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PUBLIC POLICY
PUB PLC M267. Medicare Reform. (4)
PUB PLC M269. Health Care Policy and Finance. (4)
PUB PLC M213. Mental Health Policy. (4)
PUB PLC M215. Health Policy. (4)
PUB PLC M266. Health Policy Seminar (4)
PUB PLC M268. Microeconomic Theory of Health Sector. (4)

Additional Related Health Policy Courses

SOCIAL WELFARE

SOC WEL M203D.         Supporting Families of Children with Special Needs. (2)

SOC WEL M203E.         Hispanic Mental Health Issues and Treatment. (2)

SOC WEL 285F.            Research in Health. (4)

SOC WEL 285G.           Research in Mental Health. (4)

SOC WEL M290D.         Women, Health, and Aging: Policy Issues. (4)

SOC WEL M290I.          Children with Special Health Care Needs: Systems Perspective. (4)

 

URBAN PLANNING

URB PLN 470.               Introduction to Occupational Health Education.(2 or 4)

URB PLN M262.            Pollution Prevention. (2)

 

HEALTH SERVICES

HLT SER 200A-200B.     Health Systems Organization and Financing. (4)

HLT SER M204A.          Seminar: Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy. (1)

HLT SER M204B.          Seminar: Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy. (1)

HLT SER M204C.          Seminar: Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy. (2)

HLT SER 205.               Pharmaceutical Policy. (4)

HLT SER 214.               Measurements of Effectiveness and Outcomes of Health Care. (4)

HLT SER 220.               Seminar: Cost Containment. (4)

HLT SER 221.               Tobacco: Prevention, Use, and Public Policy. (4)

HLT SER 231.               History of Public Health. (4)

HLT SER 232.               Governmental Health Services and Trends. (4)

HLT SER M233.             Health Policy Analysis. (4)

HLT SER 234.               Health Service Organization and Management Theory. (4)

HLT SER 235.               Law, Social Change, and Health Service Policy. (4)

HLT SER 237A-237B-237C.       Special Topics in Health Service Research Methodology. (4)

HLT SER 238.               Politics of Health Care. (4)

HLT SER 239.               Aging and Long-Term Care. (4)

HLT SER M236.             Microeconomic Theory of Health Sector. (4)

HLT SER 240.               Health Care Issues in International Perspective. (4)

HLT SER CM241.          Women, Health, and Aging: Policy Issues. (4)

HLT SER M242.             Determinants of Health. (4)

HLT SER 244.               Seminar in Health Services and Policy Evaluation. (4)

HLT SER 245.               Society's Response to Aging. (4)

HLT SER 246.               Special Populations: Health Service Policy Issues. (4)

HLT SER 247.               Research Topics in Health Economics. (4)

HLT SER 249D.             Principles of Organization Leadership: Applications in Public Health and Welfare. (2-4)

HLT SER 249F.             Quality Assessment and Assurance. (4)

HLT SER 249G.             Medical Technology - Development, Diffusion, Assessment, and Health Services. (4)

HLT SER M249E.          Advanced Topics in Health Economics. (4)

HLT SER 249H.             Special Topics in Health Services: Current Research Issues. (2 to 4)

HLT SER M249J.         Mental Health Services. (4)

HLT SER 249K.            Special Topics in Health Services: Health Care Practice Guidelines, Variations in Care, and Patient Outcomes. (4)

HLT SER M249L.         Special Topics in Health Services: Ethical Issues in Public Health. (4)

HLT SER 249M.           Review of Current Health Services Management Literature. (2)

HLT SER 249N.            Accessing, Analyzing, and Presenting Health Care Management Data. (2)

HLT SER 250.              Evolution of the Health Professions in the Twentieth Century. (4)

HLT SER 251.              Process Improvement and Information Systems in Health Care Organizations. (4)

HLT SER M253.           Advanced Topics in Health Services Research: Access to Care. (4)

HLT SER 265.              Challenges in Clinical Health Services Research. (4)

HLT SER M287.           Politics of Health Policy. (4)

HLT SER 400.              Field Studies in Public Health. (2 or 4)

HLT SER M422.           Practices of Evaluation in Health Services: Theory and Methodology. (4)

