HSCI Human Sexuality | HSCI Global perspectives | HSCI Complementary & alternative medicine
HSCI 170-3 Environmental impacts on human health | HSCI 130-3 Foundations of epidemiology
HSCI 110-3 Perceptions and misperceptions of common health risks
Total Cost
HSCI 141-3 -- Human sexuality and sexual behaviour
HSCI 150-3 -- Current topics in human sexuality
These courses, while different in content, cover similar areas of collection development for the Library and will be assessed together. HSCI 141-3 Human sexuality and sexual behaviour will first be offered in Fall 2005 with an estimated enrollment of 150-250 students. It will be offered annually thereafter. HSCI 150-3 is slated to first be offered in the Fall of 2006 with an expected enrollment of 150-250 students and will also be an annual offering of the department.
Monographs
The existing SFU Library book collection was assessed using Library of Congress subject headings for the topics covered for these courses. Related subject headings and our holdings are listed below:
Birth Control 163
Bisexuality 14
Children and sex: 14
Contraception 60
Fertility, human 134
Gender identity 110
Generative Organs Female 7
Generative Organs Male 17
Health behaviour 39
Hermaphroditism 10
Human reproduction 55
Homosexuality 96
Homosexuality, male 13
Impotence 6
Intimacy Psychology 77
Lesbianism 64
Mass media and sex 8
Men Sexual Behavior 26
Older people -- sexual behavior 12
Psychosexual disorders 14
Safe sex in AIDS prevention 6
Sex 271
Sex and history 7
Sexual orientation 12
Sex biology 55
Sex history 13
Sex in mass media 14
Sex philosophy 8
Sex psychology 215
Sex therapy 25
Sexology 7
Sexual deviation 66
Sexual harassment 22
Sexually transmitted diseases 60
Women Sexual Behavior 48
Young adults sexual behaviour 3
Youth sexual behaviour 14
While the library is collecting in these areas, a more aggressive collections program is necessary. Many of these subject areas will need to be updated and expanded, and a deepening of the core collection is also required.
Estimated monographs total:
one time funds to deepen existing collection: 20 books @ $65/book = $1,300
ongoing funds: 20 books @ $65/book = $1,300
Journals
The Library has current subscriptions to the following titles that will provide useful material for this course:
Archives of sexual behavior
Family planning perspectives (continues as Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health)
International journal of sexuality and gender studies
Journal of family planning and reproductive health care
Journal of homosexuality
Sex Roles
Sexual Abuse: a journal of research and treatment
Sexuality and disability
The Library provides access to the following journals through inclusion in licensed online databases. Direct subscriptions would need to be acquired.
Annual review of sex research -- $124
Canadian journal of human sexuality -- $60
Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health -- $63
Journal of sex education and therapy -- $174
Journal of sex research -- $211
Journal of the history of sexuality -- $175
Possible added titles not held by the SFU library include:
Annual editions: Human sexuality -- $25/volume
Contemporary sexuality -- $114
Culture, health and sexuality -- $619
Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy -- $989
Journal of Psychology and Human Sexuality -- $288
International journal of STD and AIDS -- $680
Sexuality and culture -- $312
Sexualities, evolution and gender -- $555
Sexualities: studies in culture and society -- $716
Studies in gender and sexuality -- $222
Theology and sexuality -- $174
Once faculty for these courses is in place, they will be asked to select the most appropriate titles from this list of possible added titles and/or suggest titles not listed here.
Estimated serials costs for these two courses: $5,500
Back files for all of the above titles would also need to be purchased with an estimated one-time fee of $20,000.
Bibliographic tools: Humanities and Social Sciences Index, PsycINFO, Academic Search Elite, MEDLINE, CINAHL, POPLINE, and Sociological Abstracts, all provided by current Library licenses, will be useful for locating resources for this course. No additional bibliographic tools are needed.
Total library costs for these courses:
ongoing:
monographs: $1,300
journals: $5,500
total ongoing costs: $6,800
one-time:
monographs: $1,300
journal backfiles: $20,000
total one-time costs: $21,300
HSCI 141-3 -- Global perspectives on health
This course will first be offered in the Fall of 2005 and annually thereafter with an estimated enrollment of 150-250 students.
