EC.S11
Special Subject at the Edgerton Center
Seminar combining lectures and lab run by students and academic staff at the Edgerton Center. Students explore specialized electronics, robotics, or mechanical design and fabrication topics not offered in the regular curriculum; classes range from beginner level to more advanced. Some offerings may be taught in an intensive fashion (meeting for up to several times a week for four weeks). Up to three sequential seminars may be offered per semester, covering a different topic each time. Students can take one or all of the seminars.
Fall 2005 · Engineering Capacity in Community-Based Healthcare
Topics
- Syllabus, Organization of Course
- Health and Challenges in Developing Countries
- Background Information
- Round Table Discussion of Findings from Students
- Round Table Discussion of Proposals from Students
- Presentation of the Outlined Proposal
- Individual Presentations from Students
- Presentation of Each Team
- Presentation of the Outline Proposal
- Proposal Development
- Stakeholder Analysis
- Project Evaluation
- Presentation of Each Group Final Proposal
Readings
- Amoroso, A., et al. “Improving on success: what treating the urban poor in America can teach us about improving antiretroviral programmes in Africa.” AIDS 18, supplement 3 (2004): S39-S43.
- Burnett, A., et al. “Caring for people with HIV in Zambia: are traditional healers and formal health workers willing to work together?” AIDS Care 11, no. 4 (1999): 481-491.
- Free, M. J. “Achieving appropriate design and widespread use of health care technologies in the developing world. Overcoming obstacles that impede the adaptation and diffusion of priority technologies for primary health care.” International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics 85, supplement 1 (2004): S3-S13.
- Fylkenses, K., et al. “Studying dynamics of the HIV epidemic: population-based data compared with sentinel surveillance in Zambia.” AIDS 12 (1998): 1227-1234.
- Garbus, L. “Country AIDS Policy Analysis Project: HIV/AIDS in Zambia.” AIDS Policy Research Center, University of California San Francisco, March 2003.
- Glick, P. “Scaling up HIV Voluntary Counseling and Testing in Africa: What Can Evaluation Studies Tell Us About Potential Prevention Impacts?” Evaluation Review 29, no. 4 (August 2005): 331-357.
- Grassly, N. C. “The economic impact of HIV/AIDS on the education sector in Zambia.” AIDS 17 (2003): 1039-1044.
- Jones, D. L., et al. “Influence of Partner Participation on Sexual Risk Behavior Reduction Among HIV-Positive Zambian Women.” Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine 82, no. 3, supplement 4 (2005): iv92-100.
- Kimuna, S. R., and Y. K. Djamba. “Wealth and Extramarital Sex Among Men in Zambia.” International Family Planning Perspectives 31, no. 2 (2005): 83-89.
- Kitahata, M. M., et al. “Comprehensive health care for people infected with HIV in developing countries.” BMJ 325 (October 26, 2002): 954-957.
- Ndubani, P., et al. “Understanding young men’s sexual health and prospects for sexual behaviour change in rural Zambia.” Scand J Public Health 31 (2003): 291-296.
- Omari, A., et al. “Infant-feeding practices of mothers of known HIV status in Lusaka, Zambia.” Health Policy and Planning 18, no. 2 (2003): 156-162.
- Perez, F., et al. “Implementing a rural programme of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Zimbabwe: first 18 months of experience.” Tropical Medicine and International Health 9, no. 7 (July 2004): 774-83.
- Slonim-Nevo, V., and L. Mukuka. “AIDS-Related Knowledge, Attitudes and Behavior Among Adolescents in Zambia.” AIDS and Behavior 9, no. 2 (June 2005): 223-32.
- Stringer, E. M., et al. “Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Africa: successes and challenges in scaling-up a nevirapine-based program in Lusaka, Zambia.” AIDS 17 (2003): 1377-1382.
- “Voices from Zambian communities: Experiences of HIV/AIDS-related treatment in urban and rural settings.” International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2004.
- Ministry of Health, Republic of Zambia. “National HIV/AIDS Policy.” May 2004, Final Draft.
- For Subtopic 1.1: Access to ART Chi, B. H., et al. “Perceptions toward HIV, HIV screening, and the use antiretroviral medications: a survey of maternity-based health care providers in Zambia.” International Journal of STD and AIDS 15 (2004): 685-690.
- Chisenga, M., et al. “Factors Affecting the Duration of Exclusive Breastfeeding Among HIV-Infected and -Uninfected Women in Lusaka, Zambia.” J Hum Lact 21, no. 3 (2005): 266-75.
- Nsutebu, E. F., et al. “Scaling-up HIV/AIDS and TB home-based care: lessions from Zambia.” Health Policy and Planning 16, no. 3 (2001): 240-7.
- Editorial. “ICN International Perspectives: Nurses in Zambia gain access to antiretroviral treatment.” International Nursing Review 51 (2004): 6-12.
- “Stigmatization, Discrimination in the Context of Care.” Health & Development Networks, 2001.
- For Subtopic 1.2: Diagnostics
- Forum for Collaborative HIV Research. “Transfer of HIV Monitoring Technologies into Resource-Poor Settings: Moving the Field Forward.” Report from February 26, 2005 workshop, Washington DC.
- For Subtopic 2.1: Linkage
- Heywood, A., E. Nielsen, and S. Orzeszyna. “Assessment of the Zambian Health Management Information System.” Euro Health Group , 2005.
- For Subtopic 2.2: Support Wolff, B., et al. “Evaluation of a home-based voluntary counselling and testing intervention in rural Uganda.” Health Policy and Planning 20, no. 2 (2005): 109-116.
- For Subtopic 2.2: Support
Fall 2004 · Practical Electronics
You can build a wide range of practical electronic devices if you understand a few basic electronics concepts and follow some simple rules. These devices include light-activated and sound-activated toys and appliances, remote controls, timers and clocks, and motorized devices. The subject begins with an overview of the fundamental concepts, followed by a series of laboratory exercises that demonstrate the basic rules, and a final project.
Prerequisites & course information
Prereq: None G (IAP) Units arranged Can be repeated for credit.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- MIT OpenCourseWare ↗Fall 2005
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- MIT OpenCourseWare ↗Fall 2004
- MIT OCW calendar ↗
- MIT OCW syllabus ↗
- Historical MIT OpenCourseWare offering. Named reading entries and schedule topics are automatically extracted from the linked source pages.
- Historical MIT OpenCourseWare offering. Named reading entries and schedule topics are automatically extracted from the linked source pages.