5/16/08 Public Health Paper

A Global Public Health Concentration Proposal





A Project of the 2007-2008 Senior
Global Ambassadors




Christen Bain
Christopher Bettis
Meghan Flemming
Kelsey McGarvey
Cammeo Medici
Table of Contents


Global Public Health at other Higher Education Institutions............................................. 3
Bibliography of Resources.................................................................................................. 6
Experiential Learning and Internship Opportunities......................................................... 16
Funding Sources................................................................................................................ 18
Career Options................................................................................................................... 20

Global Public Health at other Higher Education Institutions

Undergraduate Programs:

University of California at Berkeley
Undergraduate Major in Public Health
- Requires study in Biological Sciences, Mathematics, Social Sciences, and Public Health
- Electives in Biostatisics, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Environmental Health Sciences, Community Health & Human Development, and Health Policy & Management (students are encouraged to concentrate on one or two areas)
http://sph.berkeley.edu/degrees/undergrad.html


Emory University
Undergraduate Minor in Global Health, Culture, and Society
- Core classes on Global Health and Global Health Issues (course outlines available on website)
- Four approved elective courses must be taken in at least two different departments.
- Elective courses that have a major focus on social, economic, environmental or other aspects of global health offered by a variety of Emory College departments are identified and approved by the program prior to each semester
http://www.emory.edu/CHCS/p_UndergradCurricul_Goals.htm


Georgetown University
Bachelor of Science in International Health
- First year courses in health sciences and humanities with introductory courses in epidemiology, population health, disease prevention, and normal nutrition
- Junior year classes focus on microbiology, globalization, global patterns of disease, ecology of global hunger, etc.
- Internships, study abroad, & field trips are encouraged
International Health Certificate
- Three required core courses
- Requires service learning
- Option of elective courses, independent study, or foreign language focus
http://nhs.georgetown.edu/academics/BSIH.html

Michigan State University
Specialization (Concentration) in Global Public Health and Epidemiology
- Designed to be completed by taking one course per semester for seven semesters (3 1/2 years)
- Credits are required to complete the specialization (5 Epidemiology courses, 1 Statistics course & 1 Philosophy course)
- Courses are arranged in a set sequence in which pre-requisites are listed first
http://www.epi.msu.edu/sgphe/index.htm


University of Virginia
Global Public Health Minor
- Six courses (18 credits), which includes a capstone course with a major writing requirement; one internship/field placement; and an additional language requirement
- Students are expected to do a health-related field-placement or service project in either a global or local setting. Normally, such fieldwork will not carry academic credit. For in-depth projects that have academic or research dimensions, students may work with faculty to seek academic research or independent study credit for the field placement. Field placements generally should be between 80-120 hours. Students are expected to keep a journal during their field placement.
http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/phs/phpp/globalpublichealthminor.cfm


New York University: Wagner
Public Health Policy Minor
- Two required courses (4 credits each)
- 8 elective credits required from two areas
http://wagner.nyu.edu/undergrad/minors.php


University of Iowa
International Studies B.A. with thematic emphasis on Global Health
- Students direct aspects of their own studies by choosing either a geographic OR a thematic emphasis area according to their individual interests
Global Health Studies Certificate
- 25 semester hours of approved courses, which includes 8 semester hours of required core courses and 17 semester hours of approved elective courses from an approved list
- Students must develop and conduct a research project or participate in a study-abroad or in an internship on a global health/environmental health issue, typically in a foreign setting
- Foreign language requirement
- In the semester following the foreign experience, and as a culmination to the certificate program, all students will present their foreign research project results
Global Health Studies Minor
- 15 semester hours in designated Global Health courses. Students are encouraged to take the 8 credits of the core courses required for the certificate plus an additional 7-8 credits of their choosing
http://international.uiowa.edu/centers/global-health/


Graduate Schools with Programs in Global Public Health or Similar Field:

