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Course Description
This online course has been developed by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and provides an introduction to global tobacco control. It presents the health and economic burden of tobacco use worldwide and highlights practical approaches to tobacco prevention, control, surveillance, and evaluation. Through lectures, quizzes, and discussion, the course examines transnational tobacco control issues including the following: the interpretation and packaging of epidemiological evidence for policy-makers, the determinants of tobacco addiction, the economics of global tobacco control, tobacco industry strategies, tobacco control approaches, and basic surveillance and evaluation methods.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course students should be able to do the following:- Understand the scope of the health and economic burden of tobacco use worldwide
- Understand the impact of transnational tobacco companies
- Describe the components of a comprehensive tobacco control strategy
- Critically evaluate tobacco control intervention strategies
- Access information resources on tobacco and health
Semester
The course is offered during 2nd Term, October 27 - December 22, 2005.
Credits
The course has been designed as part of the Master of Public Health curriculum at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. 3 credits.
Cost
The cost of the course is $1,935. The course may be offered to international students at a lower cost (see details).
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