MPH 530Community Health Sciences

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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.