University of Iowa: Master of Public Health
http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/mph/about/focus_areas/global_health.html
University of Pittsburgh: Certificate of Public Health
http://www.publichealth.pitt.edu/interior.php?pageID=237
NYU: Master’s Program in Global Public Health
http://www.nyu.edu/mph/
Harvard: Master of Public Health
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/academics/master-of-public-health-program/
University of North Carolina: Certificate in Global Health
http://www.sph.unc.edu/globalhealth/certificate/
George Washington University: Master of Public Health and Graduate Certificate of Global Health
http://www.gwumc.edu/sphhs/academicprograms/programs/MPH_Graduate_Certificate/GH.pdf
Johns Hopkins: Degree programs in International Health
http://www.jhsph.edu/dept/IH/Degree_Programs/index.html
Bibliography of Resources

We have divided this section into the various types of books that might be included. There are overview books to be included in introductory courses, public policy, disease/emergent disease, environment, ethics, and epidemiology resources.
In communication with professors of global public health classes at other institutions, we have obtained class descriptions and sample reading lists from two classes offered at Princeton.

Overviews/Introductory Books

Essentials of Global Health
by Richard Skolnik (Author)
(Amazon)
...Richard Skolnik's Essentials of Global Health is so comprehensive that it will be key reading in international health. In accessible language, he explains why good health is crucial to economic development, what indicators help track changes in global health, and requirements for good health systems. Approaches to solving world health problems must be under pinned by good ethics and human rights guidelines, he says, and local practices and cultures must not be ignored. Skolnik looks in detail at children's and women's health, and at the different challenges of tackling communicative and non-communicative disease in developing countries. He also maps out the key players in global health and looks ahead to future challenges. ---The Lancet, Vol.370, October 27, 2007


Introduction to Global Health (Paperback)by Kathryn H. Jacobsen (Author)
(Amazon)
With a unique emphasis on possible solutions to world health problems, this book addresses all the key issues of global health at a level that is basic enough so that students from a variety of majors can understand the material. It will give the reader: An understanding of biological and social aspects of major global health issues, especially in the areas of infectious disease, nutrition, and environmental health. A knowledge of population groups that are at increased risk of poor health and familiarity with policies and programs designed to reduce health inequalities. A familiarity with global health vocabulary, the basic methods used to assess global health, and the tools to locate and understand additional global health information. The author has included over 170 tables and figures to illustrate important concepts, as well as a supplemental chapter on how to read journal articles. The text is also accompanied by downloadable instructor resources, including PowerPoint slides, a TestBank, and an Instructors Manual with suggested discussion questions and sample syllabi.


Global Public Health: A New Era
by Robert Beaglehole (Editor), Robert Beaglehole (Editor)
(B&N)
Global Public Health: A New Era addresses three major issues: the changing global context for public health; the state of public health practice in developed and developing countries; and strategies for strengthening the practice of public health in the twenty first century. This book is in three parts. The first part has two aims. Firstly, it surveys the complex old and new challenges facing public health practitioners. Secondly, it summarizes the state of health globally using new data based on measures developed by the World Health Organization and other groups to better describe population health status and trends.
Part two presents the first detailed review of the global state of public health. It analyses the public health situation in all regions of the world. Six chapters cover Europe, North and Latin America, and Australia and New Zealand. Three chapters cover China, Sub-Saharan Africa, and South Asia.
The lessons from these chapters are surprisingly similar: the challenges are great; the public heath workforce and infrastructure have long been neglected; and much needs to be done to reinvigorate the practice of public health.
The third section covers several cross cutting themes: the impact of the new public health threat from bioterrorism and its implications for the future of public practice; the developing field of international public health ethics; and the central and neglected role of the public in strengthening the practice of public health. The final chapter summarizes the major themes of the book and explores the opportunities for building the capacity of the public health workforce to respond to the major global health needs. Despite the enormity of the challenges facing public health practitioners, especially in developing countries, the tone adopted in the final section of this book is relatively optimistic.


