PBHLTH 260W
Infectious Diseases
The purpose of this course is to provide students with knowledge and approach to understand key principles that apply to infectious diseases recognized to be of major public health importance in the USA and globally. The students will learn about the important infectious disease issues and obstacles that arise at the population level, and how to address them through science, public health practices, and policy.
Topics
- 2. understand US and WHO-recommended immunization practices and policies, as well as common obstacles to their universal implementation. 1. understand definitions used in discussing, describing, and reporting about infectious diseases. 3. propose new ideas about how to address obstacles related to immunization policies; challenges in developing new vaccines. 4. know about the major drug-resistant infectious disease problems in the US and abroad; factors that select for drug resistance, and what needs to be done to prevent and control the spread of drug-resistant infections. 5. describe hospital infection surveillance systems; hospital infection control stewardship principles. 6. understand the rationale behind screening tests for HIAIDs and other STIs. 7. describe approaches to hepatitis screening, blood donation and blood bank screening for hepatitis viruses; differences in TB contact tracing programs in the US and elsewhere; BCG vaccination vs preventive treatment for latent TB infection in the USA.
Official catalogue course objectives and student learning outcomes
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027