Monographs
The existing SFU Library book collection was assessed using Library of Congress subject headings for the topics covered for this course. Related subject headings and our holdings are listed below:
World health 33
Public health cross cultural studies 2
Public health 97
Environmental health 109
Environmentally induced diseases 48
Communicable diseases 46
Medical economics 50
Epidemiology 56
Epidemics 14
Globalization health aspects 6
Health transition 2
Malnutrition 40
Nutrition 515
Water quality 33
Hygiene 136
While the library is collecting in these areas, a more aggressive collections program is necessary. Many of these subject areas will need to be updated and expanded, and a deepening of the core collection is also required.
Estimated monographs total:
one time funds to deepen existing collection: 60 books @ $65/book = $3,900
ongoing funds: 40 books @ $65/book = $2,600
Serials
The Library has current subscriptions to the following titles that will provide useful material for this course:
American journal of clinical nutrition
American journal of epidemiology
American journal of public health
Annual review of nutrition
Annual review of public health
BMC Communicable diseases
Canadian journal of public health
CDR Weekly: communicable disease report
Communicable diseases intelligence
Cost effectiveness and resource allocation
Critical public health
Emerging infectious diseases
Epidemiologic Reviews
Epidemiological bulletin
Epidemiology
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases
Global change and human health
Health and place
Health economics
Health policy and planning
Health promotion international
International journal for quality in health care
International journal of epidemiology
International journal of infectious diseases
International journal of infectious diseases
Journal of epidemiology and community health
Journal of health economics
Journal of public health
Nutrition research reviews
Proceedings of the nutrition society
Public health
Social theory and health
Vital and health statistics
World health report
The Library provides access to the following journals through inclusion in licensed online databases. Direct subscriptions would need to be acquired.
Health affairs -- $328
International journal of environmental health research -- $1032
Journal of environmental health -- $120
Journal of infectious diseases -- $696
Journal of nutritional and environmental medicine -- $1107
Journal of public health management and practice -- $277
Medical economics -- $131
Nation's health -- $60
Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases -- $900
Scandinavian journal of public health -- $528
Once faculty for these courses is in place, they will be asked to select the most appropriate titles from this list of possible added titles and/or suggest titles not listed here.
Total ongoing serials cost for this course: $5,200
Back files for the above titles would also need to be purchased with an estimated one-time fee of $10,000.
Bibliographic Tools:
In addition to the health related databases already available at SFU, the Global Health database would be very useful for this course, and for the undergraduate program as a whole. The Global Health database is a product of CABI Publishing and is available from OVID or EBSCO. It is an international public health database that covers a large array of relevant topics and includes many foreign language journals, developing country information and other difficult to obtain literature. For more information on this database, please see the following URL: http://www.ebsco.com/home/whatsnew/globalhealth.asp
Cost of this database: $5,100 for 3 simultaneous users
Total library costs for this course:
ongoing:
monographs: $2,600
journals: $5,200
database: $5,100
total ongoing costs: $12,900
one-time:
monographs: $3,900
journal backfiles: $10,000
total one-time costs: $ 13,900
HSCI 141-3 Complementary and alternative medicine
This course will first be offered in the Fall of 2005 and annually thereafter with an estimated enrollment of 150-250 students.
Monographs
The existing SFU Library book collection was assessed using Library of Congress subject headings for the topics covered for this course. Related subject headings and our holdings are listed below:
Alternative medicine 21
Holistic medicine 22
Homeopathy 16
Medicine, Oriental 4
Naturopathy 4
Self care, health 17
Herbs therapeutic use 26
Medicine Ayurvedic 11
Mental healing 23
Integrated delivery of health care 5
Acupuncture 16
Natural immunity 12
While the library is collecting in these areas, a more aggressive collections program is necessary. Many of these subject areas will need to be updated and expanded, and a deepening of the core collection is also required. This course will also require the development of a core reference collection, as the library has previously not collected extensively in this area
Estimated monographs total:
one time funds to deepen existing collection: 60 books @ $85/book = $5,100
one time funds to develop a core reference collection: 8 books @ $175/book = $1,400
ongoing funds: 50 books @ $90/book = $4,500
Serials
The Library has current subscriptions to the following titles that will provide useful material for this course:
BMC Complementary and alternative medicine
Complementary therapies in medicine
Complementary therapies in nursing and midwifery
Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine
Integrative medicine
The Library provides access to the following journals through inclusion in licensed online databases. subscriptions would need to be acquired.