Critical Issues in Global Healthby C. Everett, MD Koop (Editor), Clarence E. Pearson (Editor), M. Roy Schwarz (Editor)
(Amazon)
In Critical Issues in Global Health, Koop, Pearson, and Schwarz have assembled contributions by prestigious leaders in the area of public health who here share their insights into what they see as the most pressing issues in global health. The editors have grouped the essays into three main parts, covering countries, continents, and the world; organizational landscapes in global health; and organizations, management, leadership, and partnerships. The relatively short chapters address past successes, current challenges, and possible future advances in public health.

Public Policy

Biosecurity in the Global Age: Biological Weapons, Public Health, and the Rule of Law by David Fidler (Author), Lawrence Gostin (Author)
(Amazon)
“Fidler and Gostin have produced the best description yet of the traditional as well as the newly emerging laws, regulations, treaties and policies in international biosecurity. They navigate through a broad range of topics, while lucidly explaining the public health issues of the new biosecurity age.”—Victoria Sutton, Professor and Director of the Center for Biodefense, Law and Public Policy, Texas Tech University, and author of Law and Bioterrorism


International Public Health: Diseases, Programs, Systems and Policies by Michael H. Merson (Editor), Robert E. Black (Editor), Anne J., Ph.D. Mills (Editor)
(Amazon)
Now there is a book that reflects both the scope and depth of challenges in global health and the dynamic nature of the field. By emphasizing diseases, programs, health systems, and health policies, International Public Health helps readers understand the wide range of global public health issues and the various approaches nations adopt to deal with them. International Public Health explores the public health problems facing low- and middle-income countries today, and identifies the three greatest challenges: reproductive health, infectious disease, and nutrition. Containing case studies throughout, and discussion questions at the end of each chapter, this book discusses emerging health systems--their regulation, financing, and management. Illustrates the importance of health on the economic development of a nation, and the reciprocal impact of development on health


A Textbook of World Health: A Practical Guide to Global Health Care by Russell F. Whaley (Author), T. J. Hashim (Author)
(Amazon)
Textbook for public health students. Stresses three main themes in world health: the provision of primary care; the decentralization of health financing and care; health of migratory people. DNLM: World Health.

Disease/Emergent Diseases

Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues
by Paul Farmer
(B&N)
Paul Farmer has battled AIDS in rural Haiti and deadly strains of drug-resistant tuberculosis in the slums of Peru. A physician-anthropologist with more than fifteen years in the field, Farmer writes from the front lines of the war against these modern plagues and shows why, even more than those of history, they target the poor. This "peculiarly modern inequality" that permeates AIDS, TB, malaria, and typhoid in the modern world, and that feeds emerging (or re-emerging) infectious diseases such as Ebola and cholera, is laid bare in Farmer's harrowing stories of sickness and suffering.
Challenging the accepted methodologies of epidemiology and international health, he points out that most current explanatory strategies, from "cost-effectiveness" to patient "noncompliance," inevitably lead to blaming the victims. In reality, larger forces, global as well as local, determine why some people are sick and others are shielded from risk. Yet this moving account is far from a hopeless inventory of insoluble problems. Farmer writes of what can be done in the face of seemingly overwhelming odds, by physicians determined to treat those in need. Infections and Inequalities weds meticulous scholarship with a passion for solutions--remedies for the plagues of the poor and the social maladies that have sustained them.


Millions Saved: Proven Successes In Global Health by Ruth Levine (Author), Molly Kinder (Author)
(Amazon)
Seventeen stories about how efforts to improve health in developing countries saved millions of lives -- and millions of dollars. From polio in Latin America, to measles in southern Africa, to HIV in Thailand, these inspiring case studies show what it takes for global health programs to succeed.


