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    N 420 - Perspectives in Global Health

    N 420 - Perspectives in Global Health

    This course introduces the student to global health concepts and the network of organizations working to advance health care internationally. Emphasis for this course is on the global burden of disease and determinates of health. It will provide the student with a broad introduction to programs, systems and policies affecting global health. Students will explore facets of the global health care delivery system, health care economics and the political process and its impact on the health of individuals and populations.

    Subjects:
    Public Health
    Keywords:
    Medical economics Public health administration World health Children -- Health hygiene
    Resource Type:
    Courseware
     
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    HMP 668/SI 542 - Introduction to Health Informatics

    HMP 668/SI 542 - Introduction to Health Informatics

    The conceptual structure for the course derives from the statement below that expresses the purpose of health informatics. Health informatics applies to a wide range of health-related application domains a set of methods (drawn from the informational and behavioral sciences) to create and study informational resources that support the health-related activities of people (individuals and groups) in these domains. The methods employed in health informatics derive from both the computational/informational sciences and the behavioral/social sciences. This course, as an initial immersion into the field of health informatics, will examine the domains, methods, and classes of information resources that, together, create the scaffolding of the field.

    Subjects:
    Health Technology and Informatics
    Keywords:
    Medical informatics
    Resource Type:
    Courseware
     
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    Statistics 250 - Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis

    Statistics 250 - Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis

    Statistics is the science that turns data into information and information into knowledge. This class covers applied statistical methodology from an analysis-of-data viewpoint. Topics covered include frequency distributions; measures of location; mean, median, mode; measures of dispersion; variance; graphic presentation; elementary probability; populations and samples; sampling distributions; one sample univariate inference problems, and two sample problems; categorical data; regression and correlation; and analysis of variance. Use of computers in data analysis is also explored.

    Subjects:
    Mathematics and Statistics
    Keywords:
    Statistics
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    Courseware
     
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    Slavery and Human Trafficking in the 21st Century

    Slavery and Human Trafficking in the 21st Century

    This course explores the issue of human trafficking for forced labour and sexual slavery, focusing on its representation in recent scholarly accounts and advocacy as well as in other media. Ethnographic and fictional readings along with media analysis help to develop a contextualized and comparative understanding of the phenomena in both past and present contexts. It examines the wide range of factors and agents that enable these practices, such as technology, cultural practices, social and economic conditions, and the role of governments and international organizations. The course also discusses the analytical, moral and methodological questions of researching, writing, and representing trafficking and slavery.

    Subjects:
    Anthropology and Sociology
    Keywords:
    Slavery Human trafficking
    Resource Type:
    Courseware