This course introduces basic concepts relevant to Communicable Diseases, their causative agents, transmission, prevention and control. Emphasis is placed on the value of early case detection and surveillance; investigation of suspect reports, and protection of the susceptible populati
This course brings three environmental health matters into focus: the threat of vector-borne diseases; the proper management of waste disposal system (septic tanks); and the management of a food-borne outbreak.
Students, in this course, will be exposed to the reality of planning and developing a Public Health program including monitoring and evaluation. With guidance from the faculty, students will undertake a project to develop an Action Plan or Workplan (in relation to their employment or
This course introduces the concepts of planning and plan writing to include all phases of the planning cycle (planning, training, exercising, and analysis). The concepts of objective-based planning, planning by consensus, and developing, conducting and evaluating disaster exercises ar
This course introduces concepts used in Emergency Health Management in Palau, including Operations, Command and Control. It also discusses other operational principles, such as rapid needs assessment, risk communications, behavioral health, responders’ safety protection, public health
This course focuses on selected aspects of specific types of hazards: natural, technological, biological, etc. The most frequent manifestations, or phenomenology, of each hazard, the primary consequences, such as morbidity, disability and mortality, are also addressed. The Course emph
This course covers the key concepts used in Emergency Health Management. It discusses the basic terminology and defines it, including hazard, disaster, risk, vulnerability, capacity, resilience and other relevant terms. Core Public Health Functions and values within Emergency Health M
This course introduces the concepts, definition, principles, and main functions of Social Health, including the determinants that forge the relationship between health and the evolution in life of individuals and society as a whole. Topics that will be covered include: food as a polit
This course introduces the concepts, definition, principles, and main functions of Health Services Management, including good management practices, vital at district level health care. The course will also put management theories and concepts into practical examples and exercises. Top
This course introduces the basic principles of Public Health theory and practice, and it includes ethical issues relevant to the Essential Public Health Functions and the core competencies related to them. Specific Public Health issues relevant to Palau and comparisons of Palau’s situ