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    For Love and Money: Rethinking the Family

    For Love and Money: Rethinking the Family

    Through investigating cross-cultural case studies, this course introduces students to the anthropological study of the social institutions and symbolic meanings of family, gender, and sexuality. We will explores the myriad forms that families and households take and considers their social, emotional, and economic dynamics.

    Subjects:
    Anthropology and Sociology
    Keywords:
    Sex Families Gender identity
    Resource Type:
    Courseware
     
  • Courseware 
    Foundations of Public Health: Pub Hlth 200

    Foundations of Public Health: Pub Hlth 200

    This course presents the overarching framework, principles, and core responsibilities of public health research and practice from a multidisciplinary perspective. The course also provides the necessary foundation for further studies toward advanced cross-cutting approaches essential for public health practice.

    Subjects:
    Public Health
    Keywords:
    Public health -- Research Public health Public health administration
    Resource Type:
    Courseware
     
  • Courseware 
    Gender & Media: Collaborations in Feminism and Technology

    Gender & Media: Collaborations in Feminism and Technology

    This course examines representations of race, class, gender, and sexual identity in the media, with a particular focus on new media and how digital technologies are transforming popular culture. We will be considering issues of authorship, spectatorship, (audience) and the ways in which various media content (film, television, print journalism, blogs, video, advertising) enables, facilitates, and challenges these social constructions in society.

    Subjects:
    Sociology
    Keywords:
    Social classes Mass media sex United States Mass media race relations Mass media -- Social aspects
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    Gender, Health, and Society

    Gender, Health, and Society

    This course draws on different disciplines, conceptual frameworks, and methodological approaches to examine gender in relation to health, including public health practice, epidemiologic research, health policy, and clinical application. It discusses a variety of health-related issues that illustrate global, international, domestic, and historical perspectives, while considering other social determinants of health as well, including social class and race.

    Subjects:
    Sociology
    Keywords:
    Public health Gender identity Equality -- Health aspects
    Resource Type:
    Courseware
     
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    Getting started with Mendeley

    Getting started with Mendeley

    This tutorial will help you get started with Mendeley by showing you an introduction to all the basic features. Check out our YouTube channel for more videos, or go to http://resources.mendeley.com for guides and support.

    Subjects:
    Statistics and Research Methods
    Keywords:
    Bibliographical citations -- Computer programs Information storage retrieval systems
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
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    Globalization: The Good, the Bad and the In-Between

    Globalization: The Good, the Bad and the In-Between

    This subject examines the paradoxes of contemporary globalization. Through lectures, discussions and student presentations, we will study the cultural, linguistic, social and political impact of globalization across broad international borders. We will pay attention to the subtle interplay of history, geography, language and cultural norms that gave rise to specific ways of life. The materials for the course include fiction, nonfiction, audio pieces, maps and visual materials.

    Subjects:
    Sociology
    Keywords:
    Globalization
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    Courseware
     
  • Courseware 
    Good Food: Ethics and Politics of Food

    Good Food: Ethics and Politics of Food

    This course explores the values (aesthetic, moral, cultural, religious, prudential, political) expressed in the choices of food people eat. Analyzes the decisions individuals make about what to eat, how society should manage food production and consumption collectively, and how reflection on food choices might help resolve conflicts between different values.

    Subjects:
    Sociology
    Keywords:
    Food habits Food consumption
    Resource Type:
    Courseware
     
  • Courseware 
    HMP 607 - Corporate Finance for Health Care Administrators

    HMP 607 - Corporate Finance for Health Care Administrators

    HMP 607 is the third in a three-course sequence intended to impart to generalist administrators the knowledge of finance and accounting necessary to manage health care organizations. The first course, HMP 608, covers financial accounting. The second course, HMP 606, focuses on managerial accounting topics. This third course concentrates on corporate finance topics. It aims to impart an understanding of how finance theory and practice can inform the decision-making of the health care firm. As such, HMP 607 is most appropriately considered a corporate finance course, as opposed to a course in financial markets. In addition, it will integrate corporate finance and accounting theories, institutional knowledge of health care finance, and applications to specific problems.

    Subjects:
    Management of Health Care Services
    Keywords:
    Health facilities Finance Corporations -- Finance
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    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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    Health Issues for Aging Populations

    Health Issues for Aging Populations

    Introduces the study of aging, its implications for individuals, families, and society, and the background for health policy related to older persons. Presents an overview on aging from different perspectives: demography, biology, epidemiology of diseases, ethical issues in the care of older individuals, and more.

    Subjects:
    Social Work and Human Services
    Keywords:
    Older people -- Mental health Older people -- Health hygiene Older people -- Services for Aging Medical policy
    Resource Type:
    Courseware