Bird Flu: A Virus of Our Own Hatchingby Michael Greger (Author)
From age-old scourges such as smallpox and tuberculosis to emerging threats like AIDS and SARS, our interactions with animals have always played a pivotal role as a source of human disease. Bird flu is the latest such menace coming home to roost. Leading public health authorities now predict as inevitable a pandemic of influenza, triggered by bird flu and expected to lead to millions of deaths around the globe.
The influenza virus has existed for millions of years as an innocuous intestinal virus of wild ducks. What turned a harmless waterborne duck virus into a killer? In Bird Flu, Dr. Michael Greger traces the human role in the evolution of this virus, whose humble beginnings belie its transformation into a killer mutant strain with the potential to become as ferocious as Ebola and as contagious as the common cold. In the face of the coming pandemic, Dr. Greger reveals what we can do to protect our families and what human society to can do to reduce the likelihood of such catastrophes in the future.
Amid the growing panic surrounding this issue, Dr. Greger takes a sobering look at a deadly cycle and offers a solution to ending it.


Disease and Democracy: The Industrialized World Faces AIDS by Peter Baldwin (Author)
Disease and Democracy is the first comparative analysis of how Western democratic nations have coped with AIDS. Peter Baldwin's exploration of divergent approaches to the epidemic in the United States and several European nations is a springboard for a wide-ranging and sophisticated historical analysis of public health practices and policies. In addition to his comprehensive presentation of information on approaches to AIDS, Baldwin's authoritative book provides a new perspective on our most enduring political dilemma: how to reconcile individual liberty with the safety of the community.
Baldwin finds that Western democratic nations have adopted much more varied approaches to AIDS than is commonly recognized. He situates the range of responses to AIDS within the span of past attempts to control contagious disease and discovers the crucial role that history has played in developing these various approaches. Baldwin finds that the various tactics adopted to fight AIDS have sprung largely from those adopted against the classic epidemic diseases of the nineteenth century--especially cholera--and that they reflect the long institutional memories embodied in public health institutions.

Environment

Environmental Health
by Monroe T. T. Morgan, Joe E. Beck (Contribution by), Darryl B. Barnett (Contribution by)
(B&N)
The third edition of this text features increased global coverage, an updated appendix of environmental organizations, new chapter key terms, and new information on national and international environmental politics, space as an environment, home safety devices, and nuclear energy. Focus is on the human population and the need to control factors that are harmful to human life rather than on just the environmental sciences. The text is useful for students and professionals in community health education, public health, nursing, engineering, medicine, and the environment. Morgan is affiliated with East Tennessee State University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


Ecosystem Change and Public Health: A Global Perspective
by Joan L. L. Aron, Jonathan A. Patz, Jonathan A. Patz (Editor)
(B&N)
The purpose of this textbook on global ecosystem change and human health is twofold:(1) to raise awareness of changes in human health related to global ecosystem change and (2) to expand the scope of the traditional curriculum in environmental health to include the interactions of major environmental forces and public health on a global scale."—from the IntroductionEcosystem Change and Public Health focuses on how human health is affected by global ecosystem changes. It is the first textbook devoted to this emerging field, offering a global perspective on research methods and emphasizing empirical investigations of health outcomes in combination with integrated assessment for policy development. The book covers such topics as global climate change, stratospheric ozone depletion, water resources management, and ecology and infectious disease. Case studies of cholera, malaria, the effects of water resources, and global climate change and air pollution illustrate the analysis and methodology. The book also includes a resource center describing places to start searches on the World Wide Web, guidelines for finding and evaluating information, suggested study projects, and strategies for encouraging communication among course participants.


Essentials of Environmental Health by Robert H., Ph.D. Friis (Author)
(Amazon)
Environmental threats are occurring on a worldwide scale. Dramatic pictures of the devastating effects of natural disasters lead the nightly news. Stories of chemical spills and contaminated groundwater, deforestation and suburban sprawl, depleted fisheries and exploding human population, litter the pages of the newspapers daily. National and international policymakers are concerned about the potential impact on the health of the world’s population and on the global environment and, as a result, much progress has been made in informing the public and introducing regulations for the control of these hazards. As the first in the Essential Public Health series, Essentials of Environmental Health is a clear and comprehensive study of the major topics of environmental health including: Background of the field and “tools of the trade” (environmental epidemiology, environmental toxicology, and environmental policy and regulation). Environmental diseases (microbial agents, ionizing and non-ionizing radiation). Applications and domains of environmental health (water and air quality, food safety, waste disposal, and occupational health). In a straightforward, non-technical approach, the author has included many examples and illustrations of environmental health issues. Perfect for the beginning student as well as the experienced health professional, each chapter concludes with study questions and exercises to engage the reader in further study.

