607.880.86
Integrative Activity in Community-Based Primary Health Care
Location
Internet
Term
4th Term
Department
MAS Office
Credit(s)
4
Academic Year
2022 - 2023
Instruction Method
Asynchronous Online
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Prerequisite
Students are expected to have completed all "Year 1" and "Year 2" OPAL MAS Community Based PHC courses except that they will be concurrently taking 607.751.86 in their final term.
Enables the learner to apply skills obtained through the coursework in the MAS in Community-Based Primary Health Care to design or update a community-based PHC program in a real-life community. Selects a community where they have lived or worked. Obtains data and reports to analyze the social, cultural, epidemiological, and demographic profile of the community and uses this information to design strategies that involve community members in improving their health. Draws on previous course materials and independent desk reviews to produce a program strategy/plan document that includes human and material resource development and an evaluation component.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Use community-based approaches to address priority health problems through full participation of community members and groups
- Conduct desk reviews and design household surveys that could yield relevant health and social data needed to plan community based PHC programs
- Analyze local contexts and project implementation designs in order to develop evaluation plans that can be practically applied to community based PHC programs in middle and low-resource settings
- Design (or update) a community based primary health care program from the analysis through implementation to evaluation stages
Methods of Assessment
This course is evaluated as follows:
- 25% Assignments
- 25% Final Project
- 30% Discussion Board
- 20% Presentation(s)
Enrollment Restriction
Restricted to students in MAS in Community-based Primary Health Care Program in Global Health