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180.608.01
Public Health Responses to Environmental incidents and Disasters

Course Status
Cancelled

Location
East Baltimore
Term
4th Term
Department
Environmental Health and Engineering
Credit(s)
3
Academic Year
2019 - 2020
Instruction Method
TBD
Class Time(s)
Tu, Th, 10:30 - 11:50am
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Prerequisite

340.721 Epidemiologic Inference in Public Health
Recommended: 187.610 Public Health Toxicology

Description
Focuses on population exposures to and health impacts of non-infectious agents. Prepares students for applying methodologies for public health response and acquiring skills in developing standardized protocols to effectively recognize, evaluate and respond to public health emergencies and reported clusters of disease. Presents basic aspects of applied environmental health and policy frameworks for decision-making in environmental health. Provides competencies in finding and using web-based data sources, applying geospatial and other methodologies in analyzing information on exposures and health outcomes; identifying resources for coordinated response to environmental incidents; and communicating findings to decision-makers and the public. Equips students to participate in responding to disasters, reported outbreaks and apparent clusters. Provides experience in establishing exposure registries.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. Identify and assess population exposures to environmental exposures in the form of disasters, outbreaks, and apparent clusters
  2. Establish and access data systems that provide information on environmental exposures and health outcomes
  3. Utilize these systems and other information to evaluate associations between exposures and health outcomes
  4. Investigate reported outbreaks and clusters of environmentally associated health outcomes
  5. Establish registries for longer term follow-up
  6. Monitor trends in both environmental noninfectious exposures and disease
  7. Effectively communicate information and findings related to outbreaks to policymakers, health officials and the public
Enrollment Restriction
No undergraduates