這是約翰霍普金斯大學提供的課程大綱。因此，有部分的資料或是內容對開放式課程的自學者來說或許無法獲得。
教學大綱
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課程描述
在地球上的許多地方，水供給不足及缺乏衛生設備是危害公共衛生的主要之源。儘管有國際供水十年(1980-1990)計畫，計畫實行後比實行前有更多的人沒有設備可得到最基本的飲水標準。 這些地區沒有改善的話， 第三世界國家的衛生就不會有全面性改善的希望。 然而現有技術的終將解決這些問題。 可用村莊的方法來建造且維護一些簡單且低成本的工程。 這些方法已經使用於一些國家且為世界上比較貧窮的人們提供改善生活水平的基礎。 這是門實用的課程， 課程設計說明實際的建造細節， 提供有關於公共廁所的通風設備以及簡單幫浦原理的基本機械知識。 在課程最後， 你會對於這些東西是怎麼運作的以及該如何維護這些東西有清楚的概念。
在這堂課程中， 我們將會討論開發中國家因為缺少設備所引發的問題。 我們也將檢驗與固體廢棄物相關問題和看看問題的嚴重性。 最後將提出一些建議來改善這些問題…真正解決方法為數並不多…
相關閱讀資料
本課程沒有教科書，所必須要閱讀的文章與文件已經經過收集成為一本課堂編輯物。 這本課堂編輯物只有在馬修斯•約翰•霍普金斯醫學圖書中心(Matthews Johns Hopkins Medical Book Center)：1830 East Monument Street, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA; 410.955.3931; 800.266.5725; 410.955.0576 Fax
課程規定
這堂課的作品是篇論文，這篇論文必須要依據以下設計：
你應該要定義一個問題，特別是這堂課所?過的，論文應該包含概述健康議題， 並且提出這些議題與問題是如何被測量或者是被定量。 你將必須要找一個跟熱帶公共衛生有關的網站， 概述網站的重點並且仔細檢查所使用的技術。 從課堂討論中， 你將逐漸養成評論的方法， 這有可能是正面的或是負面的，取決於你是如何理解問題。
你應該要考慮的觀點像是：是否能持續性，由當地人來執行，以及使用的技術。 這不是一個短期內會有著大量金錢投入的工程，所以問題在於如何長久維持，最後， 你應該考慮如何評估計畫所產生的影響。Course Description
Inadequate water supplies and lack of sanitation facilities represent major hazards to the public health in many parts of the world. In spite of the International Water Supply Decade, (1980-1990) there are more people without facilities approaching minimum standards now than existed at the beginning of the program. Without improvements in these areas, there can be no hope that there will be an overall improvement in the health of the nations which constitute the Third World. Yet appropriate technologies do exist which can go a long way to ameliorate these problems. Simple, low cost projects can be built and maintained by village-based methods. These are being used in some countries and provide a basis for the improvement of living standards for the poorer people of the world. This is a practical course designed to demonstrate actual details of construction and provide a working knowledge of simple mechanisms involved in ventilating latrines and also on how simple pumps work. You should end with a good idea about how these tings work and how they can be maintained.
During this class we will be discussing some of the problems arising from poor facilities in many developing countries. We will examine problems associated with solid waste disposal and see the enormity of the problem. We will come up with some suggestions about how to ameliorate the problems... There are few real solutions....
Readings
There is no textbook for this course. The required readings are a complilation of articles and documents that have been assembled into a coursepack. This coursepack is only available from Matthews Johns Hopkins Medical Book Center: 1830 East Monument Street, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA; 410.955.3931; 800.266.5725; 410.955.0576 Fax
Course Requirements
Your output from this course will be an essay. This essay must be designed as follows:
You should define a problem with the focus of this course. The essay should contain a section outlining the health issues associated with the problem and how these can be measured or quantified. You will have to identify a web site which deals with issues in Tropical Public Health, summarize the major points considered in the web site and look over the technologies which are utilized. From the class discussion, you will develop a critique of the approach. This could be positive or negative, depending how you see the problem.
You should consider such aspects as sustainability, local personnel to implement and the technologies to be used. This is not a project with a massive input of money over a limited time. The question is how to sustain the work over the long haul. Finally you should consider how to assess the impact of the program.
