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Responses to the HIV/AIDS pandemic involve physicians, nurses, public health workers, biomedical and behavioral science researchers, and many volunteers. The public health skills needed to be effective in HIV/AIDS prevention programs include understanding the biological basis of public health, epidemiology and biostatistics, information systems, health planning and management, evaluation and other skills that all students should develop during their Masters program. HIV/AIDS prevention, however, requi res special knowledge as well: knowledge of the epidemiology; pathogenesis and modes of transmission of the virus and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs); knowledge of behavioral science research techniques; knowledge of communication and health education theory, strategies and programs; and familiarity with the information resources available from domestic and international programs.
Two departments have concentrations in HIV/AIDS. The Department of International Health's Communication and Behavior Science Track and the Department of Biostatistics/Epidemiology HIV/AIDS Track.
Last modified: 12 July 96