Ethics

Global Prescriptions: Gendering Health and Human Rights
by Rosalind Pollack Petchesky
(B&N)
Global Prescriptions is a critical yet optimistic analysis of the role of transnational women's groups in setting the agendas for women's health in international and national settings. The book reviews a decade of women's participation in UN conferences, transnational networks, national advocacy efforts and sexual and reproductive health provision, assessing both their strengths and weaknesses. It critiques the Cairo, Beijing and Copenhagen conference documents and World Bank, WHO and health sector reform policies. It also offers case studies of national-level reform and advocacy efforts and appraises the controversy concerning TRIPS, trade, and essential AIDS drugs. The author takes into account the formidable political and ideological forces confronting global justice movements and also offers a sobering reassessment of transnational women's NGOs themselves and such problems as 'NGOization', fragmentation and donor-dependency. Petchesky argues that the power of women's transnational coalitions is only as great as their organic connection with grassroots social movements.


Global Pharmaceuticals: Ethics, Markets, Practices
by Adriana Petryna (Editor), Andrew Lakoff, Arthur Kleinman (Editor)
(B&N)
Petryna (anthropology, The New Sch.), Andrew Lakoff (sociology & science studies, Univ. of California, San Diego), and Arthur Kleinman (medical anthropology & psychiatry, Harvard) have edited a collection of nine essays that grew out of the 2002 W.H.R. Rivers Distinguished Lectures in Social Medicine at Harvard University. Most of the writers are medical anthropologists, and their subjects deal with various aspects of "the human consequences of pharmaceutical use and their market expansions in cross-cultural and everyday contexts." Essays offer the results of original research as they discuss the global search for human research subjects, the creation of markets to match existing drugs, company/practitioner ties in Argentina, narcotic dependency treatment in France, how the poor access healthcare in urban India, and government policy in providing AIDS antiretroviral treatment in Brazil and Uganda. The editors hope to spur further research into the issues raised, and although their anthology offers a broader view than found in Marcia Angell's The Truth About the Drug Companies, with its clearly academic style, it is not aimed at the same general readership. Recommended for academic and large public libraries.-Dick Maxwell, Porter Adventist Hosp. Lib., Denver Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.


Community Health in the 21st Century
by Patricia A. Reagan, Jodi Brookins-Fisher, Jodi Brookins-Fisher
(B&N)
Community Health in the 21st Century introduces readers to their roles and responsibilities as members of a global community addressing shared health concerns. This book is the first of its kind to thoroughly explore social, political, economic, and ethical issues associated with community health from a global perspective. The book emphasizes the impact these perspectives have on possible solutions to important health concerns. It addresses environmental issues, school health programs, and unique concerns of community populations such as ethnically diverse people, people of color, the differently abled, older Americans, children, migrants and farm workers, gay men, lesbians, and women. The book acquaints the reader with the roles and responsibilities of community/public health educators, the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States, Healthy People 2010 emphasis areas, and target populations affected by issues of the 21st century. For college instructors and students.


Global Inequality and Human Needs: Health and Illness in an Increasingly Unequal World
by Laurie A. Wermuth
(B&N)
This book uses a critical theoretical perspective to explore the links between social variables like race, class, and gender, and the health of populations around the world. Global Inequality and Human Needs includes case studies from various countries (Russia, Chile, India, Sub-Saharan Africa) as well as the U.S. show the impact of policy on social inequality and health. Sociologists, public health professionals and anyone interested in international health issues.


