Community Health Sciences

Catalog description

Community-based health interventions are a major public health strategy for promoting population health. This course provides an introduction to the foundations of community-based health interventions and the factors influencing their design, implementation, evaluation, and outcomes. Using social, ecological and community-based participatory frameworks, key principles and strategies underlying community-based health interventions are examined.  Successful community-based strategies for addressing various public health issues are assessed. Challenges to  implementing, evaluating  and sustaining successful  community-based  health interventions, and implications for promoting  health equity are discussed.