Holistic nursing practice -- $243
Journal of alternative and complementary medicine: research on paradigm, practice, and policy -- $518
Suggested additional titles:
Alternative & complementary therapies: a bimonthly publication for health care practitioners -- $507
Complementary health practice review -- $366
Complementary therapies in clinical practice -- $405
Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine -- $290
Focus on alternative and complementary therapies: an evidence based approach -- $422
Journal of herbal pharmacotherapy: innovations in clinical & applied evidence-based herbal medicinals -- $324
Journal of interprofessional care -- $1366
Scientific review of alternative medicine and aberrant medical practices -- $120
Once faculty for these courses is in place, they will be asked to select the most appropriate titles from this list of possible added titles and/or suggest titles not listed here.
Estimated ongoing serials costs for this course: $5,000
Back files for the above titles would also need to be purchased with an estimated one-time fee of $8,000.
Bibliographic tools:
Alt-Health Watch, MEDLINE, CINAHL, and the Cochrane Library, all provided by current library licenses, will be useful for locating resources for this course. No additional bibliographic tools are needed.
Total library costs for these courses:
ongoing:
monographs: $4,500
serials: $5,000
total ongoing costs: $9500
one-time:
monographs: $6,500
journal backfiles: $8,000
total one-time costs: $14,500
HSCI 170-3 Environmental Impacts on Human Health
This course will first be offered in the Fall of 2006 and annually thereafter with an estimated enrollment of 150-250 students.
Monographs
The existing SFU Library book collection was assessed using Library of Congress subject headings for the topics covered for this course. Related subject headings and our holdings are listed below:
Public health 97
Environmental health 109
Environmentally induced diseases 48
Environmental toxicology 61
Industrial hygiene 101
Industrial toxicology 35
Occupational diseases 50
Medicine industrial 11
Chemicals, physiological effect 13
Carcinogenisis 60
Health risk assessment 45
Air pollution health aspects 3
Immune system 13
Rural health 5
Urban health 5
While the library is collecting in these areas, a more aggressive collections program is necessary. Many of these subject areas will need to be updated and expanded, and a deepening of the core collection is also required.
Estimated monographs total:
one time funds to deepen existing collection: 50 books @ $75/book = $3,750
ongoing funds: 40 books @ $75/book = $3,000
Serials
The Library has current subscriptions to the following titles that will provide useful material for this course:
Archives of environmental health
BMC Communicable diseases
Cost effectiveness and resource allocation
Eco Health
Ecotoxicology
Emerging infectious diseases
Environment international
Environmental health journal
Environmental health perspectives
Environmental pollution
Environmental toxicology and chemistry
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases
Health and place
Journal of environmental medicine
International journal of infectious diseases
Journal of environmental medicine
Journal of health economics
Journal of toxicology and environmental health
Risk Analysis
The Library provides access to the following journals through inclusion in licensed online databases. Direct subscriptions would need to be acquired.
International journal of environmental health research -- $1032
Journal of environmental health -- $120
Journal of nutritional and environmental medicine -- $1107
Proposed additional titles:
Environment -- $131
Health Physics -- $1654
Journal of the National Cancer Institute -- $540
Once faculty for these courses is in place, they will be asked to select the most appropriate titles from this list of possible added titles and/or suggest titles not listed here.
Estimated ongoing serials costs for this course: $4,600
Back files for the above titles would also need to be purchased with an estimated one-time fee of $10,000.
Bibliographic Tools: Environment Abstracts, Hazardous Substances Data Bank, Academic Search Elite, MEDLINE, TOXMAP, and CINAHL, all provided by current Library licenses, will be useful for locating resources for this course. No additional bibliographic tools are needed.
Total library costs for this course:
ongoing:
monographs: $3,000
serials: $4,600
total ongoing costs: $7,600
one-time:
monographs: $3,750
journal backfiles: 10,000
total one-time funds: $13,750
HSCI 130-3 Foundations of Epidemiology
This course will first be offered in the Fall of 2005 and annually thereafter. It has an estimated enrollment of 150-250 students.
