HSG 600s


HSG 601 Lifespan Approaches to Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (0.50) LECCourse ID: 001724
This course examines issues in health and disability from a multidisciplinary lifespan perspective. An integrated approach is taken that considers biological, behavioral, and social factors relevant to health and disability at different ages, and locates issues of prevention, treatment, management, and policy within a broadly-based public health orientation.

HSG 603 Health Policy (0.50) LECCourse ID: 010533
A critical analysis of health policy formulation, implementation and evluation related to population health initiatives and health care delivery. The course will include discussion of the role of various regional, provincial, and national agencies in health care policy formation. It will examine various health care systems, their funding and how the Canadian healthcare system compares with systems in other countries. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Instructor Consent Required

HSG 604 Evaluation of Health and Human Service Programs (0.50) LECCourse ID: 001725
Program evaluation is the systematic, utilization focused collection of information for both internal planning purposes and external accountability, accreditation requirements. This comprehensive course will cover needs assessment, marketing and implementation, process/delivery and outcome evaluation. Case examples will be used to illustrate methodological, political and ethical challenges. Course assignments involve working with community or institutional programs of the student's choice.

HSG 605A Survey Research Methods (0.25) LECCourse ID: 010534

HSG 605B Correlation and Regression (0.25) LECCourse ID: 001755
(Cross-listed with KIN 631C)
The use of multiple regression models in the anlysis of multi-variable data sets. Strategies for model builidng, fitting of models, assessing model assumptions and testing hypotheses. Application of these models to problems in the health sciences.

HSG 605C Logistic Regression and Its Application (0.25) LECCourse ID: 001756
(Cross-listed with KIN 631D)
The use of logistic regression for the analysis of multi-variable data sets with binary response. Strategies for model building, fitting of models, assessing model assumptions and testing hypotheses. Use of these models to anlayze prospective studies, case-control studies and cross-sectional studies.

HSG 605D Analysis of Variance I (0.25) LECCourse ID: 001757
(Cross-listed with KIN 631E)
Review of Hypothesis tests and Confidence intervals for paired and unpaired observations. The concept of a designed experiment and its associated model. Analysis of variance for one and two factor experiments including interaction. Contrasts for comparing various treatment means. Use of Residual analysis to check the statistical assumtpions of a design . SAS may be used to obtain listings used in the analysis.

HSG 605E Analysis of Variance II (0.25) LECCourse ID: 001758
(Cross-listed with KIN 631F)
Methods for determining Expected Mean Squares. Design and Analysis of Factorial, Fractional Factorial and Repeated Measures Experiments. Design and Anlysis and other designs as time permits. SAS may be used to obtain listings used in the anlysis .

HSG 605F Introduction to Statistics (0.25) LECCourse ID: 001754
(Cross-listed with KIN 631A)
This course introduces basic statistical concepts as they relate to Kinesiology.

HSG 606 Epidemiological Methods (0.50) LECCourse ID: 001730
An investigation of the epidemiology of selected non-infectious diseases with emphasis on the identification of risk factors and on the methodology of epidemiological investigations.
Prerequisites: HSG 605B and 605C.

HSG 607 Mechanisms of Disease Processes (0.50) LECCourse ID: 010535
The focus of the course is on basic physiological and immunological mechanisms involved in major contemporary health problems, including those which are contributed to by behavioural factors.

HSG 609 Population Intervention Research for Chronic Disease Prevention (0.50) LECCourse ID: 010536
This course introduces concepts, theories and methods pertinent to the conduct of research for population intervention, especially as it relates to chronic disease prevention. Modules introduce ecological, utilitarian and social justice frameworks, ethical challenges, the importance of integrated knowledge translation and new methodologies for informing the development of population interventions. Students gain experience writing and critically reviewing grant proposals.

HSG 610 Program Development and Service Delivery for the Elderly (0.50) LECCourse ID: 001731
The various programs and services, particularly in the non-medical areas, will be discussed. Emphasis will be placed on various programs which are available to the elderly residing in the community, such as home care and homemaking services, various outreach programs, including day hospitals, placement and coordination services, geriatric assessment services, vacation relief beds and foster home programs. The reasons for the changes which have taken place over time will also be investigated. In addition, the cost-effectiveness and methods how such cost-effectiveness can be evaluated will be outlined. As with HSG 703, students in this course will be expected to undertake some field work.