Understanding the Global Dimensions of Health
by S. William A. William Gunn, P.B. Mansourian, P. B. Mansourian (Editor), Anthony Piel (Editor)
(B&N)
Health care is a basic human right. But as our planet grows smaller, the number of people without even minimal care continues to rise. Understanding the Global Dimensions of Health brings into sharp focus the ethics and multiple questions involved in keeping the world in optimal health-and identifies the massive tasks that lie ahead. Twenty-one internationally known contributors examine the bioethical, sociopolitical and scientific aspects of health, epidemics, aging populations, the double burden of disease, food safety, and other major health concerns of well-being at the international level. And because exporting health care expertise abroad entails more than merely translating what we know, they meet the controversies head-on:
- Are health technologies wisely used? - Can today's medicine coexist with traditional views and cultural practices? - Will the configuration of health resources change as people live longer? - Why are pandemics not controlled better? - Who wins when health systems clash with sociopolitical systems? - Does globalization necessarily mean the westernization and homogenization of care?
Fast changing conditions and recent catastrophic events demand answers to these and similar vital questions. The authors of Understanding the Global Dimensions of Health balance realism, optimism and social conscience in their coverage so health professionals, policymakers and leaders can address them-locally as well as globally.


Emerging Viruses: AIDS And Ebola : Nature, Accident or Intentional? by Leonard G. Horowitz (Author)
(Amazon)
Health professionals and those involved in infectious disease research will find Emerging Viruses startling: Harvard researcher Horowitz's studies gather evidence to conclude that AIDS and the Ebola viruses evolved during cancer virus experiments in which monkeys were infected with viral genes from other animals. Certain to spark controversy, this provides quite a different view of virus mutations and evolution.

Epidemiology

Epidemiology, Updated Edition: With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access by Leon Gordis (Author)
(Amazon)
This popular book applies the author's many years of clinical and teaching experience to make the principles and methods of epidemiology easy to understand and enjoyable to read about. A clear, concise writing style and just the right dose of humor explain the role of epidemiology in measuring disease in a community, estimating risks, and influencing public policy and ethical concerns. Line diagrams, cartoons, and review questions with answers reinforce the text.

Intuitive Biostatistics by Harvey Motulsky (Author)
Designed to provide a nonmathematical introduction to biostatistics for medical and health science students, graduate students in the biological sciences, physicians, and researchers, this text explains statistical principles in non-technical language and focuses on explaining the proper scientific interpretation of statistical tests rather than on the mathematical logic of the tests themselves.
Intuitive Biostatistics covers all the topics typically found in an introductory statistics text, but with the emphasis on confidence intervals rather than P values, making it easier for students to understand both. Additionally, it introduces a broad range of topics left out of most other introductory texts but used frequently in biomedical publications, including survival curves. multiple comparisons, sensitivity and specificity of lab tests, Bayesian thinking, lod scores, and logistic, proportional hazards and nonlinear regression.
By emphasizing interpretation rather than calculation, this text provides a clear and virtually painless introduction to statistical principles for those students who will need to use statistics constantly in their work. In addition, its practical approach enables readers to understand the statistical results published in biological and medical journals.

Sample Course Descriptions and Reading Lists

Princeton
Infection: Biology, Burden, Policy (SA) Professor(s): Adel A. Mahmoud , Thomas E. Shenk , Burton H. SingerDescription/Objectives:
This course will examine fundamental determinants of human microbe interaction at the biological and ecological aspects. The focus will be on major global infectious diseases, their burden of illness, and policy challenges for adequate prevention and control. Each infectious agent will be discussed in terms of its mechanism of pathogenesis, disease progression, epidemiology, as well as strategies for its control. Specific emphasis will be placed on the public health aspects of each disease.
Sample Reading List:Lederberg, J , Infectious HistoryWeiss, RA & McMichael, AJ , Social and environmental risk factors in the emergence ofinfectious diseases.

