scholarly journals The New Harvard Doctor of Public Health: Lessons From the Design and Implementation of an Innovative Program in Advanced Professional Leadership

2018 ◽  
Vol 133 (6) ◽  
pp. 759-766 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Berman ◽  
Julio Frenk
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Leadership Development ◽  
Curriculum Design ◽  
Educational Administration ◽  
Public Health Education ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Health Study ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Professional Leadership ◽  
Public Health Study

We documented lessons learned in the initial design and development of the new Harvard doctor of public health (DrPH) degree, an innovative professional public health doctorate designed to provide advanced education in the field of public health. Using data from program documents, personal participation in the development and administration of the degree, and initial students’ results, we present key learnings from this experience and describe the program’s goals and processes. Now entering its fifth year, the new Harvard DrPH program has enrolled about 70 students and graduated its first 2 classes in a program that combines advanced public health study with leadership development and field engagement. Development of this transformational innovation in advanced public health education required creative approaches to competency development and curriculum design, engagement of faculty to become supportive stakeholders, and substantial support for educational administration. Demand for a program of this type is strong. Continuous improvement is ongoing.

scholarly journals Student perceptions and lessons learned from flipping a masters level public health course | Perceptions des étudiants et leçons tirées d’une classe inversée pour un cours de maîtrise en santé environnementale et professionnelle

2015 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lindsay P. Galway ◽  
Barbara Berry ◽  
Timothy Takaro
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Flipped Classroom ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Instructional Model ◽  
Santé Environnementale ◽  
Health Course ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Groupe De Discussion

The flipped classroom instructional model has emerged as an alternative to conventional lecture-based teaching that has dominated higher education for decades. In 2013, a cohort of graduate-level public health students participated in a flipped environmental and occupational health course. We present the design, implementation, and evaluation of this course. Using data collected from a post-course survey, focus group sessions, and classroom observation, we examine student perceptions of the flipped classroom instructional model and synthesize lessons learned from flipping the classroom more broadly. Post-course survey data indicate that students had generally positive perceptions towards the flipped classroom instructional model. Four major themes emerged from the focus group data in relation to perceptions of the flipped classroom: knowledge application, content delivery, innovation, and connecting the online and in-class components. These results are promising and suggest that this approach warrants further consideration and research. Le modèle pédagogique de la classe inversée a émergé comme solution de rechange à l’enseignement traditionnel par cours magistraux qui a dominé l’éducation supérieure pendant des décennies. En 2013, une cohorte d’étudiants en santé publique aux cycles supérieurs a participé à un cours inversé sur la santé environnementale et professionnelle. Nous présentons la conception, la mise en œuvre et l’évaluation de ce cours. À l’aide de données recueillies par l’entremise d’un sondage après le cours, lors de séances de discussion en groupe et d’observation en classe, nous examinons les perceptions qu’ont les étudiants du modèle pédagogique de la classe inversée et résumons les leçons tirées qui sont pertinentes pour les cours inversés en général. Les données du sondage réalisé après le cours indiquent que les étudiants avaient des perceptions pour la plupart positives du modèle pédagogique de la classe inversée. Quatre thèmes principaux ont émergé des données du groupe de discussion relativement aux perceptions sur la classe inversée : mise en application des connaissances, diffusion du contenu, innovation et lien entre les composantes en ligne et en classe. Ces résultats sont prometteurs et suggèrent que cette approche devrait faire l’objet de plus de considération et de recherche.

What Elephant? Pedagogical Approaches to Addressing Stigma Toward Mental Disorders in Undergraduate Public Health Education

2020 ◽  
pp. 237337992092287
Author(s):  
Briana Mezuk ◽  
Belinda Needham ◽  
Kevin Joiner ◽  
Daphne Watkins ◽  
Sarah Stoddard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Public Mental Health ◽  
Population Level ◽  
Public Health Education ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Undergraduate Public Health ◽  
Pedagogical Approaches

In the past decade, the number of undergraduate public health programs has increased exponentially. This growth provides a unique opportunity to explore concepts and issues relevant to understanding the determinants of health at a population level using new pedagogical approaches. One of these issues is stigma toward mental disorders. Stigma is a concept that refers to a feature or characteristic that reduces, devalues, and disempowers a person. Given the prevalence of mental and substance use disorders among college students, undergraduate education is an important setting for attempting to address stigmatizing attitudes both for society at large and for faculty, staff, and students, including those experiencing mental health problems. This article describes an effort to develop an undergraduate course in public mental health that explicitly addresses the ways stigma shapes student understanding of this topic and discusses lessons learned from this experience.