HSG 611 The Health Care System (0.50) LECCourse ID: 013806
This course examines the environment in which health care systems operate, with a focus on policy formulation legislative frameworks, governance structures, and funding models. Special attention is given to issues related to electronic health records and health information systems. A focus on international settings with strong track records in health informatics is central to this course.

HSG 612 Health Informatics I - Data Structures and Standards (0.50) LECCourse ID: 013604
(Cross-listed with CS 792)
This course focuses on health data as a key component of all health informatics systems. Topics include ontologies and other classification taxonomies found in health systems, data standards (with a focus on Canadian implementations of international standards), privacy and security of health data, client/patient assessment tools, and ethical considerations.
Instructor Consent Required

HSG 620 Selected Topics (0.50) RDGCourse ID: 010537
Fall/Winter/Spring Specific topics may include health behaviour change, decision making in health delivery systems, stress coping strategies, risk assessment and management, psychopharmacology and addiction, nutrition and chronic disease, psychosocial factors in disease, accident and injury control, health assessment, health and the aging person, etc.
1 Nutritional Asp of Chronic Dis
2 Tobacco and Health
3 Health Informatics
4 Multidiscipl Seminar on Aging
5 Hlth Info Mgmnt & Aging Popl
6 Assmnt : Community Mental Hlth
7 Genetics of Health & Behaviour
8 Human Nutrition
9 Rev: In-Patient Psychiatry
10 Dietary LCPUFA
11 Psychoneuroimmunology
12 Nutrition and Metabolism
13 Successful Aging and Nutrition
14 Privacy Issues of Hlth Info
15 Admission to Palliative Care
16 Knowledge Exchange in Pop Hlth
17 Cognitive Neurosci of Memory
18 Advanced Nutrition of Youth
19 Exercise Immunology
20 Hlth Care System
21 Hlth Info Systems
22 Analysis & Mgmt of Hlth Info
23 Governance Struc-Hlth Care Sys
24 H Informatics/Decision Making
25 Advanced Topics in Nutrition
26 Govern/Mgmt in Health Orgs
27 Acute Care of the Elderly
28 Sexual Relationships and HIV
29 Youth Smoking&PhysAct Measures
30 Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes
31 Health Knowledge Needs
32 Health Informatics Pedagogy
33 Social Determinants of Health
34 Senior Self-efficacy & Health
35 Sexual Relationships and HIV
36 Health Risk Analysis
37 Health Informatics & Mntl Hlth
38 Mental Health Informatics
39 Decision Making & Support
40 Asp of Environmntl Public Hlth
41 Hlth Comm Effectiveness & SES
42 Hlth Informatics Decision Supp
43 Physical Activity in Seniors
44 Research in Healthy Aging
45 Mass Media and Public Health
46 Qualitative Methods
47 Microbial Public Health
48 Nutrition Labelling in Canada
49 Snowbirds and HIV
50 Health Measurement
51 Contextual Influence on Health
52 Review of Aboriginal Health
53 Tobacco Control Harm Reduction
54 Telemedicine: Care at Distance
55 Advanced Seminar in Aging
56 Survey Methods
57 Brain in Health and Disease
58 Survival Analysis
59 Qualitative Research Methods
60 Nutrition Behaviour Assessment
61 School Nutrition Programs
62 MH Assessment & Care Planning
63 Impact of Nutrition Labels
64 Perspectives on Aging
65 Cannabis and Harm Reduction
66 Risk Perceptions Among Smokers
67 Research in Alzheimer Disease
68 Health, the Body, and Society
69 Health Issues & Kids in Care
70 Mechanism of Syndrome X
71 Sexual Health Promo & Seniors

HSG 620Q Health Communications (0.50) RDGCourse ID: 011245

HSG 641 Practicum (0.50) PRACourse ID: 010253
Fall/Winter/Spring The supervised practicum is intended to enhance basic or applied research skills. The placement may involve a combination of research design or program development, data collection (using quantitative or qualitative methods), analyses, interpretation, and presentation. A contract stipulating practicum objectives, and work to be completed to meet these objectives must be jointly approved by the student, the practicum supervisor, the academic supervisor, and the practicum coordinator. A written report by the student, together with a letter from the field supervisor, are used by the co-ordinator to evaluate student performance. This course is intended for Masters level students. Graded on a Cr/NCr basis. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Instructor Consent Required

