Board of Trustees Report to the Constituencies
1997
School of Public Health
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| Richard H. Hart, MD, DrPH, dean |
3,680 (includes graduate program students)
Programs offered & number of students
Biostatistics (MPH): 5
Environmental epidemiology (MPH): 4
Environmental health (MPH): 14
Epidemiology (DrPH): 8
Epidemiology (MPH): 45
Health administration (MHA): 12
Health administration (MPH): 60
Health education (DrPH): 10
Health promotion & education (MPH): 101
Health services research (MPH): 5
International health (DrPH): 3
International health (MPH): 36
Maternal & child health (MPH): 16
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| LLU representatives on the scientific committee which developed the Vegetarian Food Guide Pyramid are (from left) Joan Sabaté, MD, DrPH, professor and chair, department of nutrition, School of Public Health; Ella Haddad, DrPH, MS, RD, assistant professor of nutrition, School of Public Health; and Crystal Whitten, MS, RD, instructor in nutrition and dietetics, School of Allied Health Professions. |
Nutrition (DrPH): 8
Nutritional epidemiology (MPH): 1
Preventive care (DrPH): 22
Public health nutrition (MPH): 39
Unspecified non-degree: 25
Total: 414
1997ö98 academic year highlights
Results reported earlier from the Adventist Health Studies found that people with a higher intake of nuts had lower risk for heart attack. Subsequently the benefits of walnuts were reported and two new clinical trials are now investigating the nutritional effects of almonds and pecans. Collectively these studies have generated more than $1 million in external research support.
The summers-only program in mission hospital administration was initiated to strengthen the management capacity of Seventh-day Adventist health-care institutions. Administrators who would otherwise be unable to come on campus for a full-time academic program receive materials and assignments prior to coming to Loma Linda during August for intensive course sessions. The first four-year cycle was completed in 1997 with two graduates. Currently, 15 students are in the program from the following countries: Australia, Guyana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Mexico, Pakistan, Solomon Islands, Tanzania, Tobago, Trinidad, and Venezuela.
After months of dialogue and conceptualizing at various levels of the Church, University, and field sites, Adventist Health International (AHI) was organized to assist the Churchās mission hospitals and clinics. This initiative offers consultation, training, management guidance, equipment, and support.
One of the first sites for AHI assistance is Davis Memorial Hospital in Guyana, where the hospital director was one of the first two graduates from the summers-only program.
The major current AHI project involves expansion and upgrading of Gimbie Hospital in western Ethiopia. The School of Public Health coordinated a group of 28 students and faculty on a field trip to Gimbie during spring break. They assisted with construction of the hospital facility and undertook an evaluation of the management and technical capacity of the institution.
The only university-associated newsletter focusing on vegetarian issues was first published by the School in 1997. The newsletter fills a need for the growing number of people who want accurate, up-to-date, easy-to-understand information about vegetarian diets and the benefits of plant foods. This publication caps more than 50 years of research on vegetarian nutrition at LLU.
Faculty traveled extensively presenting courses and workshops, providing consultation, sharing research findings, and participating in mission trips. Countries visited include Argentina, Canada, Chile, Ethiopia, France, Guyana, India, Nepal, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, and Tobago.
The School has 25 years of experience in offering graduate education in non-traditional formats. A program has been initiated to follow the condensed format for a degree in health administration; two courses will be offered four times per year. Thus, a student could obtain this degree in two years if he or she took all the courses as they were offered.
The evaluation research unit (ERU) conducts evaluations of research quality, while being responsive to public health programming in surrounding communities. ERU received funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A major ERU funding source is an agreement among the County of San Bernardino, Childrenās Network, CDC, and LLU. Funding is approximately $380,000 with four additional years provisionally approved. Other projects include evaluation of a federal Health Start Initiative, teen pregnancy, and youth-directed tobacco interventions.
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