Craniofacial Measurements in a Home-Based Public Health Study

1999 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-43
Author(s):  
Margaret Kaeuper
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Health Nurse ◽  
Health Study ◽  
Maternal Child Health ◽  
Home Based ◽  
Health Nursing ◽  
One Year ◽  
Public Health Study ◽  
Difficult Subjects

Colleagues in nursing were puzzled when I told them I would be trained by an anthropologist to take anthropometric craniofacial measurements. As it turned out my new colleagues in anthropology were also surprised to find how well my training in public health nursing facilitated the successful collection of data. Young children are notoriously difficult subjects for the anthropometrist, yet the procedures used were, in kind, no different from what nurses routinely ask of a child. Thus, my previous experience as a public health nurse specializing in maternal child health allowed me to develop several useful strategies that resulted in successful collection of anthropometric data from over 1300 infants, with follow-up of some at one year and three years of age. As so often, cross-disciplinary approaches produce useful results, in this case the synthesis of an anthropometric methodology and a public health nurse's understanding of children and mothers.

The sex-specific interrelationship between spinal pain and psychological distress across time in the general population. Results from the Stockholm Public Health Study

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
pp. 1928-1935 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kari Paanalahti ◽  
Lena W. Holm ◽  
Cecilia Magnusson ◽  
Linda Carroll ◽  
Margareta Nordin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
General Population ◽  
Spinal Pain ◽  
Health Study ◽  
Public Health Study

scholarly journals Addressing opioid misuse: Hero Help as a recovery and behavioural health response

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 142-147
Author(s):  
Ellen A. Donnelly ◽  
Madeline Stenger ◽  
Shannon Streisel ◽  
Daniel J. O'Connell ◽  
Jessica Arnold
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Substance Use Disorder ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Community Outreach ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Assistance Program ◽  
Behavioural Health ◽  
Using Data

Increases in opioid-related overdoses have required law enforcement and public health officials to collectively develop new approaches that treat substance use disorders and save lives. This essay describes the Hero Help recovery and behavioural health assistance program, a Delaware-based initiative providing drug treatment to qualifying adults who contact the police and ask for treatment, or to individuals in lieu of an arrest or upon recommendation by a police officer. Led by the New Castle County Division of Police, this collaborative project has brought together stakeholders from public health and criminal justice to coordinate treatment for people suffering from a substance use disorder and/or mental health problems. This essay describes the goals, evolution, and key activities of the program. It further highlights lessons learned, including improving credibility through concerted community outreach, finding ways to overcome the stigma associated with participating in a law enforcement–based program, gaining officer buy-in, and using data to inform treatment responses. Effectively, this essay seeks to disseminate emerging lessons in creating programming responsive to substance use disorder and mental illness among police departments and their community partners.

GAMBARAN DEPRESI MAHASISWA PROGRAM STUDI KESEHATAN MASYARAKAT PSDKU UNIVERSITAS AIRLANGGA DI BANYUWANGI

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Hayunda Fajri Sholikhah
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Health Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Public ◽  
Depression Prevalence ◽  
Prevalence Of Depression ◽  
Public Health Study

Globally the prevalence of depression is still high and causes death and killing. In Indonesia, depression is still a serious problem and its prevalence is increasing every year. In addition, the incidence of depression in students varies by university. This study aims to describe the depression of students of the Public Health Study Program at Universitas Airlangga Banyuwangi. This study used a cross-sectional study design with descriptive studies. The respondents was 68 students of the Public Health Study Program of Universitas Airlangga Banyuwangi, aged 17-21 years. Data is analyzed univariably. The results showed that of 68 respondents there were 57.4% of respondents who were depressed. Of the number of respondents who were depressed, 59% were in the young age category and 87.2% were female. Whereas if viewed based on the semester taken by respondents at the time of the study, the majority of respondents were in semester 2 that is equal to 41%, and most respondents had a GPA not cumlaude with a number of 59%. The conclusion of this study is depression prevalence rate of students of the Banyuwangi Public Health Study Program is higher than those who are not depressed. Better diagnosis and treatment of students who are depressed can help reduce suicide rates in adolescents.

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