HSG 651 Analysis and Management of Health Information in Aging Populations (0.50) SEMCourse ID: 013452
The course combines an overview of health policy issues and service delivery with methodological considerations in the analysis of health information from a variety of sources. The topics to be addressed may include the role of health information in evidence-based practice and policy development; basic concepts of demography and health information management; secondary data analysis; case-mix based funding systems; performance indicators, quality, and accountability in health care; clinical applications of health data; need analysis; cost analysis; international comparisons.
Instructor Consent Required

HSG 652 Decision Making and Decision Support in Health (0.50) SEMCourse ID: 013454
One of the major aims of health informatics is to help health professionals make better decisions. To this end, diverse models and methods of decision making and decision support have been developed and implements in health care settings. This course reviews theories, methods, and technologies for aiding the process of making decisions in health care.
Instructor Consent Required

HSG 654 Knowledge Mobilzation to Serve Society (0.50) SEMCourse ID: 012851
(Cross-listed with ARTS 600)
The goal of knowledge transfer is to make publicly-funded research more useful to policy, practice, and the public. In this interdisciplinary course students learn how to gather, evaluate, synthesize and summarize scholarly knowledge in ways that meet the needs, timeframes, culture, and realities of stakeholders. Students will examine strategies and techniques used in a variety of fields to make research findings more useful and usable beyond the academy. Experts from the areas of policy, media, and practice will offer their perspectives on knowledge transfer and the need for increased research impact.

HSG 655 Building Community-University Research Alliances (0.50) SEMCourse ID: 012969
(Cross-listed with ARTS 601)
This interdisciplinary course examines the impediments to, as well as those developments that facilitate, community-university partnerships from historic, cross-cultural, and empirical perspectives. Community is defined broadly to include local social service organizations, health practitioners, policy makers, and commercial enterprises. Students develop research alliances relevant to their areas of study, skills, and interests. Through the development of research alliances students learn how to facilitate the uptake of existing research to increase organizational capacity for sustainability and innovation.

HSG 671 Psychopharmacology and Addiction (0.50) LECCourse ID: 010230
The objectives of this course are to provide a basic understanding of psychopharmacology and the process of drug addiction. Topics addressed will include: i) basic principles of pharmacology, ii) factors that contribute to individual differences in drug response, iii) mechanisms of drug action on neurotransmission, iv) major neurotransmitter systems of the brain and how these are influenced by psychoactive drugs, and v) theories of addiction, including a consideration of the interaction of biological with behaviour and socio-cultural factors.
Antirequisite: HLTH 471.

HSG 672 Epidemiologic Methods in Aging Research (0.50) LECCourse ID: 012868
(Cross-listed with PSYCH 788)
This course introduces the application of epidemiologic methods to the study of older persons. This lecture/discussion will present core epidemiologic concepts and methodologic issues in epidemiologic students of older persons. We will then study predictors of health and three major health outcomes: longevity/mortality, functional status/disability, and disease. Students will critically evaluate epidemiologic studies in aging research and will investigate a specific topic in this field in depth.

HSG 677 Fundamentals of Behavioural Neuroscience (0.50) LECCourse ID: 002626
(Cross-listed with PSYCH 677A, KIN 687)
This survey course will be team-taught by members of the collaborative program, and will serve to introduce students to major subareas of ongoing behavioural neuroscience research at Waterloo. Topics will include cognitive psychopathology, apraxia, topics in visual neuroscience, early experience and brain development, cognitive electrophysiology, human locomotion, neuropathology of schizophrenia, object recognition, hemispheric specialization, motor control and psychoneuroimmunology.

HSG 700s


HSG 720 Advanced Topics (0.50) RDGCourse ID: 010539
An in-depth analysis of specific topics of interest. Representative topics may include advanced epidemiological and statistical methods for health research, cancer prevention and control, advanced health program evluation, psychoneuroimmunology, addictions, caregiver issues, etc. The form of the study may include a literature review or the planning and execution of and execution of an independent study leading to a mamor paper for possible publication.
1 Caregiver Strain
2 Nutrition and Chronic Disease
3 Health Effects of PM, etc.
4 Advanced Program Evaluation
5 Frontiers of HI Research
6 Exposure Analysis Methods
7 Grp Dynamics&Comm of Practise
8 Advanced Program Evaluation
9 Knowledge Exchange in Pop Hlth
10 Readings in Health Informatics
11 KE and Popn HProm
12 Innovative Health Promotion
13 Radical Interpretive Research
14 Advanced Qualitative Research
15 First Nations Diet and Health
16 Advanced Statistics
17 Poverty and Smoking
18 Nutrition Knowledge Assessment
19 Methods of Survival Analysis
20 Health Policy in Public Health
21 Determinants of Cancer Risk
22 Nutrition & Cancer Risk
23 Env Tox in Public Health
24 Contextual Influence on Health
25 Nutritional Assessment Methods
26 Decision Support Systems
27 Immigrants & Healthcare Access
28 Systems Technology Development
29 Work and Mental Health
30 Overview of Forensic MH
31 Metabolic Syndrome Prevention
32 HIV and First Impressions
33 Forensic Mental Health
34 Ergonomic Interventions
35 Spatial Epidemiology

