Fall 2024 Population and Family Health P8638 section 001

Digital Technology & Health Across The L

DIG TECH & HLTH ACRSS LIF

Call Number 15763
Day & Time
Location
R 4:00pm-6:50pm
To be announced
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Philip J Kreniske
Type LECTURE
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description Digital technology is permeating nearly every sphere of public health, from the way that hospitals store and share records, to the way that parents interact with and ultimately raise their children. Understanding how new technologies present potential opportunities for intervention across the life course is a critical area of study for future health practitioners and researchers. This course will also cover how digital technologies can increase health risks.

Course topics will span the lifecourse (children, adolescents, adulthood and end-of-life) and the globe. Specific topics of study will include: immunization registries, text-based interventions and teen pregnancy; media and youth development; HIV, sexual behaviors, and cell phones; mobile dating and sexual health; mobile technology in displaced and refugee populations; diversity, technology and life transitions.

After completing this course, students will be well positioned to understand the current digital technologies, and to create and critique the technologies of the future. Students will be able to effectively analyze research studies and identify developmental and technological characteristics that contribute to risk and opportunities for protection. Students will formulate initiatives that reduce the potential risks and maximize potential protective characteristics using current health technology.
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Department Population and Family Health
Enrollment 15 students (20 max) as of 9:06AM Saturday, December 14, 2024
Subject Population and Family Health
Number P8638
Section 001
Division School of Public Health
Open To GSAS, Public Health
Section key 20243POPF8638P001