Global Health and Health PolicyProfessor(s): Noreen J. Goldman , Alison M. Buttenheim Description/Objectives:
This epidemiology course for undergraduate students in global health and health policy focuses on: measurement of health status, disease occurrence, survival, and the association between risk factors and health outcomes; design, analysis and interpretation of epidemiologic research studies; and bias and confounding. Other topics include synthesis of epidemiological studies, disease outbreaks, causal inference, social inequalities in health, and research ethics. The course will examine "individual-centered" epidemiology and "macro-epidemiology" to assess population impact and inform health policy.Sample Reading List:Leon Gordis, EpidemiologyLouise B. Russell, Educated Guesses. Making Policy about Medical Screening TestKoepsell, Thomas D. and Noel S. Weiss, Epidemiologic Methods: Studying the Occurrence of IllnessJohn Snow, On the Mode of Communication of CholeraR. Doll and A.B. Hill, Mortality in Relation to Smoking: Ten Year's ObservationsR. Kirschstein, Largest US Clinical Trial Ever Gets Under Way


Experiential Learning and Internship Opportunities

As part of the concentration, we would like for students to have the opportunity (or requirement) to do an experiential learning experience whether it be in Des Moines or elsewhere. This experience would help students better understand the various fields within Global Public Health that they might be interested in after graduation for career or graduate study.
We have compiled here a number of different possibilities. Some involve relationships in Des Moines that need to be cultivated and some are already set up, standardized options. Most are paid, but there are some that have the option of working out a credit arrangement (as noted).

Des Moines and Iowa

World Food Prize: George Washington Carver Internship.
Unpaid, but can be credit. 12-15 hrs/week. http://www.worldfoodprize.org/about/Carverinternship.htm

La Clinca de la Esperanza.
Sheryl Gutierres from Drake Pharmacy. Sheryl.Gutierres@drake.edu (needs to be developed)

Iowa Department of Public Health-Office of Multicultural Health (minority health program and refugee health program).
Minority Health Program has internship opportunities; never have had anything in Refugee Health Program, but is a possibility to be explored. Janice Edmunds-Wells jwells@idph.state.ia.us

Polk County Health Department.
Working with the minority population in immunization clinic for green card applicants, etc. Scott Slater sslater@co.polk.ia.us (needs to be developed)


United States (outside of Iowa)

Friends of World Food Programme.
Paid internships ranging from Donor Outreacah to Communications. Mainly for college seniors. Friendsofwfp.org

National Institutes of Health. Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research.
Paid (>$2,000 per month stipend). For all levels. Internship includes some research as well as lectures. http://www.training.nih.gov/student/sip/

Centers for Disease Control. Student Educational Employment Programs:
Student Careers Employment Program-at least 640 work hours that may lead to CDC job in a field related to academic study.
Student Temporary Employment Program-more flexible program with temporary employment in any field. http://www.cdc.gov/employment/studentjobs.htm#pubhealthtrain

Department of Homeland Security. Customs and Border Control Agriculture Specialist Intern.
2 year internship post-grad $29,000+ Studentjobs.gov

The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars.
Program similar to study abroad, but in the US. Take classes and have a placement in an agency in Washington D.C. You pay tuition (around $10,000 for program and housing fees) and take classes while completing the internship.


International

Internships:
International Fund for Agricultural Development.
Paid 6 month internships ($600/month) in Rome. http://www.ifad.org/job/intern/index.htm

United Nations Environmental Programme.
Paid 3-6 month internships. Variety of areas. http://www.unep.org/vacancies/default.asp?vac_level=Interns


Study Abroad Options: (coordinated with Jen Hogan jen.hogan@drake.edu)
Drake
Global Public Health in South Africa with Professor DeLaet (Summer 2009)

SIT Programs
Brazil-Public Health and Community Welfare
Kenya-Development, Health and Society
Mali-Gender, Health and Development
South Africa-Community Health
Switzerland-Development Studies and Public Health

