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Health Care Priority Setting – SPHA 533
Being a leader requires knowing how to apply specific tools, criteria and strategies to set priorities and make decisions about… Read More
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Program Planning and Evaluation – SPHA 553
Using the proper tools for program planning and evaluation leads to better decisions that improve the effectiveness and efficiency of… Read More
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Economic Evaluation – SPHA 531
Economic evaluation of health interventions provides a powerful tool to address questions on cost effectiveness. Read More
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Alumni Profile: Andrew Wray
Andrew is particularly interested in the ongoing development of learning opportunities for quality improvement, mechanisms of innovation, the use of… Read More
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Alumni Profile: Dr. Paul Johar
Paul wishes to continually improve his abilities to work collaboratively with the numerous players that comprise the increasingly complex Canadian… Read More
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Home births save money, are safe, UBC study finds
Planned home births saved an average $2,338 compared to a planned hospital birth with a midwife. Read More
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SPPH 581T Science, Values, and Public Policy
This course examines central philosophical issues generated from the intersection of science, human values, and public welfare. Examples include public… Read More
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Screening in pregnancy key to eliminating mother-to-child HIV transmission
Canada has almost eliminated mother-to-child HIV transmission, known as vertical transmission. Read More
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Integrated health care model transforms HIV treatment in South Africa
Providing HIV care at local health clinics in South Africa has led to a massive increase in the number of… Read More
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MSc/PhD candidate Pauline Voon wins Dr. Dorothy J Kergin Fellowship Award
Pauline, who is supervised by Dr. Jane Buxton and Dr. Thomas Kerr, began the MSc program at SPPH in September… Read More
