Table 2.
Prevalence of PH/GH offerings and PH/GH message courses
| e-Survey (N = 186) | |
|---|---|
| N (%) | |
| Degree program | |
| Major | 30 (16.1) |
| Minor | 41 (22) |
| Concentration | 15 (8.1) |
| Any of above | 62 (33.3) |
| Any + IS | 80 (43.1) |
| Core courses* | |
| Intro to PH | 65 (40) |
| Global health | 68 (36.6) |
| Epidemiology | 68 (36.6) |
| Statistics† | 147 (79) |
| Environmental health | 57 (30.6) |
| Health structures/economics | 63 (33.9) |
| Other public health message courses | |
| Bioethics | 111 (59.7) |
| Maternal/child health | 24 (12.9) |
| Health policy | 59 (31.7) |
| Food systems/security | 53 (28.5) |
| Medical anthropology | 62 (33.3) |
| Sociology of health | 85 (45.7) |
| Social/community psychology | 87 (46.8) |
| PH/GH capstone | 58 (33) |
| PH/GH practicum | 79 (44.6) |
| Public health course offerings message scores‡ | |
| Health message score–unweighted§ | 6.1 (4.1, 0–15) |
| Health message score–weighted§ | 4.6 (3.1, 0–11) |
IS = independent study; PH/GH = public health or global health.
*
Core courses are generally based on Gebo et al.11 with the addition of Introduction to Public Health and Global Health; other message courses are listed in table.
†
Including bio or medical or Introduction to statistical concepts.
‡
Scores for each of the colleges were calculated based on the message courses reported in the current curriculum.
§
Unweighted: presence of each course offering is weighted as 1; weighted: each core offering is weighted as 1, each noncore is weighted as 0.5.