HSG 730 Fundamentals of Work and Health (0.50) LECCourse ID: 013139
(Cross-listed with REC 730, KIN 730)
This course will provide an overview of current thinking on work and health by introducing students to major substantive topices in the area from a multi-disciplinary perspective. The course will critically examine a variety of topics that may be investigated from different disciplinary perspectives. Classes will include presentations by faculty members representing different disciplines in the collaborative program. Examples of topics discussed in a given term may include work-stress relationships, healthy workplaces, and vulnerable populations.

HSG 731 Approaches to Research in Work and Health (0.50) LECCourse ID: 013140
(Cross-listed with REC 731, KIN 731)
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to different ways of designing and implementing research within the topic area of work and health as well as some of the practical, political and ethical challenges. The course content will include an examination of the epistemological positions associated with different types of research questions, analysis of case studies of research in work and health, and discussions of proposed research questions and proposals that examine problems from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. The course will also include presentations by researchers and practitioners from the work and health domain, who will facilitate discussions on the challenges and opportunities of conducting and applying research in this area.

HSG 732A Work and Health Research Seminar (I) (0.00) SEMCourse ID: 013141
(Cross-listed with REC 732A, KIN 732A)
This seminar is a forum for student presentations about results of or proposals for research. Invited speakers will also present results of research from time to time. Attendance at the seminar is required for two terms (i.e., during the candidates' first two years in the program). Attendance beyond that is encouraged. The range of topics that will be addressed in the seminar crosses all areas of investigation in the collaborative program. Grading will be on a credit/no credit basis.

HSG 732B Work and Health Research Seminar (II) (0.00) SEMCourse ID: 013142
(Cross-listed with KIN 732B, REC 732B)
This seminar is a forum for student presentations about results of or proposals for research. Invited speakers will also present results of research from time to time. Attendance at the seminar is required for two terms (i.e., during the candidates' first two years in the program). Attendance beyond that is encouraged. The range of topics that will be addressed in the seminar crosses all areas of investigation in the collaborative program. Grading will be on a credit/no credit basis.

HSG 741 Advanced Practicum (0.50) RDGCourse ID: 001743
The supervised research practicum is intended to enhance basic or applied research skills as demonstrated through previous practica, research assistantships or other research experiences.The placement may involve a combination of research design or program development, data collection (using quantitative or qualitative methods), analyses, interpretation and presentationa. A contract stipulating practicum objectives, and work to be completed to meet these objectives must be approved jointly by the student, the practicum supervisor, the academic supervisor, and the practicum co-ordinator. A written report by the student, together with a letter from the field supervisor, are used by the co-ordinator to evaluate student performance.
Instructor Consent Required
1 Population Health Research

HSG 750 Fundamentals of Aging, Health and Well-being (0.50) LECCourse ID: 012422
(Cross-listed with REC 750, KIN 750)
This survey course will be team-taught by members of the collaborative program and will serve to introduce students to major sub-areas of aging, health and well-being research. Topics will be covered from each Department within the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences.
Prerequisite: Applied Health Sciences PhD Graduate Level Plans only.

HSG 751 Aging, Health and Well-being Research Seminar (0.00) SEMCourse ID: 012426
(Cross-listed with KIN 751, REC 751)
This seminar is a forum for student presentations about results of, or proposals for research. Invited speakers will also present results of research from time to time. Attendance at the seminar is required for two terms (i.e., during the candidates' first two years in the program). The range of topics that will be addressed in the seminar crosses all areas of investigation in the collaborative program. Grading will be on a credit/no credit basis. Must be registered in the PhD program in Aging, Health and Well-being.
Prereq: PhD programs in Aging, Health and Well-being only.