Monographs
The existing SFU Library book collection was assessed using Library of Congress subject headings for the topics covered for this course. Related subject headings and our holdings are as follows:
Communicable diseases 46
Epidemics 14
Epidemiology 56
Medical geography 56
Public health 97
Public health surveillance 4
While the library is collecting in these areas, a more aggressive collections program is necessary. Many of these subject areas will need to be updated and expanded, and a deepening of the core collection is also required.
Estimated monographs total:
one time funds to deepen existing collection: 20 books @ $90/book = $1,800
ongoing funds: 50 books @ $90/book = $4,500
Serials
The Library has current subscriptions to the following titles that will provide useful material for this course:
American journal of human genetics
American journal of public health
Annual review of public health
BMC Communicable diseases
BMC Public health
Canadian journal of public health
Cancer epidemiology biomarkers and prevention
Cost effectiveness and resource allocation
Critical public health
Emerging infectious diseases
Epidemiologic Reviews
Epidemiological bulletin
Epidemiology
Epidemiology and infection
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases
European journal of epidemiology
Eurosurveillance monthly
Eurosurveillance weekly
Genetic epidemiology
International journal of epidemiology
International journal of infectious diseases
Journal of clinical epidemiology
Journal of epidemiology and community health
Journal of health economics
Journal of public health
Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety
Public health
Weekly epidemiological record
Possible additions:
Medical Care $824
AIDS Care $1962
Clinical trials -- $798
Infection control & hospital epidemiology $322
Journal of health care management $102
Journal of rural health $192
Qualitative health research $780
Once faculty for these courses is in place, they will be asked to select the most appropriate titles from this list of possible added titles and/or suggest titles not listed here.
Estimated ongoing serials costs for this course: $5,000
Back files for the above titles would also need to be purchased with an estimated one-time fee of $5,000
Bibliographic Tools: MEDLINE, CINAHL, POPLINE, and Sociological Abstracts, all provided by current Library licenses, will be useful for locating resources for this course. No additional bibliographic tools are needed.
Total library costs for this course:
ongoing:
monographs: $4,500
serials: $5,000
total ongoing costs: $9,500
one-time:
monographs: $1,800
journal backfiles: $5,000
total one-time funds: $6,800
HSCI 110-3 Perceptions and misperceptions of common health risks
This course will first be offered in the Fall of 2005 and annually thereafter. It has an estimated enrollment of 150-250 students.
Monographs
The existing SFU Library book collection was assessed using Library of Congress subject headings for the topics covered for this course. Related subject headings and our holdings are as follows:
Health Risk Assessment 45
Risk management 256
Risk assessment 56
Environmental risk assessment 20
Public health 97
Environmental health 109
Medical economics 50
Health risk communication 4
Health behavior 39
Patient compliance 4
Health attitudes 20
While the library is collecting in these areas, a more aggressive collections program is necessary. Many of these subject areas will need to be updated and expanded, and a deepening of the core collection is also required.
Estimated monographs total:
one time funds to deepen existing collection: 40 books @ $50/book = $2,000
ongoing funds: 50 books @ $50/book = $2,500
Serials
The Library has current subscriptions to the following titles that will provide useful material for this course:
AIDS and behavior
Evaluation and the health professions
Health education and behavior
Human and ecological risk assessment
Journal of health communication
Sociology of health and illness
The Library provides access to the following journals through inclusion in licensed online databases. Direct subscriptions would need to be acquired.
Health, risk, and society $ 470
Journal of behavioral health services and research $279
Once faculty for these courses is in place, they will be asked to select the most appropriate titles from this list of possible added titles and/or suggest titles not listed here.
Estimated ongoing serials costs for this course: $750
Back files for the above titles would also need to be purchased with an estimated one-time fee of $5,000.
Bibliographic Tools: Academic Search Elite, MEDLINE, CINAHL, and the Cochrane Library, all provided by current Library licenses, will be useful for locating resources for this course. No additional bibliographic tools are needed.
Total library costs for this course:
ongoing:
monographs: $2,500
serials: $750
total ongoing costs: $3250
one-time:
monographs: $2,000
journal backfiles: 5,000
total one-time funds: $7,000