HLT SER 425.              Law and Epidemiology. (4)

HLT SER 427.              Population-Based Health Planning. (4)

HLT SER 431.              Managerial Processes in Health Service Organizations. (4)

HLT SER 432.              Integrative Seminar in Health Services Management. (4)

HLT SER 433.              Health Service Organization Policy and Strategy. (4)

HLT SER 434.              Employer/Employee Health Management. (4)

HLT SER 436.              Financial Management of Health Service Organizations. (4)

HLT SER 437.              Legal Environment of Health Service Management. (2)

HLT SER 438.              Issues and Problems of Local Health Administration. (4)

HLT SER 440A.            Health Information Systems: Organization and Management. (4)

HLT SER 440B.            Health Information Systems: Organization and Management. (4)

HLT SER 441.              Ambulatory Care in the U.S. (4)

HLT SER 442A.            Managed Health Care: Quality and Cost. (4)

HLT SER 442B.            Managed Care Practices. (4)

HLT SER 443A.            Preventive Medicine in Public Health Practice. (4)

HLT SER 443D.           Advanced Hospital Financial Management Simulation. (4)

HLT SER 443E.            Advanced Hospital Financial Management. (4)

HLT SER 444.              Applied Methodology in Health Planning. (4)

HLT SER 445.              Strategic Planning and Marketing in Health Care. (4)

HLT SER 446.              Financing Health Care. (4)

HLT SER 447.              State Health Policy Issues. (4)

HLT SER 447D.           Management of Health Maintenance Organizations. (4)

HLT SER 447E.            Health Insurance Principles and Programs. (4)

HLT SER M448.           Health Policy Issues for Dental Professionals. (2)

HLT SER M449A.         Child Health, Programs, and Policies. (4)

HLT SER M449B.         Child Health, Programs, and Policies. (4)

HLT SER 450.              Financial Theory of Health Services Organizations. (4)

 

COMMUNITY HEALTH SCIENCES

COM HLT M208.          Introduction to Demographic Methods. (4)

COM HLT 210.             Community Health Sciences. (4)

COM HLT 211A-211B. Program Planning, Research, and Evaluation in Community ealth Sciences. (4)

COM HLT 212.             Advanced Social Research Methods in Health. (4)

COM HLT 213.             Research in Community and Patient Health Education. (4)

COM HLT 220.             Demography of Women. (4)

COM HLT 221.             Introduction to Sociocultural Aspects of Health. (4)

COM HLT 228.             Drug Abuse Prevention. (4)

COM HLT 229.             Policy and Public Health Approaches to Violence Prevention. (4)

COM HLT 230.             Family and Sexual Violence. (4)

COM HLT 231.             Maternal and Child Nutrition. (4)

COM HLT 233.             Hunger and Food Insecurity as Public Health Issues. (4)

COM HLT 235.             The Family and Mental Health. (4)

COM HLT 237.             Evolving Paradigms of Prevention: Interventions in Early Childhood. (4)

COM HLT 238.             Evolving Paradigms of Prevention: Interventions in Adolescence. (4)

COM HLT M239.          Race and Ethnicity as a Variable in Practice and Research. (4)

COM HLT M244.          Advanced Seminar: Medical Anthropology. (4)

COM HLT 246.             Women's Roles and Family Health. (4) COM HLT 247. Population Change and Public Policy. (4)

COM HLT 248.             Women's Mental Health. (4)

COM HLT 256.             Bioterrorism: Deliberate Public Health Disaster. (4)

COM HLT M260.          Health and Culture in the Americas. (4)

COM HLT 270A-270B. Foundations of Community Health Sciences. (4)

COM HLT 271.             Health-Related Behavior Change. (4)

COM HLT 272.             Social Epidemiology. (4)

COM HLT M274.          Health Professions. (4)

COM HLT 276.             Alcohol and Drug Abuse: Social Policy Perspectives. (4)

COM HLT 277.             Advanced Community Health Education. (4)

COM HLT 281.             Alcoholism and Drug Abuse among Women. (4)

COM HLT 283.             Aging and Health Behavior. (4)

COM HLT 284.             Sociocultural Aspects of Mental Health. (4).