CIEE Programs
“Study Argentina” Public Health

IES Programs
Santiago (Chile) Health Studies Summer Program
Funding Sources

As developing new curriculum and projects requires new funding sources, we have compiled here some ideas for places to look for possible funding. Much of this is grant funding through Federal agencies and departments.

http://grants.gov/
A database established by the Federal Government. Contains information on over 1,000 grant programs. Gives grants for a broad range of causes and organizations, including grants that individuals may apply for, which include public health issues.

http://www.federalgrantswire.com/
A free resource for federal grants, government grants and loans. Also contains information on the application process for various grants. A very broad database covering a wide range of subjects. Examples of Public Health grants include grants focusing on research, public awareness, and further education.

http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/flash/frequentused.htm
A resource of the National Cancer Institute (Part of the National Institutes of Health, under the Department of Health and Human Services). Lists 8 major funding areas and the grant resources typically used. Largely aimed at the medical community but may offer resources for students at the levels of public awareness and further education.

http://www.nih.gov/
Website of the National Institutes of Health. Many of their grant opportunities are aimed at the medical community, however they do have some undergraduate and student grants. Most of the subjects any grants or funding would deal with would be applicable to public health. Also has internship opportunities.



The state offices of most Representatives and Senators have staff dedicated to assisting constituents with the federal grant process.

Senator Tom Harkin
http://harkin.senate.gov/
210 Walnut StreetRoom 733, Federal BuildingDes Moines, IA 50309(515) 284-4574 Phone(515) 284-4937 Fax

Senator Charles Grassley
http://grassley.senate.gov/public/
Des Moines 721 Federal Building 210 Walnut Street
Des Moines, IA 50309
(515) 288-1145
Fax: (515) 288-5097


Congressman Leonard Boswell
http://boswell.house.gov/
300 East Locust, Suite 320 Des Moines, IA 50309 Phone: (515) 282-1909 Fax: (515) 282-1785 Toll Free Phone: (888) 432-1984
Career Options

In helping students choose courses for the concentration, we have comiled a list of possible careers that might direct students to a particular area of interest. We hope that this list is not seen as inclusive of all careers involving an education in global public health; rather, a list showing the diversity of careers available. This list will also be useful for students that are considering graduate studies and wish to specialize in any particular area.
The careers have been broken down into different areas including Health Policy and Management, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Behavioral Science and Health Education, Health Communications, Environmental Health Sciences, International and Global Health, Public Health Preparedness and Function, and Family Health.



Health Policy and Management
Academic Policy Advisor
Legislative Policy Advisor
Management Policy Advisor
Hospital/Managed Care Administrator, Health Facilities
Program Evaluation & Planning, State Health Dept.
Information Systems Manager, Industry/Corporate
Health Services Research Analyst, University
Policy Analyst, Federal Government
Epidemiology
State Epidemiologist
Research Epidemiologist
Pharmacoepidemiologist
Director of Infectious/Chronic Diseases, Local/State Health Dept.
Outcomes Researcher, Industry/Corporate
CDC Investigator, Federal Government
Biostatistics
Data Management Director, State Health Dept.
Director of Clinical Trials, Industry/Corporate
Program Evaluation Analyst, Federal Government
Behavioral Science and Health Education
Behavior Scientist
Health Educator
Mental Health Researcher
Consumer Information Director, Voluntary Health Agencies
Program Planning & Evaluation, Local Health Dept.
Health Promotion Specialist, Industry/Corporate
Health Communications
Communications Specialist
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Post Presentation Addendums

In looking at the GPH programs at other institutions: think about what programs are at public or private schools as well as whether these institutions have med schools that classes are borrowed from.

In the Bibliography, include Laurie Garrett’s books.

In experiential learning, look at opportunities in Insurance. Also, explore further relationships that the pharmacy school has.

In funding, look at the availability of private funds.

In career options, include careers in insurance, advocacy, fundraising. Pfizer sites were the resources. As well as the career options book published by Pfizer.