Curriculum
Fellows complete three quarters of coursework and internship activities. Each quarter consists of 10 weeks.
| Qtr 1 | Qtr 2 | Qtr 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Science of Prevention | Demystifying Health Data | Assessment & Impact |
| Design Thinking 4 Engaging Community | Theory & Practice of Behavior Change | |
| Healthy Living (Nutrition, Activity, etc.) | Community Service Learning Internship (PM & weekends possible) | Community Service Learning Internship (PM & weekends possible) |
| Program and Internship Engagement Class | Program and Internship Engagement Class | Program and Internship Engagement Class |
Course Descriptions
Quarter 1:
Science of Prevention
Lisa Goldman Rosas, PhD, MPH and Randy Stafford, MD, PhD
Explores and critiques the U.S. health care and prevention system with regards to the behavioral and social stigmas surrounding the health risks discussed. With further examination of health disparities and leading causes of death, the course will combine both a domestic and international perspective on health care prevention in order to think critically about effective solutions from the outlooks of multiple sectors in the community.
Design Thinking 4 Engaging Community
Jodi Prochaska, PhD, MPH
In conjunction with the Design School, students participate in Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) and work with focus groups in order to learn about optimal strategies for engaging the community. Concepts such as Roger’s Dissemination Theory, key informant methodology, and the relevant measures of impact and evaluation supplement health disparities issues.
Healthy Living
Christopher Gardner, PhD
Nutrition, activity and individual choices are explored in relationship to cultural, race, ethnic, religious, and social economic diversity and chronic disease. Explores tools available for assessing dietary intake, physical activity, smoking, stress and other areas and the strengths and limitations of these tools, as well as the role of policy in promoting healthy behaviors.
Quarter 2:
Demystifying Health Data
Sepideh Modrek, PhD
Interprets health data by focusing and placing an emphasis on key epidemiological topics, including how to interpret and calculate disease statistics, understand common fallacies in data interpretation and presentation, and commonly-encountered approaches to working with key datasets in chronic disease epidemiology.
Theory & Practice of Behavior Change
Jodi Prochaska, PhD, MPH
Course topics include the Health Behavior Model (HBM), Theory of Planned Behavior/Theory of Reasoned Action (TPB/TRA), Preceed vs. Proceed, and self-efficacy. An individual, family, community, and ecological perspective used to consider relevant measurement, evaluation, and analysis of learned material. To put didactics into practice, the course allows students to initiate a self-change project. Possible guest speakers include Larry Green and Jim Prochaska.
Quarter 3:
Assessment & Impact
Sanjay Basu, MD, PhD
An introduction to operations research methods for chronic disease control. Topics include optimization, cost-effectiveness, queuing, Markov chains, system dynamics, data visualization, and how to prepare for the zombie apocalypse.
SPRC Research Lab
H4A faculty team
Independent research opportunities with the Stanford H4A faculty.