by-step design, implementation, evaluation, and critique of communication interventions and campaigns designed to change behavior. It emphasizes background analysis (including situation and program analysis; policy, media, and service review; and audience analysis); strategic program design; message development; pretesting; materials production; developing and implementing a research-based distribution plan; monitoring; and evaluation. In addition, interpersonal communication, mass media, and entertainment-education are discussed as an integral part of health communication interventions.
This course examines macro and microeconomic models of mortality, health, and fertility and how they aid in the understanding of the demographic transition, economic growth, the evaluation of health interventions, and in resource allocation. The course emphasizes the impact of these models on statistical techniques used to study health and fertility. This course has been designed to respond to the need for exposure to the range of conceptual and methodological issues surrounding the monitoring and evaluating family planning and reproductive health service programs. It introduces students to the concepts, study designs, and methods for monitoring and evaluating international family planning programs, with applications to selected other aspects of reproductive health. Lectures cover both qualitative and quantitative approaches to program evaluation, with an emphasis upon both program monitoring and impact assessment. The content is balanced between conceptual issues, introduction to specific evaluation methods, and examples of empirical application. The course is intended to equip students with the tools for undertaking real-life monitoring and evaluation of family planning and reproductive health programs.
This course provides an overview of the structure of a research project proposal and writing techniques through a series of lectures. It is designed to assist not only doctoral students and junior researchers, but also senior personnel who may appreciate a review of research skills to conduct studies of the highest caliber. Participants will gain skills in the design of conceptually cogent and methodologically rigorous dissertation proposals. The course has an emphasis on topics that relate to Africa, but can be applied to a broad range of research issues.
To run the CD-ROM, a network or Internet connection is NOT required. However, you will need Internet Explorer (or other web browser) as the course materials are displayed using a web browser. You also will need Real Player, Adobe Reader, and Flash. This software is included on the CD-ROM along with the course material.The courses will run on a Pentium computer with CD-ROM drive, 32 megabytes of RAM, and Windows 9.x, NT, 2000, and XP. To order, please complete the Order Form and e-mail it to: gatescd@jhsph.edu or fax it to 410-955-0792. Many other public health courses are available for free at JHSPHOpenCourseWare. |
