Professor Miguel E. Marrero Medina
has a broad background in social
sciences and psychology specifically
addressed to health, behavioral,
social, and political issues. His
areas of interest are emotions and
health, HIV adherence,
suggestion/suggestibility, learned
helplessness and optimism, medical
compliance in cancer patients and
evaluating needs in HIV and cancer
patients/survivors in Puerto Rico.
He was professor at the MBA in
Leadership, from the Human
Development Institute. Since the
year 2005 he have been collaborating
with Higher Professional
Consultants, Inc., as a
psycho-educative trainer. He offers
trainings/workshops in private and
public schools to teachers, parents
and students. He had been described
as an excellent motivator and public
speaker and a visionary leader with
proven change management skills such
as training, motivating, and
coaching teams to exceed
organizational objectives.
Currently, he is a faculty member at
the Public Health Program from Ponce
School of Medicine and Health
Sciences.
He earned a bachelor degree in
Social Sciences at University of
Puerto Rico and a master degree in
psychology (DEA) at Complutense
University of Madrid where he is
writing his doctoral dissertation in
cognitive psychology. Ha has a MPH
in the area of Health Promotion from
Be. In the past ten years, he has
also taken courses of continuous
education at various universities
and colleges from Puerto Rico and
Spain, primarily focusing on health
and psychology. He is currently
principal researcher for a project
entitled Learned Helplessness
among Other Psych- emotional Factors
as Predictors and Modulators of
Health Compliance among Female
Breast Cancer Survivors.
Miguel E. Marrero
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MPH 5201 PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS
OF PUBLIC HEALTH – This course is designed to develop in the
student basic literacy regarding psycho – social concepts and processes
that influence health status and public health interventions. It will
focus on the contribution of social and behavioral sciences to the
understanding of the distribution, etiology, and solution of public
health problems. The course content, pretend to introduce the student in
the study of the socio-ecological factors responsible for health
/related behaviors that lead to morbidity and premature mortality.
During the class the student would also be able to analyze the current
trends in the psychological, social and community dimensions of the
health research. The coursework emphasize in the principles of social
and environmental factors responsible for health behavior.
MPH 6120 SURVEY DESIGN - This course is an overview of the
questionnaires and surveys design process with a Public Health focus. In
this course the students would get knowledge, understanding the
methodology of questionnaires and survey research. The class content
addresses the selection, development, and analysis of various types of
instruments and procedures for collecting research data in the public
health and epidemiological scenario. This program considers practical
aspects in the construction of questionnaires including: determining
questionnaire content, selection of item types and wording of items,
selection of an administration method, and locating existing
questionnaires. The course has a quantitative focus and is oriented
toward public health and epidemiological research.
MPH 7501 BEHAVIORAL ASPECTS OF HEALTH DISORDERS - This
course will examine current issues related to cognitive and behavioral
foundations of public health specifically considering health disorders.
This is a relatively new field of public health that emphasize in the
mental, emotional, behavioral and social factors that affect the onset,
duration, recovery and prevention of physical illnesses in the society.
It will focus on the contribution of social and behavioral sciences to
the understanding of the distribution, etiology, and solution of public
health problems. Frameworks will be examined in the content of
multi-layered social systems and temporal processes of change.
MPH 7601 HEALTH PROMOTION & DISEASE PREVENTION - The
course introduces students to concepts, structures and activities in
public health practice directed toward the prevention of disease at
different levels and promotion of health. Emphasis will be made on how
knowledge from epidemiological studies can be utilized to develop public
health policies and prevention health promotion strategies.
MPH 8003 METHODOLOGY & RESEARCH - The purpose of this
course is to present the applicable principles and methods in the public
health research related disciplines. It supposes a reflexive and
critical analysis of the problems and factors to consider in the
construction, the development and the applications of research
techniques. The class will work and analyze the use and application of
qualitative and quantitative techniques in public health related
research projects. The study of diverse methods and techniques will
emphasize in the design and development of studies in the different
public health related disciplines. It intends to prepare the student in
the areas related to develop independent investigation.
DRP 6253 SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN IN PUBLIC HEALTH;
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE - This course, designed for students
who are already familiar with basic biostatistics and epidemiological
concepts and methods, is an overview of the questionnaires and surveys
design process with an epidemiological focus. The course provides an
introduction to survey and questionnaire design. Participants will learn
important information about the survey process in general and apply what
was learned immediately to their own survey project. In this course the
students would get knowledge, understanding the methodology of
questionnaires and survey research.
DPH 7113 MENTAL HEALTH EPIDEMIOLOGY - This course,
designed for students who are already familiar with basic epidemiologic
concepts and methods, is an overview of the epidemiology of mental
illness. The course reviews descriptive and analytic epidemiology for
major mental disorders of childhood, adulthood, and late adult life. It
will also examine issues of classification and the nosology of
psychiatric disorders as well as operational case definitions and the
measurement techniques to enhance field surveys and risk factor
research. A mayor emphasis of the course is on methods and problems of
the epidemiologic study of mental illness, particularly as these differ
from epidemiologic study of other types of illnesses.
DRP 7173 SOCIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY - Social epidemiology is
defined as explicitly investigating social determinants of population
distribution of health, disease and well being, rather than treating
such determinants as mere background to biomedical phenomena. In this
course students will explore Social Epidemiology’s theory and practice.
Also, they will identify and reflect on the advantages and obstacles
that social epidemiologists face as agents of social change. This will
be done with special emphasis of the implications for clinical practice
and research.Courses that
could teach:
MPH: Fundamentals of
Public Health, Psychosocial Aspects of Public Health, Scientific
Writing, Qualitative Methods, Public Health Case Studies in PH,
Health Disparities, Survey Design, Health Promotion and Disease
Prevention, Program Planning and Evaluation in Public Health,
Research Methodology, Aging in Public Health, Behavioral Aspects ff
Health Disorders, Violence, Injury And Public Health, Risk
Communication
DrPH: Epidemiology of Diseases of Major Public Health
Importance, Writing Papers in Public Health, Social Epidemiology,
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