Yuliya Shneyderman
Associate Professor
Health Studies
EMAIL: yshneyderman@bmcc.cuny.edu
Office: N-799T
Office Hours:
Phone: +1 (212) 220-8000;ext=7455
Associate Professor of Health Education Yuliya Shneyderman received a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics from Columbia University, a Master of Arts in Health Education from Teachers College, Columbia University and a Ph.D. in Epidemiology from University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine. Professor Shneyderman is trained in the application of sophisticated statistical modeling methods and has completed an internship at the National Institutes of Health. She is the co-coordinator of the Public Health major at BMCC. She is the current faculty advisor of the Rainbow Panthers student group.
Expertise
Writing Across the Curriculum, Quantitative Methods, Human Sexuality, Epidemiology, Applied Statistics
Degrees
- B.A. Columbia College, Columbia University, Mathematics, 2001
- M.A. Teachers College, Columbia University, Health Education, 2005
- Ph.D. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Epidemiology, 2012
Courses Taught
- This is an introductory survey course to health education. The course provides students with the knowledge, skills, and behavioral models to enhance their physical, emotional, social, intellectual and spiritual health as well as facilitate their health decision-making ability. The primary areas of instruction include: health and wellness; stress; human sexuality; alcohol, tobacco and substance abuse; nutrition and weight management; and physical fitness. Students who have completed HED 110 - Comprehensive Health Education will not receive credit for this course.
- This course in health educations offers a comprehensive approach that provides students with the knowledge, skills, and behavioral models to enhance their physical, emotional, social, intellectual and spiritual health as well as facilitate their health decision-making ability. Areas of specialization include: alcohol, tobacco and abused substances, mental and emotional health, human sexuality and family living, nutrition, physical fitness, cardiovascular health, environmental health and health care delivery. HED 110 fulfills all degree requirements for HE 100. Students who have completed HED 100 - Health Education will not receive credit for this course.
- An advanced seminar in health education, this course concentrates on an in-depth investigation of selected health problems. Emphasis is placed on social aspects of health.
- Historical events and contemporary factors affecting the availability, control, and monitoring of American Health Care products and services are explored. Such factors include: the private and public financing of health care, public and private monitoring of health care; and the ethical issues of medical care in America. The purpose of the course is not to advocate any particular health care philosophy, product or service, but to provide the student with the skills and factual base for making informed decisions in the health care marketplace.
- This course focuses on preventive heart care utilizing: nutritional plans, cardiovascular stress management, cardiovascular knowledge, and individualized cardiovascular fitness programs. In the classroom and fitness laboratory, students explore, devise and practice educational and fitness strategies to improve their overall cardiovascular health.
- This course presents basic principles and methods of public health epidemiology. Particular emphasis is on applying epidemiologic methods to public health problems such as measures of disease frequency, study designs and bias, effect modification, outbreak investigations, screening, causality and ethical issues. Students will develop skills to interpret and evaluate health information from published epidemiologic studies. Prerequisite: HED 110 and HED 280
- This course will provide students with the basic knowledge and skills of data management, statistical techniques, and measurement in public health research. It will concentrate on interpretation and comprehension of graphical and statistical techniques most often used in public health research and practice. Topics covered will include vital statistics, descriptive and inferential statistics, multi-variable analysis, and measurement methods. Students will acquire practical skills of data management and statistical analysis through the use of computer software. Prerequisite: HED 110, HED 280 and MAT 150
- This course introduces students to physical, chemical and biological hazards found in the environment and public health risks associated with workplace and community exposure to them. The historical, economic, and cultural forces contributing to and inhibiting solutions to occupational and environmental safety and public health problems are analyzed. Topics include air and water quality, climate change, waste disposal, occupational health issues, exposure to toxic materials and others.
Prerequisite: HED 110
Research and Projects
Professor Shneyderman is interested in studying and writing about vaccine hesitancy, Internet health information, environmental health, and sexual/reproductive health. She has received grants to study HPV vaccination intention in men, the health content in apps aimed at children, and harmful algae blooms in NYC city parks. Her current project is focusing on mutual aid and its use to improve health outcomes.
Publications
- Contextual and intrapersonal predictors of adolescent risky sexual behavior and outcomes., Health Education and Behavior
- Intimate Partner Violence during Pregnancy: Victim or Perpetrator? Does it make a difference? , British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Investigating the association of health literacy with health knowledge and health behavior outcomes in a sample of urban community college undergraduates, American Journal of Health Education
- Google it!: Urban community college students’ use of the internet to obtain self-care and personal health information, College Student Journal
- Health information seeking and cancer screening adherence rates, Journal of Cancer Education
- Using the Health Belief Model to Examine the Link between HPV Knowledge and Self-Efficacy for Preventive Behaviors of Male Students at a Two-Year College in New York City, Behavioral Medicine
- Assessing Acculturative Stress of International Students at a US Community College in International Students at US Community Colleges (book)
- Vaccine Hesitancy in Parents: Role of Social Networks, Social Media, and Parental Autonomy, American Journal of Health Studies
