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Personal and Community Health OER

Professor Information

  • Instructor: Lisa Millsaps-Graham, PhD, MPH
  • Office location: Online
  • Office hrs:
  • Remote office hrs via: Google Voice, Blackboard Ultra Chat, Zoom or email
  • Contact emails:
    • LMillsaps@brooklyn.cuny.edu
    • ProfessorMillsapsGraham@gmail.com
  • Office phone: Google Voice number 347-395-5493 (You can text there too)

  • Number: HNSC 1100
  • Name: Personal and Community Health Semester

Required Texts

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Our class uses Open Education Resources (OER) in replacement of the textbooks and is therefore a Zero Cost course. This means there is no textbook students need to purchase. All materials are on the course website.


To unlock these chapters, the professor will provide students with a password.

Current Semester Syllabus

Each semester has a different syllabus. Download the print syllabus for this semester.  Readings are listed on this OER site by "Topic".

Course General Info

Basic health concepts. Personal responsibility for health maintenance and improvement for individuals, families, and communities. *Starting Fall 2019 Satisfies Pathways Flexible Core Scientific World requirement.

By the end of the semester, students will be able to:

  • Identify and utilize reliable sources of personal and community health resources.
  • Identify the major behavioral, environmental social, medical determinants of health highlighting the impact on class and race/ethnicity.
  • Identify risk factors of ill-health and strategies to enhance health status in all communities.

By the end of this course students will be able to:

  • Apply scientific knowledge to assess critically health data/information and indicators of health status at individual, societal, and structural levels.
  • Demonstrate analytical and communication skills for diverse audiences.
  • Demonstrate basic knowledge of health concepts and evidence-based practice for use in the academic context.
  • Demonstrate the importance of professional behavior, ethics, and human rights.

Helpful Information on Accessing Resources Remotely

To access some items you need to use your CUNYFirst login and others you will need to enter a password given to you by your professor.

The following icons will let you know what you will need to do to access the items. 

If an item has no icon, then you don't need to do anything to access it.

Off-campus access. You will be prompted to enter your Brooklyn College ID and login.Off-campus access. Use your CUNYfirst Username and Password to log in (same credentials for logging into Blackboard).

Password protected iconPassword protected item.  You will be prompted to enter the password given to you by your Professor.

open access item.Open Access item.  Free to use, no need to create an account to access.

internet archive resource.Internet Archive Item. Need to create a free Internet Archive account to access items fully.

NYTimes logo.Items located on the NYTimes site, access with free CUNY account.

Wall Street Journal logo (wsj initials).Items located on Wall Street Journal site, access with free CUNY account.


Need assistance with off-campus access? Go to the library's Library Remote Access page for assistance and instructions.

The Brooklyn College Library's electronic resources (e.g. journals, ebooks, databases, etc.) are available to registered students, faculty, and staff when off-campus, including while abroad.

IMPORTANT:

  • To authenticate for remote access to Library databases you will be prompted to use your CUNYfirst Username and Password to log in (same credentials for logging into Blackboard). You may see a redirection screen to the new login screen.
  • Using Firefox as your browser is recommended.
  • For further assistance go to the library's Ask a Librarian or read more on Library Remote Access.

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All CUNY members have free access to The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and the Chronicle of Higher Education.

  • Use CUNY.edu email to sign up.
  • Faculty & staff renew every year.
  • Students have access until graduation.
    • renewal requires working CUNY.edu address.  

NY Times: Anyone who initiates an account will have an active subscription for one year from the date she/he creates the account. If you already have an annual subscription to the NYTimes, you can cancel it and will receive a refund. However, if you only have a monthly subscription, the New York Times will not issue a refund for that month.

Newspaper Icons

NYTimes logo.Items located on the NYTimes site, access with free CUNY account.

Wall Street Journal logo (wsj initials).Items located on Wall Street Journal site, access with free CUNY account.