COM HLT 285.             Aging, Health, and Society. (4)

COM HLT 289.             Drug Abuse in Pregnancy: Special Focus on Adolescents and Utilizing Secondary Data Sources. (4)

COM HLT 290.             Race, Class, Culture, and Aging. (4)

COM HLT 291.             Health Policy and the Aged. (4)

COM HLT 292.             Communication and Media Development in Health Promotion/Education. (4)

COM HLT 293.             Social and Behavioral Research in AIDS: Roundtable Discussion. (2 or 4)

COM HLT M299.          Intervention to Reduce HIV and Its Consequences. (4)

COM HLT 426.             School-Linked Services: Integrated Health, Education, and Social Services for Children in Communities. (4)

COM HLT 431.             Research in Women's Health: Theories and Methods. (4)

COM HLT M432.          Perinatal Health Care: Principles, Programs, and Policies. (4)

COM HLT 434A.           Maternal and Child Health in Developing Areas. (4)

COM HLT 435.             Seminar: Advanced Issues in Women's Health. (2)

COM HLT 437.             Preventive Medicine and the Family. (4)

COM HLT 438.             Research Seminar: Community Child Health Services. (2)

COM HLT 448.             Nutrition Policies and Programs: Domestic and International Perspectives. (4)

COM HLT 483.             Leadership Development and Empowerment for Health Promotion and Health Education. (4)

COM HLT 487.             Community Organization for Health. (4)

 

EPIDEMIOLOGY

EPIDEM 200.               Epidemiology I. (4)

EPIDEM 210.               Public Health Research Using Available Data. (2)

EPIDEM M211.            Statistics for Epidemiology. (4)

EPIDEM 227.               AIDS: A Major Public Health Challenge. (4)

EPIDEM 246.               Epidemiology of Aging. (2)

EPIDEM 260.               Environmental Epidemiology. (2 or 4)

EPIDEM 261.               Occupational Epidemiology. (4)

EPIDEM 268.               Introduction to Pharmacoepidemiology. (2)

EPIDEM 270.               Epidemiology and Health Policy. (2)

EPIDEM 293.               International HIV/AIDS Seminar. (2)

EPIDEM 294.               Epidemiology and Policy of Occupational and Environmental Health Issues. (2)

EPIDEM 400.               Field Studies in Epidemiology. (2)

EPIDEM 410B.            Management of Epidemiologic Data. (2)

EPIDEM 412.               Public Health Surveillance. (2)

 

BIOSTATISTICS

BIOSTAT 200A.            Biostatistics. (4)

BIOSTAT 288.              Seminar: Statistics in AIDS. (2)

BIOSTAT 400.              Field Studies in Biostatistics. (2 or 4)

BIOSTAT 403A.            Computer Management of Health Data. (4)

BIOSTAT 413.              Introduction to Pharmaceutical Statistics. (4)

BIOSTAT 420.              Database Management Systems. (4)

 

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES

ENV HLT 200A-200B.   Foundations of Environmental Health Sciences. (6)

ENV HLT 201.              Seminar: Health Effects of Environmental Contaminants. (2)

ENV HLT 230.              Environmental Management. (4)

ENV HLT 232.              Environmental Policy Decision Making. (4)

ENV HLT 234.              Critical Readings in Environmental Policy for Scientists and Engineers. (4)

ENV HLT 235.              Quantitative Methods for Environmental Assessment. (4)

ENV HLT 250.              Introduction to Occupational Safety and Health. (4)

ENV HLT 259E.            Occupational Safety and Health Program Management. (4)

 

LAW

LAW 326.                    Health Law. (4)

 

PSYCHIATRY

PSYCTRY M240.         Assessment and Treatment of African American Families. (3)

PSYCTRY 259.            Legal and Ethical Issues with Vulnerable Populations. (3)

PSYCTRY 290.            os Angeles HIV-Community Colloquia. (1)

PSYCTRY 295C.          Advanced Seminars: Substantive Issues in Substance Abuse. (4)

 

PSYCHOLOGY

PSYCH 298.                Health Status and Health Behaviors of Ethnic Minority Populations

 

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